17 Jun 2024

Midday Report Essentials for Monday 17 June 2024

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm on 17 June 2024

On today's episode, Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson announces her breast cancer diagnosis. A former defence minister Wayne Mapp says the government needs to bite the bullet and replace the defence force's ageing Boeing 757s. An education specialist makes the case for teaching handwriting as well as typing, and a Hawke's Bay GP says desperate and panicked women are facing serious physical and mental impacts amid the current shortage of hormone replacement therapy patches.