Midday Report Essentials for 17 June 2026

Welcome to Midday Report essentials with Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, in for Guyon Espiner. In this episode: Labour's education spokesperson is rejecting reports Labour would scrap a twice-yearly test for primary school students if it got into government. We spoke to Ginny Andersen. A fresh report out of ACC shows injuries cost the country around $8.7 billion dollars a year, and we spoke to the chief executive for a breakdown. Finally, a veteran journalist - once imprisoned for his reporting says Media Freedom is more threatended than ever. We heard from Peter Greste.

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