Midday Report for Monday 4 August 2025

1:45 PM.In today's episode, an Auckland school principal is describing the scrapping of NCEA as more window dressing than radical overhaul. Level One will be replaced with foundation literacy and numeracy… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Researchers in Australia have found that leopard seals in Antarctica sing under the ice and their songs have similiaries with the way humans sing nursery rhymes to children. The study's lead author… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship has been named and there are four potential debutantes in the squad. RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter discusses the lineup with Charlotte Cook. Audio

12:35 PM.Midday Rural News for 4 August 2025. Audio

12:28 PM.The are four potential debutants in the All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship, which kicks off later this month. Audio

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for 4 August 2025. Audio

12:18 PM.A 27-year-old woman has been charged with ill-treatment/neglect of a child after a toddler was found inside a suitcase on a bus when it stopped in the town of Kaiwaka while travelling between… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.An Auckland school principal is describing government plans to scrap NCEA as more window dressing than radical overhaul. Claire Amos from the Auckland Secondary Prinicipals' Association spoke with… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Market Update for 4 August 2025. Audio