Morning Report for Wednesday 5 December 2018

6:00 AM.Maggie Barry bullying claims: Ex-staffer speaks out, Primary teachers reject latest offer over workload, Emergency MenW meningoccocal vaccine starts in Northland. Audio

6:06 AM.A standout year for women's rugby has been recognised with women headlining this year's New Zealand Rugby Awards. Audio

6:09 AM.Primary School teachers have just announced the outcome of their vote on the government's latest pay and conditions offer. RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen joins Susie Ferguson with the… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The Government is committing an extra $22.5 million to the America's Cup. But it will only be paid if Auckland Council coughs up another $14.5 million to help pay for higher than expected… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch up on overnight action on global markets. Audio

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

6:41 AM.Teacher workloads are being cited as the key obstacle in the ongoing dispute with the government. The union representing primary and intermediate schools - the NZEI - announced on Wednesday morning… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.A standout year for women's rugby has been recognised with women headlining this year's New Zealand Rugby Awards. Audio

7:09 AM.The former staff member who has accused Maggie Barry of bullying has described the MP as a Jekyll and Hyde character who would lose her temper, swear at employees and insult them behind their backs… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Primary and intermediate school teachers have voted to reject the latest pay offer. The decision was announced this morning. There was no strike vote. Liam Rutherford is NZEI's lead negotiator. Audio

7:28 AM.An emergency vaccination campaign begins in Northland today to combat the new deadly 'W' strain of meningococcal disease. There've been 29 cases nationally - seven of them in Northland, and three of… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A once-in-a-generation report into the country's mental health services describes patients and families pleading for help from a failing system. The inquiry is the country's sixth and the most… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The Housing Minister says a special team has been set up to try to find the 500 families who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand home, and who've yet to get in touch with the… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.House prices in regions usually considered affordable are booming, making a bargain for first home buyers even harder to find. The latest QV stats show in Dunedin prices have jumped 11 percent in a… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The former chief mines inspector Tony Forster is the first member of the team to re-enter the Pike River mine to be named. Tony Forster has been chosen by the families as their independent advisor and… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Ferns halfback Kendra Cocksedge is an early favourite to win New Zealand Rugby's player of the year award after being shortlisted for the top gong alongside All Blacks Richie Mo'unga, Brodie… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Primary school teachers and principals say workload was the driving issue behind their rejection of the Education Ministry's most recent pay offer. Members of the Educational Institute have voted… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Public servants responsible for the transition between governments failed to support new ministers as no-one had planned for a full scale, new administration.A review has found officials were caught… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Clear threats to this country's ecosystem have been identified from the chemicals in firefighting foam. This is spelled out in the biggest study yet into those impacts done for the Government. It… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Over the past two weeks Morning Report has revealed several cases of New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence being forced back to Australia because of a convention signed in 1980 which forces… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.US stocks plunge on various worries.  Audio

8:37 AM.An often stigmatised Hawke's Bay suburb is celebrating it unsung heroes for their successes and contributions to the community. The Flaxmere Heroes calendar for 2019, featuring some of the suburb's… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The mother of a man who took his life while in the care of a mental health facility is disappointed that a comprehensive report into New Zealand's mental health system has a "watered down" the suicide… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction is also recommending the government take immediate and strong action on the sale and supply of alcohol. In its report released on Monday, the panel said… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.Water Safety New Zealand is calling for a dramatic increase in school swim programmes to help tackle New Zealand's high drowning statistics. But some schools say some of their children don't even have… Read more Audio