Charlotte Cook
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 22 November 2024
In today's episode, Health NZ has declared a whooping cough epidemic, a New Zealander is suspected to be among a group of people poisned by unknowingly ingesting methanol in Laos, a former political… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 21 November 2024
In today's episode, the gang patch ban is now in effect, the government wants to give victims of sexual crimes the power to name the convicted offender in a proposed law change, a barrister… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 20 November 2024
In today's episode, 230 jobs are on the line at the Kinleith paper mill in Tokoroa; gang members prepare for the gang patch ban which comes into force at midnight, and Police prepare for the… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 19 November 2024
In today's episode, thousands of tangata whenua and tangata tiriti are gathering to protest the Treaty Principles Bill among other policies affecting Maori, the hikoi departed Cape Reinga a week ago… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 18 November 2024
In today's episode, the hikoi that left Cape Reinga a week ago is now in Porirua, ahead of the final journey to Parliament on Tuesday. Meanwhile the contingent from Te Waipounamu the South Island has… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 15 November 2024
In today's episode, Despite the controversial first reading of the Treaty Principles bill, it is now part of a six month select committee process that is unlikely to go any further, the national… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 14 November 2024
In today's episode, Hamilton's city centre came to a standstill this morning as thousands of marchers continued their hikoi, after setting off from Huntly this morning, the ACT party's David Seymour… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 13 November 2024
In today's episode, three people are believed to be dead after a train collided with a car at a level crossing in Hamilton on Wednesday morning, thousands of protesters brought traffic to a standstill… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 12 November 2024
In today's episode, the Prime Minister has delivered a formal apology to all survivors abused while in the care of the state, day two of the national hikoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill is… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 11 November 2024
In today's episode, Monday marks the start of the nine-day journey to parliament with close to a-thousand people already on board - protesting the Treaty Principles Bill, domestic violence campaigners… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 8 November 2024
In today's episode, from December, Aucklanders will not be able to use the train network for nearly 100 days over the next year, as work on the City Rail Link continues, the Military and Maori… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 6 November 2024
In today's episode, Millions of Americans across the US are casting their votes, as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris vie to become the next president of the United States, and a scathing report has said… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 4 November 2024
In today's episode, a man has been charged with murder after a stabbing overnight in Auckland suburb Glen Eden. Mental health workers think someone could die as a result of police's pull back from… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 1 November 2024
In today's episode, The Prime Minister is accusing the opposition of playing politics with youth mental health, in its criticisms of Gumboot Friday founder Mike King, both Donald Trump and Kamala… Audio
Massey Uni to stop funding Students Association
Massey University will stop funding its Students Association from next year, a move that the student body says will set an alarming precedent for the future of independent student unionism in New… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 31 October 2024
In today's episode, up to 2000 people could lose their jobs as a result of the government's change to the school lunches funding model, the United States presidential hopefuls Kamala Harris and Donald… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 30 October 2024
In today's episode, the Associate Education Minister says he will look for more funding for attendance services, in order to tackle the growing truancy crisis, with the trial of the man accused of… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 29 October 2024
In today's episode, the public have been warned about a large number of people connected to the Mongrel Mob who have travelled to the Hutt Valley at the weekend to attend a vice presidents funeral… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 24 October 2024
In today's episode, Police have named the person they are still searching for in the fatal bus attack in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga yesterday; Lower Hutt locals are fed up with the stench coming… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 23 October 2024
In today's episode, a large scrub fire in Waikato has burned more than 1000 hectares of land including through an ecologically significant wetland. A rare orchid is a risk, as firefighters battle to… Audio