Morning Report

Associate education minister Tracey Martin speaks to Corin Dann about the new special education coordinator roles, which have been called 'flawed' and unworkable'. Read more Audio

The Educational Institute is urging its members to call for a halt to the roll-out of 623 new special education jobs which it says are flawed and unworkable. The union is asking primary and… Read more Audio

Former youth workers who were put into South Auckland after increasing violence more than a decade ago say the same approach is needed now. There have been eight shootings - four of them fatal, three… Read more Audio

The nurses union is promising major changes after a highly critical review of its pay bargaining process last year. Nurses achieved a pay deal mid last year, after long and complex negotiations with… Read more Audio

Everyone aged under 48 will have to wait two extra years for their government superannuation under National Party policy. National says it will raise the superannuation age from 65 to 67 from 2037, if… Read more Audio

At the G7 summit US President Donald Trump has signalled that he is open to meeting Iran's President Hassan Rouhani. The host of the summit - French President Emmanuel Macron - says he is trying to… Read more Audio

The government will reveal details about a national suicide prevention strategy in the coming weeks. Official figures from the chief coroner's office out yesterday show the number of people dying by… Read more Audio

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been trying to gain access to a major Auckland poverty group in a bid to promote its vaping and smokeless tobacco devices to poor people. The tobacco company has also… Read more Audio

The New Zealand cricketers overcame bad light to snatch a dramatic victory over Sri Lanka in the second and final Test in Colombo. Audio

New Zealand First minister Shane Jones has remembered Pita Paraone as a diplomatic and unflappable leader who did not seek frontline glory. Northland's Ngati Hine people are in mourning for the… Read more Audio

The Human Rights Commission is calling for employers to be made to reveal their pay scales so that staff can find out if they're earning what they should be. The commission hopes this will help close… Read more Audio