Midday Report

Rising grocery prices mean it's more important than ever for shoppers to know they're getting their money's worth, but Consumer New Zealand says retailers use confusing promotional strategies that make it difficult for customers.

It wants New Zealanders to send in examples of unclear or misleading pricing and promotions, so it can name and shame supermarkets.

Head of communications at Consumer NZ Gemma Rasmussen spoke to Charlotte Cook.

News from the rural farming sector As you may have heard in the business news, Fonterra will pay farmers 9-dollars-30 a kilogram of milk solids for the 2021-22 season. The Ministry of Primary Industries has announced it will begin culling cows on a huge feedlot near Ashburton, which is infected with M-bovis.

Midday sports News for 22 September 2022 Sam Whitelock will captain the All Blacks against the Wallabies in Auckland on Saturday after Sam Cane was ruled out through injury. Meanwhile Sevens stars Sarah Hirini and Portia Woodman will start in the Black Ferns first ever test against Japan in Auckland this weekend.

News from the business sector Fonterra says its full year profit is a good one, considering increased milk costs and ongoing supply chain disruptions. The Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence index for the September quarter rose nearly 9-points, to 87-point-6, where it was during the global financial crisis. The Federal Reserve stuck to the script and expectations with a 75 basis point rise in its benchmark rate to 3.25 percent with a promise of more to come.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered the mobilisation of hundreds-of-thousands more troops to bolster his failing illegal invasion of Ukraine.

And he's renewed his threats of nuclear war, saying it's not a bluff. 

Former Russian diplomat and Massey University's director of the centre for defence and security studies Rouben Azizian spoke to Charlotte Cook.

The United Nations' leaders week in New York has turned its attention to Russia's failing illegal invasion of Ukraine.

In recent weeks, Ukraine has taken back territory liberating towns in its Southern and Eastern regions near the Russian border.

Now, President Putin has ordered the mobilisation of hundreds-of-thousands more troops, and renewed his threats of nuclear war, saying it's not a bluff.

RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Charlotte Cook from New York.

Midday News for 22 September 2022

Environmental and seafood lobbyists say proposed changes to the laws governing fisheries will remove protections for fish sustainability and affect fishing rights for more than 600,000 people.

The Fisheries Amendment Bill is due to go into its second reading by the Oceans Minister David Parker.

Legasea says the bill will weaken Ministerial discretion to make precautionary decisions and instead, changes would enable officials to undermine the sustainability of popular fish species such as blue cod, crayfish and snapper. 

Legasea spokesperson Sam Woolford told Māni Dunlop he hopes it's not too late for the Minister to make a better discretionary decision.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday Sports for 21 September 2022