Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 11 February 2026

Lobbying, secrecy and bribery: New Zealand slides in the international corruption stakes - are we too apathetic about our slipping standards of integrity ... Transparency International joins us live; New research released in the last hour finds big gaps in the awareness, treatment and support for those with ovarian cancer - the head of the Ovarian Cancer Foundation joins us, fresh from the report's release at Parliament; ASB posts a flat half year profit: but that still makes the bank 765 million dollars in six months - we'll read the tea leaves with our business editor; And we cross to Australia where the knives are out with a party room spill on the cards: who former PM Malcolm Turnbull says should challenge Liberal leader Sussan Lee