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Midday Report - Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga. RNZ National's midday current affairs programme, hosted by Guyon Espiner.

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Andrew Fletcher on the strain facing Gisborne's wine industry

5 min

Gisborne's winegrowing industry is hurting after Indevin Group made a shock exit from its supply contracts in the region.It's one of a number of large companies downscaling wine production in response to a global over-supply of wine that's seen over 2000 hectares of vineyards ripped out. Gisborne is the worst hit with 46 percent of vines being removed, which is rippling through the regional economy. Andrew Fletcher who owns a grape harvesting business in Gisborne spoke to Alexa Cook.

Dr Andrew Cullen explains impact of Microsoft's outage

6 min

Microsoft has suffered a major outage this morning, users around the world struggling to access their email. Microsoft says it is working "aggressively" to reduce the impact, but the outage has been going for more than five hours now. Doctor Andrew Cullen from the School of Computing and Information Systems, at the University of Melbourne spoke to Alexa Cook.

Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 12 November

20 min

Review exposes leadership failures at Justice Ministry; Union raises alarm over AI monitoring at The Warehouse; John Battersby on the espionage tactic known as honeytrapping.

John Battersby on the espionage tactic known as honeytrapping

7 min

The allegations engulfing Nvidia boss Jensen Huang have put an old espionage tactic back in the spotlight: the honeytrap. Intelligence agencies have long used sex and relationships to compromise powerful people and gain access to sensitive information. Intelligence expert John Battersby spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Union raises alarm over AI monitoring at The Warehouse

5 min

More than 300 Warehouse workers are on strike today, with fears of major redundancies. The workers say AI drones are taking over stock-taking, and AI-driven performance monitoring now tracks workers' movements, including their bathroom breaks. Workers First Union delegate Hayley Courtney spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Review exposes leadership failures at Justice Ministry

5 min

A damning review has been released into the Ministry of Justice after it left former Lotto presenter Russell Harrison suspended on his full taxpayer funded salary for five years while he faced charges linked to an international drug ring and money laundering. The Public Service Commission has reviewed the Ministry of Justice performance and identified issues around leadership, decision-making, accountability and organisational culture within the ministry. Political reporter Lauren Crimp spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 11 November

21 min

Northland MP reacts to news Kaitaia timber mill to close; Update from Washington following vote to impeach Pete Hegseth; Guy Haddleton says National and Labour should talk first.

Guy Haddleton says National and Labour should talk first

7 min

While we wait for the special votes to come in, talks are already underway between political parties as they prepare for potential coalitions. Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong has spoken with National leader Christopher Luxon and Labour's Chris Hipkins. But businessman Guy Haddleton says the Chris's are wrong to be talking to minor parties of the left and right. He says the two major parties should talk to each other before they talk to anyone else. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Northland MP reacts to news Kaitaia timber mill to close

6 min

Efforts to save almost 160 jobs at Kaitaia's remaining timber mill appear to have failed. The Far North town's Triboard Mill, which is owned by Japanese forestry company Juken New Zealand, has been on the market since March. But this morning the company said it's been unable to find a buyer willing to take on the current workers. Northland MP Grant McCallum spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Richard Dawkins on AI and 50 years of The Selfish Gene

7 min

Richard Dawkins, one of the most influential scientific communicators of our time, is back in New Zealand next week to celebrate fifty years since he published his ground-breaking book, The Selfish Gene. Dawkins spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Midday rural news

4 min

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

Midday sports news

2 min

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

Gerry Brownlee discusses his departure from parliament

7 min

Constitutionally, the Speaker holds the third highest-ranking office in the country, following the Governor-General and the Prime Minister. But neither that, nor a high ranking list position, could save National MP and House Speaker Gerry Brownlee, who exits Parliament after 30 years. Brownlee spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Midday rural news

3 min

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

David Seymour discusses ACTs best ever election result

7 min

ACT won 13 seats on Saturday night, its best result ever. It puts the party in a strong position entering negotiations with coalition partner National and New Zealand First. So how will ACT use its new found leverage? ACT leader David Seymour spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Barbara Edmonds discusses election results

4 min

Senior Labour MPs haven't spoken to the media at all since election night. Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds was the first to speak when she talked to Guyon Espiner.

Midday sports news

3 min

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

London correspondent on Russell Brand's guilty verdict

8 min

British actor, comedian and media personality Russell Brand has been found guilty in a London court of raping a young fan and sexually assaulting three women. The 51 year old now faces a lengthy prison sentence after he was convicted of raping the 21-year-old admirer in 2009 after they met at one of his shows in west London. London correspondent Stuart Smith was in court and spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Midday rural news

3 min

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

Dan Ives on the sell-off in AI stocks

5 min

The AI boom has powered Wall Street to record highs, but suddenly investors are getting nervous. The Nasdaq has plunged more than five percent and Nvidia almost nine percent, amid fears that the Democrats' takeover of Congress could put the brakes on America's massive AI infrastructure buildout. Dan Ives is a partner at merchant bank Yorkville Ives, and he's one of Wall Street's leading technology analysts. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Patrick Gower wraps up the final day of campaigning

11 min

The polls are all done, the debates are wrapped up and the billboards, battered and graffitied, are about to be taken down. One million have already voted, some are still to finally make up their minds about which boxes to tick in the polling booth tomorrow. Guyon Espiner spoke to Patrick Gower in the final hours of the campaign.

Jo Moir on Michael Laws' comments and NZ First's response

6 min

The election campaign is almost over, with only two sleeps til election day. NZ First candidate Michael Laws has thrown a spoke in the wheel of his party's campaign after his sexist comments about women in the Opportunity Party came to light yesterday. Party leader Winston Peters says the comments were unacceptable. RNZ political editor Jo Moir spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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