25 Aug 2025

Morning Report Essentials for Monday 25 August 2025

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 25 August 2025

In today's episode, house prices remain stuck despite lower interest rates giving first-home buyers a win, while leaving property owners gnashing their teeth; Thousands of people are opting to pay for their own colonoscopies as wait times blow out on the public system; A small business owner in Wellington says she's facing losing a fifth of her income, after New Zealand Post suddenly suspended shipping to the United States; Farmers look to be backing Fonterra's multi-billion dollar move to offload its well-known retail names; We cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.