Midday Report

There's a new music streaming platform coming soon. Lume is locally made and backed by high profile artists like Lorde. Co-founder Sacha Judd spoke to Guyon Espiner ahead of its July 17 launch.

The latest news from the United States with correspondent Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.

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

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

The Education Review Office says the education system is failing thousands of at-risk and challenging students and has called for an urgent overhaul. Lloyd Martin, founder of Praxis, a network of Educators and Youth Development Practitioners spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New Zealand has signed up to a rare Five Eyes intelligence statement warning that powerful AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are just months away. National Cyber Security Centre deputy director general for cyber security Catriona Robinson spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Nicola Willis discusses National's new KiwiSaver policies; Chloe Swarbrick discusses Green's tax policy with Guyon Espiner; Joe Porter discusses All Blacks team announcement.

RNZ reporter Luka Forman joined fans in central Auckland as they watched the All Whites' next Football World Cup match against Egypt.

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.

The Green Party is proposing a suite of new taxes, including taxes on wealth, inheritance, and corporations, which it says will tackle inequality and corporate greed. Green Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick spoke to Guyon Espiner.

New All Black coach David Rennie has named his first All Blacks squad. Sports reporter Joe Porter spoke to Guyon Espiner.

National's finance spokeswoman Nicola Willis spoke to Guyon Espiner about the party's new KiwiSaver policies.

The Waikato Police District Commander explains how his officers mistook an 11-year-old autistic girl for a 20 year old mental health patient. Record shops, gig venues and festivals are closing down and the new GDP figures show spending on the arts shrinking, and was Shane Jones thrown under the limo by Nicola Willis.

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

The latest news from the United States with correspondent Mitch McCann in New York.

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.

As music festivals continue to be cancelled, GDP figures show a $9 million contraction on arts spending in the three months to March. Erin Harrington, arts and culture critic and trustee of the Christchurch WORD Festival spoke to Guyon Espiner.

The family of an 11-year-old autistic girl who was mistaken for an adult, restrained and injected with drugs at a Waikato Hospital says it's had a lasting and traumatic impact on her. Reports into by the Health Ministry and the Health and Disability Commissioner say the actions of the police had been a significant contributing factor in misidentifying the child. Waikato District Commander Superint...

Shane Jones defends spending nearly $65k - double the budgeted cost - on travelling to a mining convention in Canada - including having a limo on call and upgrading to business class flights. GDP numbers are out and show good growth before the Iran war broke out, where does it leave us now that it's over ANZ chief economist Sharon Zolner answered that one. The text of the peace deal between Americ...

Midday Sports News for 18 June 2026.

The text of the US-Iran peace memorandum of understanding has been released setting out how the sides deal with economic sanctions against Iran and any ambitions the country has at becoming a nuclear power. International relations expert at the University of Otago Robert Patman spoke to Guyon Espiner.