Holiday Breakfast

A teachers’ union is calling for clarity from the Education Minister over plans to shake-up sex education guidelines.  

National has agreed with New Zealand First to scrap and replace gender, sexuality, and relationship-based guidance for schools.  

But the Post Primary Teachers' Association says no valid explanation has been put forward for the change or what it will look like.  

Acting President Chris Abercrombie says that's not how schools work.  

He says schools are putting in place now arrangements for next year, and any changes need to be made and communicated soon. 

Minister Erica Stanford was not available for comment. 

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A top winemaker is backing the rise in popularity of cask wine. 

Also known as boxed wine, the packaging has long put off many wine connoisseurs. 

But a glass bottle generates 1.25 kilograms of carbon dioxide in production, and James Dicey, co-owner of Bannockburn Winery, says cask wine is a far more sustainable option. 

He says a lot of drinkers are being converted. 

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A former cop says when police are trying to subdue suspects, the situation can swiftly deteriorate. 

New figures released to our newsroom show Police have resorted to the tactical use of pain to bring violent or resisting offenders under control more than 2,600 times since 2016. 

Māori account for 48% of cases. 

An Auckland Council member, Alf Filipaina, says pain should be more of a last resort and must always be proportionate to what's happening at the time. 

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Another fine day for much of the country, with showers in short supply. 

MetService's Sarah Garlick told Tim Dower that it could get very warm in some parts. 

The country's wettest spot today is forecast to be around New Plymouth; the windiest at Wellington's Lyall Bay. 

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UK police are investigating the country's Post Office after hundreds of postmasters were wrongfully accused of stealing. 

The Met is now involved after it turned out a faulty computer system was to blame. 

Between 1999 and 2015, more than 700 branch managers were accused of theft because computers wrongly showed that money had gone missing. 

Correspondent Rod Liddle told Tim Dower that the Post Office has done everything it can to avoid examining itself. 

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Outdated IT systems have emerged as one of the major issues in health service reforms. The issue has come to light in the handling of a 12 year-old girls’s radiology records at Hawke’s Bay hospital.  

NZ Resident Doctors Association National Secretary Deborah Powell tells Tim Dower there are substantial risks arising from flawed IT systems. 

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SPCA’s around the country are at capacity, partly due to an early kitten season last November. 

SPCA General Manager of Animal Services Corey Regnerus-Kell tells Tim Dower about the importance of desexing animals, as interest in animal adoption declines amidst the cost of living crisis. 

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon tells Tim Dower about stepping into a new leadership role and helping New Zealand to realise more of it’s potential.  

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Getting back into a routine can take some time. But, feeling sadness about swapping the long relaxing summer days with heading back to work is normal according to Health Coach, specialising in mental health and corporate wellbeing, Ree George. 

George tells Tim Dower about how our bodies can handle these changes of routine. 

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New Zealand averages a murder or manslaughter every five days - but over the past three weeks, there has been a spike in homicides.  

Police Association President Chris Cahill tells Tim Dower about the potential reasons for an uptick in violence over summer, and the strain it creates on police resources. 

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