Midday Report

The Rugby World Cup has delivered another two compelling quarter-finals, a day after the All Blacks scraped past Ireland.

In Marseille, England survived a major scare to beat Fiji 30-24 while South Africa eliminated France in a 29-28 thriller.

Rugby reporter Joe Porter spoke to Charlotte Cook.

On Sunday night the Auckland Museum was lit up in blue and white in solidarity with Israel, sparking a protest of around 100 Palestinian supporters.

Police were called to diffuse a verbal confrontation between Israeli and Palestinian supporters gathered at the bottom of the hill below the museum at about 8 o'clock, and the light projection was turned off by 9.

The Auckland Museum has so far refused to front on RNZ.

Alternative Jewish Voices co-founder Marilyn Garson spoke to Charlotte Cook.

There's a whole new cohort of farmers and those with backgrounds in primary industries set to make it into parliament, following early election results.

Most notably, it looks like former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard will become an MP.

Monique Steele has the rural news.

The four semi finalists at Rugby's World Cup have all been found.

South Africa's dramatic 29-28 win over France Monday morning has seen the hosts eliminated with the Springboks now squaring off against England in Sunday morning's second semi final in Paris.

Stephen Hewson has sports.

The announced resignation of Sky City's chief executive Monday morning has been called a surprise but not one suggesting it's a forced departure.

Gyles Beckford has the business news.

New MPs have been arriving in the capital on Monday, as they begin their first day in Parliament.

But it's not all been all smiles and excitement - many MPs have landed at Wellington airport facing disappointment at their results.

Dozens of electorate seats flipped on Saturday night - not just to the National Party, but the Greens and Te Pāti Māori nabbed a few off Labour as well.

Political reporter Anneke Smith spoke to Charlotte Cook.

National has already begun negotiations with its potential coalition parties, despite the final election results still being almost three weeks away.

Based on preliminary results National and ACT hold a slim majority at 61 seats - but they haven't ruled out needing the help of New Zealand First to get over the line if the special votes don't go their way, or if the overhang grows larger than just the one seat.

There are still 570,000 special votes to be counted with results not confirmed until November 3.

ACT Leader David Seymour spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Saturday is the last day to cast your votes for the 2023 election, but if you want to avoid the wind and the rain - you might want to head out today.

MetService is forecasting western and central Aotearoa will be in for a bit of a blustery battering as active low from the Tasman sea moves across the country. B

ut the question is whether that forecast wil lhave an impact on the voter turn out?

Professor in Politics at Massey University, Richard Shaw, answered that question from Charlotte Cook.

One New Zealand born Israeli fighter has been confirmed as killed in the ongoing conflict.

This news comes as the one Jewish school in Aotearoa and all Synagog's around the country have been forced to close for the weekend.

Juliet Moses from the New Zealand Jewish Council spoke with Charlotte Cook.

Fonterra takes out the top spot as the country's largest greenhouse gas emitter for the third year in a row.