Midday Report

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

Ko tenei te wiki o te reo Maori, it's Maori language week, and small Northland town of Kaikohe saw hundreds of people hikoi through the streets to celebrate it. Reo champion Kingi Rakete-Tane organised the event in Kaikohe and spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

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

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

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

Daniel Shields, owner of Barry's Bay cheese, Naked Kitchen and Cool and Fresh chilled distribution spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

The latest data on New Zealand's economic growth came out this morning. Brad Olsen, Principal Economist at Infometrics spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

Arena Williams discusses Labour's new price gouging policy; National announces plan to split Pak'nSave from New World; Retail NZ responds to new wage freeze policy from ACT.

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

The ACT party is proposing a three-year freeze on the adult minimum wage, and a new 60 percent training wage for under-20s, saying small businesses need immediate relief from rising costs. Retail NZ Chief Executive, Carolyn Young spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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

The latest news from RNZ's business team.

Labour is promising to make price gouging illegal, if elected in November.

Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says together with Woolworths, this would mean New Zealand would have three major nationwide grocery chains which would drive down grocery prices.

On today's episode the world is on edge over the risk posed by AI... I spoke to Senior Lecturer in artificial intelligence - Dr Andrew Lensen. AI expert Mark Lawrence has written a costed AI policy and today he's sent it to political parties to adopt. RNZ In Depth reporter Farah Hancock told Guyon Espiner about the high rollers in the political donations game.

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

Mark Lawrence is an AI educator and consultant. He's drafted an AI policy for New Zealand, which he says will cost about $300 million over three years.

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

News from the rural farming sector.

News from the business sector.

There's now just over 50 days until election day and large donations of $20,000 or more to political parties have almost surpassed the total from 2023. RNZ's Farah Hancock has been asking these big donors for interviews to find out why they do it.

Victoria University AI lecturer Dr Andrew Lensen talks to Guyon Espiner about potential AI regulation here in Aotearoa.

How Auckland's new CRL handled its first rush hour commute; Infrastructure NZ calls for better long-term planning; Sam Stubbs reacts to Labour's KiwiSaver policy; Marama Davidson discusses new Green Party te reo policy.

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

The Green Party has promised $200 million towards te reo Maori initiatives. Co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Guyon Espiner.