Midday Report

7 News reporter Jacquelin Robson at Buckingham Palace.

National U-turns on housing density; fearing a backlash in well-heeled parts of Auckland, the government drops its housing number ambitions, two million new homes was too much; how does 1.6 million sound? We take a look at the housing plans being released today; and when one door closes, another opens - four major environmental groups are boycotting National's blue-green conference this weekend, b...

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

Forest and Bird will go to a State of the Nation speech from Opportunity Party - and the other big hitting environmental groups will go as well. Opportunity Party Leader Qiulae Wong spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Four of the country's biggest environmental groups are boycotting the National Party's Blue Green conference this year. Richard Capie, the general manager of conservation policy & advocacy at Forest and Bird spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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

The latest news from the United States with correspondent Laura Taglianetti in New York.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

Scott Caldwell from the Coalition for More Homes responded to Housing Minister Chris Bishop's announcement and spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Housing Minister Chris Bishop delivered his much anticipated speech on backdowns in housing density plans for Auckland. Political reporter Lilian Hanly spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New cancer meds are in the offing as Pharmac ups access to leukemia drugs: Minister David Seymour on the impact of this and how belives it refects a cultural shift: patitent advocates going from fighting Pharmac to being consulted over new medicines;New Zealand's infrastructure woes: should more tolling and congestion charges be part of the mix - Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and later the Green Part...

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

Chloe Swarbrick spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Rebounding dairy prices, a good start to the pipfruit harvest, and storm-damaged highways. For the latest from the RNZ Rural News team.

The latest from Australia with our correspondent in Canberra - Nine News political reporter Amanda Copp.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

The Infrastructure Commission report out yesterday lamented the woeful state of New Zealand's infrastructure and the massive gap between the price of what we want and what we can afford to pay. For Aucklanders listening to this stuck in traffic the report had a sobering statistic. You lose an average of 66 hours a year to traffic jams. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Pharmac is proposing two new combination therapies for people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Associate Health Minister David Seymour spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Christchurch weighs a state of emergency as flooding slams the city: suburban streets are knee deep in water, four people are rescued from a car stuck in floodwaters in Little River and huge downpours hit Banks Peninsula. We crossed to our reporter on the ground and spoke to the Christchurch Mayor; And as New Zealand creaks and groans with climate disasters what is the state of our infrastructure:...

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

Flooding is surging through Christchurch, with the Heathcote River breaching its banks and water rising threatening properties in suburban streets. Reporter Adam Burns spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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

The latest news from the United States with correspondent Laura Taglianetti in New York.

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

At midday today the first ever National Infrastructure Plan was released by the National Infrastructure Commission, setting out a 30 year plan and highlighting some huge challenges on the road ahead. Geoff Cooper is CEO of the Infrastructure Commission. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.