Morning Report

Secondary schools are still operating on disrupted schedules with no word from the PPTA on when teacher strikes might end. The teacher's union is considering the Employment Relations Authority's… Read more Audio

To Tasmania now, where the Hobart council agreed last night to double rates for short-term stay properties, like Airbnb's, to ease the rocketing cost of renting. The proposal will use the short-term… Read more Audio

The New Zealand firearms registry is set to go live at the weekend, nearly four years after it was first proposed. The registry follows major changes to firearms laws made after the 2019 terrorist… Read more Audio

Waihi residents let loose on councillors in a fiery meeting about stormwater management yesterday. It follows severe flooding last month which forced about 50 people, many of whom were pensioners from… Read more Audio

Surgeons say a new tool which prioritises a person's ethnicity, along with other factors such as deprivation, time on the waiting list and location, when deciding who gets treatment is a simplistic… Read more Audio

Surf lifeguards say they've been told they should not have responded to the calls for help during Cyclone Gabrielle if they didn't have the right gear. They saved hundreds of people, but ruined their… Read more Audio

New Zealand Rugby has announced Wellington, Dunedin and Auckland will host the top six international women's rugby teams in a new three-tier tournament. Nine tests will be played over the course of… Read more Audio

"Using a hammer when a screwdriver would do."  That's what one relevant player is saying about the government's wide-ranging review of the country's emissions trading scheme. Tamata Hauha, which… Read more Audio

Parents who were looking to return to work because of cheaper early childhood education fees through a government subsidy may now need to rethink their plans. As part of last month's Budget, the… Read more Audio