Midday Report Essentials for Monday 7 October 2024

In today's episode, while the clean-up in Dunedin is underway, a local MP says a plan to buy-out flood-prone South Dunedin properties was skuppered by the current government, Samoan locals are concerned about the environmental impacts the HMNZS Manawanui sinking will have on the local eco system, the worst fears of a group protesting against a seabed mining project off south Taranaki have been confirmed, and the Israeli military has called on the residents of twenty-five more villages and towns in southern Lebanon to leave their homes for safety immediately.