Midday Report

Midday sports news for 28 September 2022

Crystal Kaua and Victoria Grant will make history history as the first female head coaches of a Super Rugby side and Grant hopes having women in the top jobs will inspire others.

News from the business sector

A recovery in households' confidence in the labour market suggests the Reserve Bank has more work to do to stamp out inflation.

The Warehouse's full year profit has fallen after a squeeze on its margins, reduced sales, and significant disruption caused by the pandemic.

New Zealand King Salmon has deepened its interim loss as it faced increased fish deaths, a lower harvest and a fall in biomass at sea.

IHC is calling for investment and rapid changes in order to stop students with disabilities facing discrimination and consistent disadvantages in the education sector.

An Education Review Office report into schools' support for disabled learners, shows nearly half do not understand their legal obligations.

It says families need an independent complaints system.

The report says one in five disabled learners has been discouraged from enrolling in a local school and about half are not allowed to fully participate in school events like camps and field trips.

IHC's Inclusive Education Consultant Trish Grant spoke with Māni Dunlop.

Rents around the country remained at an all-time high for the second month in a row according to figures from Trade Me.

Trade Me property says the national median weekly rent stayed at $580 in August.

Its sales director Gavin Lloyd spoke with Māni Dunlop.

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with a far-off asteroid.

The editor of Space.Com Tariq Malik joins Māni Dunlop live from the DART mission headquarters to explain its significance.

NASA's DART spacecraft has successfully collided with a far-off asteroid.

The editor of Space.Com Tariq Malik joins Māni Dunlop live from the DART mission headquarters to explain its significance.

Unions are calling for a fresh economic strategy, saying the neoliberal free-market approach has increased homelessness, inequality, and economic insecurity.

The CTU's economist Craig Renney spoke to RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford about their proposals which are up for consultation.

News from the rural farming sector

Last year's US Open runner up - Canadian Leylah Fernandez - has confirmed she will compete at Auckland's ASB Tennis Classic in January.

News from the business sector