Midday Report

Midday Business News for 6 August 2025. Audio

The government is inching closer to replacing petrol tax with electronic road user charges, or RUCs, on all light vehicles, in what the Transport Minister calls the biggest shake-up of road funding in… Read more Audio

Unemployment has edged to a near five-year high and there are now an extra 16,000 people without work compared to last year. Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

In today's episode, Doctors are being warned to be on alert for people with symptoms of Dengue Fever as the number of cases in New Zealand doubles; Dairies say they are having to act like banks as… Read more Audio

A new report shows an urgent need for policy around the use of AI in primary schools. Report author David Coblentz spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

Midday Rural News for 5 August 2025. Audio

Lisa Carrington is with the national squad in northern Italy preparing for the World Champs after getting a late callup as an injury replacement for Olivia Brett. Audio

Midday Business News for 5 August 2025. Audio

Dairies say they are having to act like banks as more and more customers ask to get cash-out with their purchases, and local banks reduce services and access to cash. Dairy and Business owners group's… Read more Audio

Doctors are being warned to be on alert for people with symptoms of Dengue Fever as the number of cases in New Zealand doubles. National Public Health Service Public Health physician Dr Sharon Sime… Read more Audio

In today's episode, an Auckland school principal is describing the scrapping of NCEA as more window dressing than radical overhaul. Level One will be replaced with foundation literacy and numeracy… Read more Audio

Researchers in Australia have found that leopard seals in Antarctica sing under the ice and their songs have similiaries with the way humans sing nursery rhymes to children. The study's lead author… Read more Audio