Morning Report for Monday 12 November 2018

6:00 AM.Sunset ceremony marks end of WW1 centenary, Primary teachers strike across NZ starts in Auckland, Primary teachers strike - analysis, Shane Jones fails to disclose 61 meetings, California town… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand rugby league team are closing in on a pride salvaging victory over England in the third and final test in Leeds. Audio

6:16 AM.A small north Auckland community is fiercely opposing a plan to build a huge rubbish dump in its back yard. The Chinese government owned company Waste Management has been given approval from the… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A youth employment programme in Auckland which uses Māori and Pasifika values to build future leaders has produced its latest batch of graduates. Fletcher Buildings Connect programme aims to give… Read more Audio

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

6:43 AM.Primary school teachers and principals are walking off the job in Auckland today, kicking off week-long rolling strikes across the country. That's despite a new $700 million offer from the Ministry of… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says he's to blame for an administrative error which saw 61 meetings he had, left out of answers to 20 written parliamentary questions from the National… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Kiwis captain Dallin Watene-Zelezniak admits it was a case of what could have been as they ended their rugby league series against England with an emphatic 34-0 win in the third Test in Leeds. Audio

7:10 AM.A sunset ceremony last night marked the end of four years of commemorations marking the First World War. Earlier in the day many people attended services for the centenary of the signing of the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A week of national strikes by teachers begins today in Auckland. More than one hundred thousand primary school students will be home today as teachers and principals walk off the job for the second… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.More than 100,000 primary school students in Auckland will be home from school on Monday as teachers and principals walk off the job for the second time this year. It's the first day of rolling… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The Regional Development Minister Shane Jones has had to correct 20 answers to questions from the National Party because he failed to disclose 61 meetings he'd had between March and September this… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Twenty-five people are dead and thousands of homes destroyed as three wildfires rage through California. Winds are predicted to increase today and authorities are warning they're likely to fan the… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.The furniture industry is in for a massive shake up with the government looking at whether it should ban a widely used highly flammable foam filling. Fire and Emergency recently hosted a demonstration… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.National has described a year of "economic mismanagement and disarray" under the Labour-led government. However last week official figures showed unemployment had fallen to a 10-year low. GDP growth… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Primary teachers have kicked out a week of rolling strikes in Auckland this morning. They're holding rallies across the city. RNZ reporter Katie Scotcher is at the intersection of Great North Road and… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Air Traffic controllers are warning drones flying in controlled airspaces is a growing problem and it could be catastrophic if one hits a plane. The controlled airpace around Wellington was closed for… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A small community in the very north of Auckland is preparing for battle against an international company that wants to build a huge rubbish tip. Waste Management is 80 percent owned by the Chinese… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A 50-year-old woman has been arrested in Brisbane accused of putting needles into strawberries. The discovery of the contamination in September sparked a nationwide scare, devastating the Australian… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Kiwis have ended their tour of England with a comprehensive 34-nil win in the third Test in Leeds. Audio

8:10 AM.Education Minister Chris Hipkins says they did everything possible to stop the teacher strikes going ahead today. More than 100,000 primary school pupils in Auckland are staying home or are in… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.It's been 100 years since the end of the first World War and world leaders have gathered in Paris to mark the event. The armistice treaty came into effect on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's the launch of a new era in the space industry. Rocket Lab has sent its first commercial rocket into space. The rocket, dubbed "It's Business Time", successfully took off from the Mahia Peninsula… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:39 AM.Offside or onside the debate over England's disallowed try is continuing in the UK. The All Blacks sneaked home largely because of the referee's decision just 5 minutes before the end of the match on… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.In Fiji, billboards and banners have come down and an intense war of words is over for now with a campaign blackout in force ahead of Wednesday's election. It's only the second time Fiji's voters have… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Trade and security issues are expected to be top of the Prime Minister's agenda when she attends summits Singapore and Papua New Guinea this week. Jacinda Ardern leaves tomorrow for the East Asia… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Fire and Emergency NZ is warning about the dangers of foam padding in furniture that has the combustible potential of 10 litres of petrol. Padded furniture like couches and mattresses that contain… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Four years of commemorations marking the centenary of the First World War came to an end on Sunday with the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in 1918. Seven major battle commemorations have… Read more Audio