Morning Report

The Northern Stars have advanced to their very first ANZ Premiership Grand Final after upsetting defending champions the Southern Steel 56-53 in the preliminary final in Invercargill. Audio

Parents are bracing for more teacher strikes if the threatened action continues. Nearly 50-thousand teachers and principals went on strike nationwide yesterday - in the country's largest-ever… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are hoping health, education and housing will be big ticket items in the 2019 government Budget.

Others say poverty, transport and the justice system could also do with some attention.

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ACT Party leader David Seymour says the political game being played by the government and the National Party over leaked Budget details is immature and misses the point.

He says the real issue is… Read more Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A veteran Southland teacher says the salary gap between teaching and other professions is the main reason so many young people don't want the job.

Terry McNamara, who's the former head of mathematics… Read more Audio

The co-chair of Labour's Māori caucus says there will be targeted funding for Māori and Whānau Ora can expect a boost in the 2019 Budget.

Willie Jackson announced at Waitangi in February there would… Read more Audio

Police have halted their investigations into Tuesday's Budget leak saying an unknown person or persons exploited a feature in the Treasury's website search tool but their actions does not appear to be… Read more Audio

The Northern Stars have upset defending champions the Southern Steel to advance to the final of ANZ netball premierhship. Audio

Budget 2019: Treasury breach and political drama, Special needs teacher describes classroom attacks, Education Minister Chris Hipkins responds to teachers' strike. Audio