20 Feb 2026

Morning Report Essentials for Friday 20 February

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 20 February 2026

This morning we spoke to a Raglan dairy farmer following the decision from Fonterra shareholders to sell the company's consumer brand business Mainland Group, to Lactalis; Housing minister Chris Bishop joined us after the government lowered its housing capacity targets for Auckland; We spoke to the Airport Association. It says the regions are bearing the brunt of airfare hikes because of a lack of competition; And, we crossed to London for reaction to the overnight arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor; And the On The Fly Mataura River Festival is taking place in Gore this weekend. We spoke to its organiser.