Midday Report Podcast Options

1:45 PM.In today's episode, the main road in the small Whakatane town of Murupara is closed while a Police negotiation team is responding to an active incident, psychologists in Aotearoa are claiming a… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A quarter of road workers are being verbally abused by motorists on a daily basis according to a survey by NZTA Waka Kotahi. NZTA Auckland and Northland manager Jacqui Hori-Hoult spoke to Charlotte… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Protesters holding signs like "toot not to pollute' and "no shit in the Shotty" turned out in Queenstown on Wednesday morning to protest leaked council plans to dump treated sewage into a local river… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.The Resource Management Act reforms look good for farmers. Audio

12:28 PM.Liam Lawson may have been demoted. Audio

12:20 PM.A popular outdoor goods retailer is contiuing to struggle. Audio

12:14 PM.Psychologists in Aotearoa are claiming a government proposal to create "associate psychologists" roles is dumbing down the profession and will harm patients. Clinical psychologist Laura Barkwill spoke… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The main road in the small Whakatāne town of Murupara is closed while a Police negotiation team is responding to an active incident. Reporter Natalie Akoorie spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

1:45 PM.In today's episode, the Prime Minister says someone needs to take accountability in the case of the 11-year-old child, mistaken for a 20-year-old mental health patient, the Wellington region will lose… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.One of the lawyers for Toitu te Tiriti has launched a petition calling for the school lunches contract to be taken off Compass Group and returned to the previous providers. Tania Waikato spoke to… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The Wellington region will lose an electorate in a shake-up of boundaries, in a proposal from the Representation Commission. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

12:36 PM.Midday Rural News for 25 March 2025. Audio

12:28 PM.All Whites striker Chris Wood is waiting to fully understand the extent of the injury that he picked up in last night's Football World Cup qualifier against New Caledonia. Audio

12:19 PM.Midday Business News for 25 March 2025. Audio

12:10 PM.The Prime Minister says someone needs to take accountability in the case of the 11-year-old child, mistaken for a 20-year-old mental health patient. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Deputy Chief… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.In today's episode, a Queenstown councillor has blown the whistle on the council's plans to pump wastewater into the Shotover river, the UN has questioned the fairness of GST in New Zealand, deputy… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.New Zealand play New Caledonia on Monday night with the winner qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Rory Fallon scored the goal to send New Zealand to the World Cup in 2010, and he spoke to… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is raising questions about New Zealand's involvement in the Paris Climate Agreement and says it's costing the country dearly. RNZ's climate change correspondent… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Midday Rural News for 4 March 2025. Audio

12:29 PM.Team New Zealand saved its best for last but it wasn't enough to qualify for the final of the San Francisco leg of the Sail GP series. Audio

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for 24 March 2025. Audio

12:16 PM.A report from the United Nations has questioned the fairness of the Goods and Services Tax - or GST - in Aotearoa. New Zealand Council of Trade Unions chief economist Craig Renney spoke to Charlotte… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A Queenstown councillor has blown the whistle on a district council proposal to pump 12,000 cubic metres of treated wastewater into the Shotover River per day. Queenstown councillor Niki Gladding… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.In today's episode, a security and defence expert says cuts to its civilian workforce risks the Defence Force's combat readiness; RNZ's money correspondent breaks down the distances between… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.The New Zealand's men's football team the All Whites will make a play for a spot at FIFA World Cup when they play Fiji on Friday night. Dale Warburton is the leader of White Noise the unofficial… Read more Audio