Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 5 September 2024

On today's episode, Kiingi Tuheitia's youngest child and only daughter has been named as the eighth Maori monarch in a ceremony at Tuurangawaewae marae. Tekau-maa-rua, the Kiingitanga advisory council, has chosen 27-year-old Te Puhi Ariki Ngawai Hono i te Po Paki - now Kuini Nga wai hono i te po - to succeed her father. Thousands of mourners are in Ngaaruawaahia to attend the funeral of the Kiingi Tuheitia.