Midday Report Essentials for 13 August 2026

Kia ora koutou katoa, welcome to Midday Report essentials with Guyon Espiner. Today - National mops up the mess from yesterday's aborted leadership coup. It comes as a new poll shows National and Labour both stuck around 30 percent support but the Opportunity party bolting up to eight percent. We talk to leader Qiulae Wong's reading on the turbulent political environment. Later, a new SIS report says foreign interference is targeting New Zealand political figures. Professor Al Gillespie breaks it down for us. Thanks for listening to today's episode, tune in wherever you get your podcasts - or live at Midday, every weekday on RNZ National.