Midday Report

Our very own Lorde has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, in a piece about her first new album in four years, Virgin. Writer of the cover story Brittany Spanos spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

The country's highest watchdog has issued a scathing assessment of Oranga Tamariki's procurement and contracting practices last year. Wesley Community Action Wellington director David Hanna spoke to… Read more Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries is putting the hard word on farmers around intensive winter grazing. Audio

A New Zealand golfer is benefitting from a breakthrough win. Audio

The manufacturing sector recovery continues. Audio

A former property manager at Oranga Tamariki and her husband kept their marriage secret to defraud the government agency of $2 million. National crime correspondent Sam Sherwood spoke to Charlotte… Read more Audio

The government has announced a half a billion dollar boost to the film and television sector, pledging $577 million for the International Screen Production Rebate over the next four and a half years… Read more Audio

In today's episode, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has refused to have regular meetings with the Council of Trade Unions and has ruled out undoing the Pay Equity… Read more Audio

A year on from the New Caledonia deadly riots the country faces deep division over the territory's political future - and the prospect of independence from France. Islands Business Correspondent Nic… Read more Audio

The C-Word has taken up a lot of attention in the last 24 hours after the workplace relations minister Brooke van Velden enunciated in Parliaments debating chamber. But it's certainlty not the first… Read more Audio

A new report has revealed New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children out of the world's wealthy countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average. Hauora Aotearoa chief… Read more Audio

Midday Rural News for 15 May 2025 Audio