Midday Report

The Prime Minister's electorate office in Morningside was attacked overnight.

Police are still at the scene investigating what happened, and say a 57-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to the incident.

RNZ reporter Finn Blackwell updates Midday Report's Charlotte Cook.

The PNG Government has confirmed that at least 29 people have died after clashes on the Island of Kiriwina in the Trobriand archipelago.

Reports suggest it was a conflict between two groups after a football match.

RNZ Pacific journalist Lydia Lewis reports.

On the 9th of December almost three years ago, seven pilots took matters into their own hands to rescue people from the erupting Whakaari Island.

47 people were on the island that day, 22 of them died.

But without the actions of those seven pilots, that number would have been much higher.

Tom Storey was among those men and is getting a New Zealand Bravery Decoration for those actions.

He spoke to Charlotte Cook.

A new survey of students at the co-located Shirley Boys' and Avonside Girls' schools show many are being sexually harassed and assaulted.

Fewer than half the boys took part in the survey, but of those who did: a fifth reported harassment - dominated by physical assaults including touching, groping, and even sex without consent.

The incidents happened at school and the victims were most likely homo- or bisexual.

Meanwhile, in the girls' survey, a total of 21 instances of rape or near-rape are described amid widespread reported sexual harassment.

The head students of the Avonside Girls' Olivia Kingi and Shirley Boys' Kururangi Wetini spoke to Charlotte Cook.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday sports News for Wednesday 26 October 2022 New ball-bowler Trent Boult says their focus has moved on to tonight's game against Afghanistan in Melbourne - which comes after New Zealand thrashed hosts and defending champs Australia in their tournament opener.

News from the business sector.

Green Party human rights and foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman is questioning whether Iran used a New Zealand couple as a pawn to stop the government speaking out on its human rights abuses. 

She spoke to Charlotte Cook on Midday Report.

A New Zealand couple held in Iran have escaped the country safe and well after being stuck there for months.

Topher Richwhite and his wife Bridget Thackwray had been unable to leave the Middle Eastern country, which has been experiencing weeks of unrest.

The couple were on a world trip in a Jeep.

Iran says they were never arrested. 

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Charlotte Cook.

They say victory tastes sweet and that's especially true for a young chocolate maker from rural Wairarapa.

Johnty Tatham and his company Lucid Chocolatier have been named the supreme winner of this year's Chocolate Awards.

On top of that he's won two categories and 14 other medals in the competition, half of them Gold.

Johnty Tathim spoke to Charlotte Cook.