Midday Report

Welcome to Midday Report essentials with Guyon Espiner. 18 and 19-year-olds whose parents earn more $67,000 lose access to the dole under a new law change. A top economist - Shamubeel Eaquab, says the costs outweigh the benefits and any savings will be a transfer from the poor to the crown. Later in the hour: we quizz Labour on its new promise to ensure seniors leaving retirement homes get their m...

An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports teams.

The Labour party says it will introduce legislation which will force retirement villages to payout to seniors vacating their dwellings within three months. Guyon Espiner talks with Labour's seniors spokesperson Ingrid Leary.

The latest news from Australia with correspondent Amanda Copp in Canberra.

An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

Jobseeker payments to 18 and 19 year olds are set to end in November, economist Shamubeel Eaquab says the costs outweigh the benefits.

The Pacific Island Forum is getting under way in Palau. Five leaders have pulled out, including the chair of the forum, the Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale who made an emergency trip home, facing a no confidence vote after just 100 days in the job. RNZ reporter Teuila Fuatai is covering the PIF in Palau.

Latest on Wattle Downs suspected double homicide: A man is in police custody after a man and woman were killed in the South Auckland suburb of Wattle Downs yesterday. RNZ National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood has the latest details. Desperate race to find survivors in Northern Nepal continues: Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the flash-flood devastated areas of Northern Nepal as Save t...

An update from the RNZ sports team.

As the trade war between the United States and Canada heats up, the US president has set his sights on one of North America's Great Lakes. Donald Trump signed an executive order today changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America". David Moscrop is a Canadian writer who's penning a book about Canadian nationalism in the time of Trump. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Paddy Gower and Guyon Espiner wrap the week in politics.

An update from the RNZ rurals team.

An update from the RNZ business team.

Flooding in Queenstown forced some residents to evacuate overnight as a major winter storm battered the South Island. There are now heavy rain watches for Northland, Auckland, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty - while strong wind watches are in place for Wairarapa and the Canterbury High Country. Weatherwatch head forecaster Philip Duncan spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the flash-flood devastated areas of Northern Nepal as Save the Children delivers emergency aid to families. Many places are still only accessible by helicopter. Heather Campbell is CEO of Save the Children and former country director of Nepal. She spoke to Guyon Espiner.

A man is in police custody after a man and woman were killed in the South Auckland suburb of Wattle Downs yesterday. RNZ National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood has the latest details.

Welcome to Midday Report essentials with Guyon Espiner. At least five New Zealanders are missing after a flash flood and landslide hit the Nepal-China border. Guyon Espiner spoke to the former honorary Nepalese consul to New Zealand, Dinesh Khadka. Reports say the devastating flash flood may have been caused by part of a glacier collapsing. Guyon heard from an expert on landslides who works in Nep...

An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sport teams.

Guyon Espiner talks with Hans van Leeuwen, the Telegraph's International Economics Editor, about China's drive to get humanoid robots where we live and work, and the USA's banning of foreign made robots.

The latest news from the United States with Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.

An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

Dr Tom Robinson is with the school of earth and environment at the University of Canterbury. He studies and models landslides and his work takes him to the Himalaya and Nepal. Dr Tom Robinson talks to Guyon Espiner.

At least 160 are confirmed dead in a landslide caused a flood through a valley between Tibet and Nepal.