Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 22 May

On today's episode, Labour leader Chris Hipkins discusses the government's plans to end the first home grants scheme, Taranaki businessman Bryce Barnett who donated to David Macleod says the National MP is one of the most trustworthy people he knows, two lines workers are being called heroes by their bosses, after they jumped into floodwaters to save a woman who was trapped in her sinking car, the New Zealand Rugby Players Association is threatening to split from New Zealand Rugby and set up a new body to control the professional game, and a huia feather has broken the record for the most expensive feather ever sold at auction.