Midday Report

Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced a radical overhaul of the public health system, including reinstating a board and partnering with the private sector. Health reporter Ruth Hill spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

In today's episode, A health advocate has accused the government of making 'institutionally racist' changes to the bowel screening programme - repurposing funding set aside for Maori and Pasifika, Tropical Cyclone Alfred has slowed overnight as it approaches Australia's east coast, sparking fears it could give the storm more time to gain strength, Scammers are getting more advanced and people are slowly becoming wiser to their tricks. So when Inland Revenue started to call people advising they have improved the security for their online accounts, alarm bells rang, and consumer advocates want card payment surcharges to be banned, due to growing concerns about excessive and hidden fees.

Consumer advocates want card payment surcharges to be banned, due to growing concerns about excessive and hidden fees. Consumer's acting head of research and advocacy Jessica Walker spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Scammers are getting more advanced and people are slowly becoming wiser to their tricks. So when Inland Revenue started to call people to advise they had improved the security for their online accounts, alarm bells rang. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Growers in Hawkes Bay are supporting a proposed new water storage facility.

Determination and belief are rock solid in the Blackcaps camp, following their Champions Trophy semi-final win over South Africa in Lahore this morning.

How tough might the worldwide inflation fight be?

Tropical Cyclone Alfred has slowed overnight as it approaches Australia's east coast, sparking fears it could give the storm more time to gain strength. Central Queensland University Environmental Geography adjunct professor Steve Turton spoke to Charlotte Cook.

A health advocate has accused the government of making 'institutionally racist' changes to the bowel screening programme - repurposing funding set aside for Māori and Pasifika. Specialist GP Rawiri McKree Jansen spoke to Charlotte Cook.

In today's episode, a trade war between the US and some of its closest trading partners has erupted - causing stock markets to plummet and raising fears it could contribute to a crash in the global economy, a potentially deadly category two cyclone is heading for Queensland's most populous region - Brisbane, US President Donald Trump has enacted tough tariffs on the country's largest trading partners - China, Canada and Mexico, sparking fears of a global trade war, and Northland horseriders are kicking up a stink over a proposed new bylaw that would mean they'd have to pick up their horse's poo.