Midday Report Essentials for Monday 8 December 2025

08/12/2025 14 min
Midday Report Essentials for Monday 8 December 2025

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The Children's Commissioner has launched what she's calling an urgent advocacy campaign to prevent children being neglected, abused and killed; Wellingtonians will soon be able to tag on to buses and trains with phones and debit cards, with the regional council announcing plans to ditch Snapper; Health New Zealand is encouraging vigilance as more locations of interest are identified in the current measles outbreak, with the upcoming Christmas party season having the potential to make things worse; Temperatures are up around the country today with a heat alert issued for Hastings.