16 May 2025

Midday Report Essentials for Friday 16 May 2025

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm on 16 May 2025

In today's episode, the government has announced a half a billion dollar boost to the film and television sector, pledging $577 million for the International Screen Production Rebate over the next four and a half years, a former property manager at Oranga Tamariki and her husband kept their marriage secret to defraud the government agency of $2 million, the country's highest watchdog has issued a scathing assessment of Oranga Tamariki's procurement and contracting practices last year, and our very own Lorde has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, in a piece about her first new album in four years, Virgin.