Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 18 December 2024

In today's episode, a forensic psychiatrist says more data on the number of people held in solitary confinement in prison should be made available, there are fears Vanuatu could be dealing with a mass casualty event, with people still believed to be trapped in three collapsed building in the capital, and the central North Island town of National Park will be renamed Waimarino - the original Maori name for the area.