Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 14 May 2025

In today's episode, the Waitangi Tribunal is hearing submissions from claimants concerned about the effect the Regulatory Standards Bill will have on the Treaty of Waitangi, The Foreign Affairs Ministry is warning travellers to the United States need to "exercise increased caution". The first update since Donald Trump returned as President, Auckland Transport says it acknowledges it needs to do better at communicating with passengers when bus and train services are suddenly disrupted, and the Eurovision Song Contest, possibly the world's weirdest and most wonderful annual music event, has got underway in Basel, Switzerland.