19 Feb 2025

Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 19 February 2025

From Midday Report, 12:59 pm on 19 February 2025

In today's episode, Auckland marae are worried about future funding as the government puts a hold on new contracts in the wake of the Manurewa Marae election inquiry, economists are predicting the Reserve Bank will reduce the official cash rate by another half a percent this afternoon, bringing the rate down to 3.75 percent, NZME, the publisher of the New Zealand Herald, has announced a restructure, which includes the voluntary redundancy of several well-known journalistic names and Public health experts are calling on the Government to urgently fund a new National Nutrition Survey to better understand New Zealanders eating habits and to help shape public policy.