Midday Report

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

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More than 40 percent of adults say they have unmet dental needs due to the cost of dental treatment. That represents more than 1.7 million people. Those numbers are included in the Dental Association Oral Health Report Card, the country's first ever report on the progress of New Zealand's oral health. Dr Robin Whyman of the New Zealand Dental Association spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Police responded to an incident in the Auckland suburb of Epsom this morning. Reporter Jessica Hopkins spoke to Guyon Espiner from the scene.

Unemployment numbers are out and they are ugly. Stats NZ jobless data has come in at 5.6 percent for the June quarter, worse than expected and the highest in more than a decade. Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen spoke to Guyon Espiner

Latest from parliament with Craig McCulloch; New report calls for electricity sector reform; Petition calling for mining protection presented at parliament; Philip Duncan discusses icy blast hitting New Zealand.

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

Forest & Bird and other environmental groups are presenting a petition calling for the West Coast Denniston Plateau to be protected from coal mining. It's been signed by more than 30,000 people. Campaign leader Scott Burnett spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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.

A new report by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Infrastructure Forum is calling for reform of the electricity sector, which it says could unleash $30 billion extra in GDP. Barney Irvine, Executive Director of the Northern Infrastructure Forum spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Snow on the sand at Christchurch's New Brighton beach, intersections in central Dunedin blanketed in snow. The cold snap has snapped. Philip Duncan, head forecaster with Weather Watch spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Qiulae Wong rules out working with Peters as Foreign Minister; Erica Stanford discusses new policies from National and ACT; Latest news from Australia.

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

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.

Erica Stanford says she is expanding the onsite training programme for teachers, and will take the money from a relocation grant that aimed to lure teachers from overseas. Stanford spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Now leader Quilae Wong has laid out her first bottom line for coalitions: She is ruling out being part of any government where Winston Peters is the Foreign Minister. Wong spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Craig McCulloch discusses the fallout from Peters'; Sir Brian Roche discusses social media ad review findings; Political chat with Patrick Gower and Guyon Espiner.

Weekly chat about the week in politics with Patrick Gower and Guyon Espiner.

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

The latest news from RNZ's business team.