9 May 2024

Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 9 May 2024

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm on 9 May 2024

On today's episode, the father of Gore toddler Lachlan Jones says the police theory about his son's death lacks common sense, RNZ reporter Timothy Brown gives us the latest from court, a Social Investment Agency will be set up as part of this year's Budget, Victoria University professor and economist Arthur Grimes joins us, former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison, we hear from RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins, and nurses are rallying in cities around the country calling for more health funding in the budget, nurses are rallying in cities around the country calling for more health funding in the budget to fix the staffing crisis. The Nurses Orginisation's Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku gives us the latest.