Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 13 March 2025

In today's episode, a veterans charity says the New Zealand government doesn't know how many veterans there are or how many have died by suicide with no formal records kept, cleaners, caterers and security guards contracted by the government will no longer be paid the living wage, after the government reversed the requirement brought in by the previous Labour government, the Finance Minister says there's already been strong interest in bidding on Public Private Partnerships, as the government's Infrastructure Investment Summit gets underway in Auckland and are you getting paid enough for the region you live in? Frog Recruitment took a look at which region earned the most in New Zealand across 2024.