Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 13 August 2025

In today's episode, we have our weekly political panel with National and Labour; Friends and family of a New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son who have been detained in the US are desperate to get them out; The dwindling supply of gas is speeding up the discussion around transitioning away from it; Christchurch's Rydges Hotel, originally known as Noah's, is getting a $150 million renovation to become a five-star Sheraton Hotel.