Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 16 October 2025

The government has no plans to back down on its proposed card surcharge ban - despite pleas from businesses to pause the move; Parliament's Speaker is planning to bring some higher standards to the House, particularly looking at attendance and dress code.; The company behind Pita Pit says the demand from young people looking for jobs has grown exponentially in the last year; Joker, a North Island brown kiwi has made a dramatic entrance to the world in Napie.