Midday Report Essentials for Friday 31 January 2025

In today's episode, the government's freshly announced plans for the Dunedin Hospital shows the rebuild will initially have fewer beds than the current hospital, the government has launched its final mining strategy this morning - increasing the number of minerals it considers critical to New Zealand from 35 to 37, and the Warehouse has just launched its second collection of the popular Kia Kaha Te Reo Maori clothing range, after the first edition sold out in minutes, ahead of te Wiki o te reo Maori last year.