Morning Report for Wednesday 3 October 2018

6:00 AM.Strikes loom as secondary teachers follow primary teachers in rejecting their latest pay offer, The Indonesian quake toll soars past 13-hundred, Australia's new rugby league captain Greg Inglis is… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Australian rugby league star Greg Inglis has been stripped of the Kangaroos captaincy and suspended for the upcoming tests against the Kiwis and Tonga after being caught drink driving and speeding… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Reports are coming in from around the country of landlords selling up their properties ahead of tougher tenancy regulations. The government is considering changes to the Residential Tenancies Act -… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The conservation group WWF is calling on the government to do more to protect the severely endangered Maui dolphin. Yesterday the Department of Conservation reported what it suspects is a Maui dolphin… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

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

6:40 AM.Teachers are ready to go on strike over fair pay and conditions. Delegates to the annual Post Primary Teachers Association conference yesterday rejected an offer, which would have given most secondary… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.Fomer Australian and New South Wales rugby league star Braith Anasta has applauded the two-test ban handed to Greg Inglis. Audio

7:10 AM.The government is facing the possibility of a double-whammy of strike action by primary and secondary teachers unless it can come up with a better pay offer. Union members in both sectors are… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Secondary teachers are prepared to strike if the government does not improve its pay offer. Members of the Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) will vote on industrial action next month, after… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Auckland rail is getting nearly $8 million to boost the number of safety gates at level crossings. Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff announced the funding at Glen Eden train… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The first in what could be a series of strikes by public hospital anaesthetic technicians begins on Wednesday. The workers are needed for all hospital operations that require an anaesthetic. Fifteen… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.National's deputy leader Paula Bennett is jumping to the defence of Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross, calling on the media and the public to give him space to deal with his health problems. He revealed on… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Auckland Transport appears to have turned around problems with its new bus services in under 24 hours, after a 2km-long traffic jam caused commuter chaos at a North Shore station. Passengers at… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Back now to the looming industrial action by the PPTA. As we've been reporting Secondary School teachers' rejection of the government's pay offer sets the scene for a double-header of strike action in… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Police are frustrated that some people hiking in alpine terrain are not getting the message that they must be prepared before stepping foot on the track. This follows the death of a 53-year-old man on… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A classmate of US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has accused the judge of lying under oath when he denied "heavy" alcoholic drinking. Chad Ludington says he was "deeply troubled" by Judge… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A transport advocate is concerned not enough is being done to deter red-light runners in Auckland. Auckland has added new red-light safety cameras to deal with the growing number of motorists running… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says the possibility of losing twice to the Boks before meeting them in next year's World Cup isn't causing him any sleepless nights. Audio

8:10 AM.The National Party says the government is wrong to put its no-fees tertiary policy ahead of better pay and conditions for primary and secondary school teachers. It says the no-fees scheme for tertiary… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.An immunologist is bewildered by the actions of an anti-vaccination movement he has likened to organised terrorism. More than 140 complaints were sent to the Advertising Standards Authority about a… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.New Zealand First's proposal to make new immigrants sign up to what it calls core 'Kiwi values' looks dead in the water before it's even reached Parliament. Party members are enthusiastic but Prime… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.Whangarei Hospital's anaesthetic technicians walked off the job an hour ago, demanding better pay and conditions. The workers are members of the Apex union which is locked in a dispute with five… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.300 jobs will be created with the development of a new freight transport hub just north of Hamilton. The Ports of Auckland owned facility at Horotiu has now secured its first anchor tenant and work is… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A Wellington wildlife sanctuary is on the hunt for an unwelcome visitor. Zealandia staff discovered what they suspect are weasel tracks at the southern tip of the sanctuary during a routine pest audit… Read more Audio

8:55 AM."Do your own dishes - your parents don't work here!" Have any notes like that around at your work? Quite likely given that passive aggression in workplaces has been revealed as widespread in a new… Read more Audio