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Welcome to Midday Report essentials with Guyon Espiner. Today, we heard from our reporter Luxy Xia who was in court this morning as the leader of a fringe religious group was sentenced to more than 10 years for the manslaughter and kidnapping of his 70-year-old follower: found wrapped in black rubbish bags in Auckland's Gulf Harbour in 2024. We looked at the 3 options for time-of-use charging for Auckland motorists that are under consideration, with councillor Shane Henderson. Finally, we spoke to a legal expert who studies online abuse, as National's proposes a social media ban for under-16s.