17 Oct 2024

Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 17 October 2024

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm on 17 October 2024

In today's episode, Tory Whanau met with the Local Government Minister Simeon Brown in the Beehive this morning after the government raised concerns this week about council dysfunction, an ACC researcher is warning the Accident Compensation Corporation not to manufacture a crisis, after it recorded a $7.2 billion loss this year, as many as one in four New Zealanders have shopped on Temu, often attracted by ultra-low prices, but ethical fashion researchers say these prices are a red flag for worker exploitation, and a mysterious sea-creature from the depths of the ocean was so puzzling for NIWA scientists it was initially nicknamed 'The Thing'.