Morning Report for Tuesday 20 June 2023

8:55 AM.The first All Blacks squad of 2023 was unveiled on Sunday night by coach Ian Foster for the upcoming Rugby Championship. The 36-man squad includes five new caps and one of those new faces - considered… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A teacher has had his registration removed for refusing to recognise a transgender student's gender. The Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal says the student was transitioning from female to male and asked… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Secondary schools are still operating on disrupted schedules with no word from the PPTA on when teacher strikes might end. The teacher's union is considering the Employment Relations Authority's… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.To Tasmania now, where the Hobart council agreed last night to double rates for short-term stay properties, like Airbnb's, to ease the rocketing cost of renting. The proposal will use the short-term… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The New Zealand firearms registry is set to go live at the weekend, nearly four years after it was first proposed. The registry follows major changes to firearms laws made after the 2019 terrorist… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Waihi residents let loose on councillors in a fiery meeting about stormwater management yesterday. It follows severe flooding last month which forced about 50 people, many of whom were pensioners from… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Surgeons say a new tool which prioritises a person's ethnicity, along with other factors such as deprivation, time on the waiting list and location, when deciding who gets treatment is a simplistic… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Surf lifeguards say they've been told they should not have responded to the calls for help during Cyclone Gabrielle if they didn't have the right gear. They saved hundreds of people, but ruined their… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.New Zealand Rugby has announced Wellington, Dunedin and Auckland will host the top six international women's rugby teams in a new three-tier tournament. Nine tests will be played over the course of… Read more Audio

7:39 AM."Using a hammer when a screwdriver would do."  That's what one relevant player is saying about the government's wide-ranging review of the country's emissions trading scheme. Tamata Hauha, which… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Parents who were looking to return to work because of cheaper early childhood education fees through a government subsidy may now need to rethink their plans. As part of last month's Budget, the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A Chinese man has been living in an Auckland garage for three months and working illegally after paying more than 17 thousand dollars for an accredited employer work visa. The construction company who… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A submarine used to take tourists down to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean, sparking a search and rescue mission. OceanGate, the company operating the submersible… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The All Whites have walked off at halftime in their international match against Qatar after an All White player was racially abused. The game was abandoned overnight when the New Zealand players… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.An Auckland woman has described terrifying scenes when a man armed with an axe and a pole attacked people in three Chinese restaurants on the North Shore last night. Police have a 24-year-old man in… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.An outcry from the early childhood education sector has pushed the government to back down on its key budget policy of 20 hours free ECE for 2 year olds. Providers will no longer require providers to… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.There were terrifying scenes on Auckland's North shore yesterday when a man armed with an axe attacked people in three Chinese restaurants in a shopping centre on Corinthian Drive in Albany. Police… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The government says it's reviewing the country's emissions trading scheme, and one of the industry group's most affected by the process says the move was "long overdue". Beef and Lamb says the… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Outcry from the early childhood education sector has pushed the government to back down on a new condition that was set to be imposed on centres. As part of the Budget policy, the government plans to… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The All Whites have walked off at halftime of their international match against Qatar after an All White player was racially abused. The All Whites game against Qatar in Austria was abandoned at half… Read more Audio