Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 24th July 2025

24/07/2025 17 min
Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 24th July 2025

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In today's episode, polytechnics are cutting more than 500 courses and nearly a thousand jobs so they can stand alone financially once mega-institute Te Pukenga closes; A year into a four-year contract worth $24 million, the government is wanting more out of the youth mental health programme, Gumboot Friday; An academic involved in the process of creation of Sport NZ's guidelines for making community sport more inclusive for transgender people, says it's disappointing they've now been scrapped; Consumer NZ is airing some dirty laundry on Thursday with a claim that three detergents are no better than water.