Morning Report for Wednesday 15 August 2018

6:00 AM.About 29,000 primary and intermediate teachers and principals are walking off the job on Wednesday, a terrorist attack is suspected as a car swerves into pedestrians outside the British Parliament… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.All-rounder Ben Stokes has been rushed straight back into the England squad for the third test against India after being found not guilty of affray. Audio

6:14 AM.Fruit and vegetable growers are warning Auckland's urban sprawl could push prices up sharply and jeopardise the country's produce supply. A new report commissioned by Horticulture New Zealand says… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Landlords and real estate groups have now joined tenants in condemning Quinovic's advertising campaign that appeared to celebrate making renters lives a misery. The brain child of one of the company's… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:35 AM.At least 28,000 teachers and principals are going on strike on Wednesday, forcing the closure of most of the country's primary and intermediate schools. They are holding rallies in towns and cities… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Already many support workers in the early childhood and primary schools have settled their pay equity claim. Three hundred and twenty-nine women support workers will get a pay rise of up to 30 percent… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.There are concerns public confidence in the police force will be eroded if investigations involving senior leadership drag on. The police union says the inquiry into the appointment of the deputy… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.Ben Stokes is back in England's Test reckoning against India but must still wait to discover any further consequences following his affray acquittal. Audio

7:10 AM.Almost half a million children won't be going to school on Wednesday as primary school teachers strike. Nearly 29,000 teachers and principals are taking action closing almost every primary and… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.RNZ education correspondent discusses the details of what's happening on Wednesday across New Zealand as primary and intermediate school teachers strike. Audio

7:23 AM.A man cried out to God as a 200-metre section of a vast motorway bridge collapses in the northwest Italian city of Genoa. Vehicles and debris fell 90 metres onto rail tracks and a warehouse when one… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Would you fork out almost 6 bucks for a lettuce? The horticulture industry says you might have to in the not too distant future. A new report is predicting fresh fruit and vegetables prices could jump… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The hunt for who leaked Simon Bridges' travel bill is in full swing - and Parliament's referee will today decide whether to ramp it up to a full-scale inquiry. That's what National's leader is calling… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.England cricketer Ben Stokes will join the England squad for the third Test against India after he was found NOT guilty of affray by a Bristol jury. The New Zealand-born cricketer had been charged… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Business confidence surveys are painting a gloomy picture but the accounting software firm, Xero, says small businesses are not down in the dumps. Xero's managing director, Craig Hudson, says based on… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Just days before the Kingitanga movement holds its annual coronation celebrations in Ngāruawahia King Tuheitia has found himself under an extraordinary attack from one of his former advisors. In a… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Ben Stokes is back in England's Test cricket team after being found not guilty of affray but he could face further sanctions from England bosses for his night out in Bristol. Audio

8:10 AM.Teachers and principals are out on the streets this morning to push for a better deal from the Ministry of Education. Among the picketers are teacher Pat Swanson in central New Plymouth, and principal… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A double whammy of natural changes in the earth's temperature and human-made climate change, means it's likely we'll continue to see more extreme heat until at least 2022. That's according to a new… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Community pressure has pushed officials into a backdown on blood testing for people caught up in the firefighting foam contamination in Manawatu. Not only will locals get easier access to testing for… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Auckland's acting mayor Bill Cashmore is rejecting suggestions the market gardens of Pukekohe are at risk from further urban development. A report from Horticulture New Zealand says nearly a third of… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Legislation to properly enforce the animal tracking guidelines that were found to be hugely inadequate during the mycoplasma bovis response, is to be debated under urgency tonight and through… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:43 AM.Students and staff at the University of Waikato are calling a proposal to scrap the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies a "white-streaming" of Māori issues. More than 80 people gathered in a… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Developers keen to build a new hotel in Whangarei are eyeing up council funding set aside for the arts. The Whangarei District Council has been budgeting for more than a decade for a new theatre. But… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A newly discovered painting by the renowned New Zealand artist Charles F Goldie has sold for almost four hundred thousand dollars. The portrait of Kapi Kapi, an Arawa Chieftainess, was painted in 1918… Read more Audio