10:00 am today

Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 22 August

From Morning Report, 10:00 am today

On today's episode, Winstone Pulp International announced on Tuesday it will shut down its Tangiwai and Karioi sawmills amid skyrocketing power prices, causing more than 200 job losses, a leaked document from tobacco giant Philip Morris says the company should target political parties, including New Zealand First and Te Pāti Māori, to get more favourable regulation for its Heated Tobacco Products, nearly two-thirds of teachers in early childhood education and new entrant classes say that Covid-19 and excessive screen time has impacted language development in children, and "Bias" and "structural racism" within the police are partly why Māori men are more likely to be stopped, prosecuted and tasered, a two-year investigation has found.