Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 27 November 2025

Attorney-General Judith Collins says the inquiry will look into whether government agencies did everything they could to ensure children were safe; Secondary teachers are voting on a potential settlement of their troubled pay talks; Olivier Raven made his suburban berm into a no-grow patch in an effort to promote flower growth and attract insects, but after two complaints from the public Hamilton City Council gave him 30 days to remove it; Dunedin rail commuters may be some of the luckiest in the country with Dunedin Railway Station ranked 18th most spectacular in the world.