Midday Report for Thursday 12 May 2022

12:45 PM.Anti-waste organisation Takeaway Throwaways will deliver a petition to Parliament today asking for a ban on single-use containers for takeaways and to invest in reusable containers, cups and cutlery.

12:43 PM.The government has backed down on plans to stop primary schools enrolling foreign students.

The announcement in Auckland today is part of plans to rebuild the $5 billion/year international education… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.Brendon McCullum will take his own style into the England coaching job at a time when they need to have things changed. Audio

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for Thursday 12 May Audio

12:18 PM.The solution to stop young people creating headlines with so-called ram raids is not tougher punishment, according to the office of the children's commissioner. It says that risks perpetuating the… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Nurses are flabbergasted they are excluded from a new fast track pathway for residency.

Highly skilled workers including doctors, scientists and engineers will be able to apply for residency within… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Both the major political parties have committed to the country's first three emissions budgets.

A special Parliamentary debate on the budgets - which set a lid on the amount of greenhouse gases New… Read more Audio