Midday Report

One positive out of the Black Caps hiding from England in the third ODI at The Oval today was the performance of bowler Trent Boult. He took his sixth five-wicket bag in ODI's, a New Zealand record, as the Black Caps were beaten by 181 runs on Thursday morning. 

Barry Guy has sports.

The pool of people looking for work is being fuelled by high migration levels with tourism a notable bright spot, but the hospitality, accounting and legal sectors are all struggling to fill gaps.

Kim Moodie has the business news.

The National Party is refusing to release it's full tax policy modelling, which most economists are claiming will leave a half a billion dollar shortfall. 

Their concerns centre on the proposed foreign home buyers tax - which National is relying on to raise $740 million a year.

But using real estate data from Corelogic, the economists have calculated that revenue will fall short by some 60 to 70 percent.

The National Party's Deputy Leader and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis explained to Charlotte Cook why her party believes those projections are wrong.

A Libyan living in New Zealand says the scale of the devastation from catastrophic flooding is difficult to comprehend.

Thousands of people have been killed and about 10,000 are still missing in the Libyan city of Derna, following a huge storm that burst dams, swept away buildings and wrecked whole neighbourhoods.

Baha Mabrouk lives in Wellington and told Charlotte Cook he's hearing some awful stories from back home.

A new project is set to breed sheep of the future.

Monique Steele has the rural news.

Former All Black Julian Savea will play Super Rugby for Moana Pasifika next year after being let go by the Hurricanes.

Jonty Dine has sports.

Homeware and sports retailer Briscoe Group remains upbeat in the face of challenging conditions, with flat sales and shrinking margins.

Kim Moodie has the business news.

The Labour Party is promising to deliver more than 300 more doctors a year from 2027.

It says if elected to government it will increase medical school places by 95 students in each of 2025, 2026 and 2027.

It says the increases on top of 50 new places next year would provide an additional 335 doctors every year from 2027.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists president Dr Julian Vyas spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Former Labour Minister Kiri Allan has pleaded not guilty to a charge of of refusing to accompany an enforcement officer, after crashing her car in Wellington in late July.

Reporter Krystal Gibbens updated Charlotte Cook with the latest.

The ACT party wants to increase the prison population back to the 10,000 inmate record from 2017 as part of its law and order package. The policy includes a billion dollars to increase capacity by 500 beds and tougher penalties for people who assault vulnerable workers. Its leader David Seymour told Charlotte Cook the policies would put more emphasis on victims.