Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 13 May 2025

In today's episode, RNZ understands pornography found on the work computer of former deputy commissioner of police, Jevon McSkimming, is being investigated as alleged objectionable material, New Zealand exporters are breathing a small sigh of relief, after the US and China agreed to a temporary halt on the tariffs they had put on imports from each other's country, the community in Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Maui/Nelson is feeling gutted by the decision by Te Matatini not to host the next kapa haka festival in the region, and Canterbury's Mt Hutt Ski field is planning to open its slopes two weeks early this year, if the weather holds.