1:45 pm today

Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 14 August 2024

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm today

On today's episode, an urgent hunt is on in Auckland to track down the recipients of food parcels containing lollies laced with potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine, the newly-appointed Commissioner of Health New Zealand insists an internal briefing detailing widescale job cuts for frontline healthworkers is not part of any plan, the pilot who died in a helicopter crash in Cairns on Monday has been named as 23-year-old Blake Wilson from Palmerston North, and Fans have welcomed home a group of New Zealand's Olympic team at Auckland airport this morning, headlined by star kayaker Dame Lisa Carrington.