14 May 2024

Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 14 May

From Midday Report, 1:45 pm on 14 May 2024

On today's episode, new specialised gang units aimed at preventing crime, disorder and intimdation caused by gang members have been announced, we hear from Police Minister Mark Mitchell, David Seymour joins us to discuss the $150 million to re-establish charter schools, the forestry industry is concerned about its future with around 10 percent of jobs at Scion set to be cut, Civil Defence officials are making preparations for a 'worst-case scenario' catastrophic 9.1 earthquake and tsunami along the Hikurangi subduction zone, and in World Watch, a curfew has been put in place in New Caledonia's capital, Noumea, following violent clashes in recent days.