Midday Report Essentials for Friday 30 August 2024

On today's episode, mourners are preparing to gather outside the gates of Tuurangawaewae Marare to pay their respects to Kiingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero the seventh, the defence opens its case on Friday in the trial of Philip Polkinghorne, accused of murdering his wife, Pauline Hanna, and making it look like a suicide, and Wellington posties who were threatened with disciplinary action if they didn't deliver pamphlets containing misinformation about Islamic calls to prayer have taken their case to the Human Rights Commission.