18 Jul 2025

Morning Report Essentials for Friday 18 July 2025

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 18 July 2025

In today's episode, a South Auckland principal is warning that a third of teenagers in communities like his could leave school with no qualifications; New Zealand wine brand Villa Maria putting cancer warning labels on its wines exported to Ireland, but in New Zealand industry lobby group the Alcoholic Beverages Council doesn't want the cancer warning labels; They're being called blocks of yellow gold, and whether that be cheese or butter - they're getting most of the blame for blowing out the weekly food budget; We have our weekly political panel; Singer Daphne Walker has died aged 94.