Midday Report for Thursday 15 May 2025

1:45 PM.In today's episode, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has refused to have regular meetings with the Council of Trade Unions and has ruled out undoing the Pay Equity… Read more Audio

12:55 PM.A year on from the New Caledonia deadly riots the country faces deep division over the territory's political future - and the prospect of independence from France. Islands Business Correspondent Nic… Read more Audio

12:47 PM.The C-Word has taken up a lot of attention in the last 24 hours after the workplace relations minister Brooke van Velden enunciated in Parliaments debating chamber. But it's certainlty not the first… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.A new report has revealed New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children out of the world's wealthy countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average. Hauora Aotearoa chief… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Midday Rural News for 15 May 2025 Audio

12:28 PM.Black Ferns star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is set to play her first international for the side since the 2022 World Cup final. Audio

12:19 PM.Midday Business News for 15 May 2025 Audio

12:16 PM.Labour is defending not condemning a newspaper column about pay equity which used the c-word in reference to female ministers. Labour leader Chris Hipkins spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

12:11 PM.The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has refused to have regular meetings with the Council of Trade Unions and has ruled out undoing the Pay Equity Changes. New Zealand… Read more Audio