Midday Report

Thousands of secondary school teachers are spending their lunchtime today outside the schoolyard.

They're striking again, and demanding better pay and conditions.

Education Minister, Jan Tinetti, believes pay increases alone won't solve the concerns of teachers.

Further action is planned for term two, including rotating learning-from-home days for different year levels, and rolling teacher strikes in different regions.

Louise Ryan, an English and Media Studies at One Tree Hill College, was among those striking today and talked to Māni Dunlop.

News from the rural farming sector

All Blacks wing Sevu Reece will miss this year's World Cup with injury.

News from the business sector

Corrections says it has made changes in how it shares information with the Parole Board to help prevent the same mistakes - after questions were raised about the release of an inmate who then brutally murdered a woman.

An independent review found the Department of Corrections provided the right information to another agency about a convicted rapist, months before he murdered a Christchurch woman in her home last year.

The Parole Board maintains the information it was given was inadequate and misleading. Joseph James Brider was released on parole in October 2021 and brutally attacked Juliana Bonilla-Herrera as she slept in her bed three months later.

At a hearing in October 2021, the Parole Board says it was told there was no room available at a residential rehabilitation facility for Mr Brider.

The review also found the Parole Board would have benefited from being explicitly advised the bed had been cancelled.

Corrections chief executive, Jeremy Lightfoot spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The political pile-up is continuing a day after Stuart Nash was booted out of Cabinet.

He's lost all his ministerial roles for breaching the Cabinet Manual in 2020, when he leaked confidential Cabinet proceedings to some business leaders - two of whom were donors.

Labour MPs on the way to parliament this morning were asked whether they still trust their caucus colleague.

National wants Stuart Nash gone from Parliament entirely - even if it sparks a by-election.

Our political reporter Katie Scotcher spoke to Māni Dunlop.

A disconnect between the council and the chair of the West Coast regional council has been cited as one of the reasons he was voted out of office by his colleagues this morning. Allan Birchfield had been on leave from the council since December, due to health reasons, returning this morning to an extraordinary meeting that seeked to sack him as chair.

A disinformation expert says the cancellation of two co-governance meetings in Auckland reflects how politically divided the country is becoming. Both an anti and pro co-governance group had booked the Mount Eden Memorial Hall tonight, right after one another. But Auckland Council has revoked both, citing concerns about public safety.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday sports News for 28 March 2023 Black caps coach Gary Stead would like a repeat of what he saw in Saturday's opening 198-run win over Sri Lanka, in today's second ODI in Christchurch.