Midday Report Essentials for Friday 2 August 2024

On today's episode, Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi and the Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust have walked out of an Iwi Chairs Forum meeting with the Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, the government won't be progressing the final eight recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque terrorist attacks, Te Runanga o Ngati Whatua is taking the government to the High Court over plans to overturn a Court of Appeal decision that lowered the threshold for recognising customary rights to the foreshore and seabed, and the Tertiary Education Union says the devil will be in the detail of a government proposal to group together the weakest polytechnics, but let the strongest stand alone.