Midday Report

Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme, which would see plantation forests no longer eligible for carbon credits.

That's due to concerns significant tracts of land are being converted to pine, a fast-growing tree, to take advantage of soaring prices under the ETS. 

But this comes at the expense of planting natives, which are more expensive and take longer to grow but are better for biodiversity. 

The climate change minister James Shaw spoke to Māni Dunlop.

News from the rural and farming sector.

Crusaders coach Scott Robertson says a Nations Championship is essential. Rugby bosses are meeting in Dublin to discuss an alignment between the northern and southern hemispheres again after the idea didn't get off the ground in 2019.

Midday Business News for 11 May 2022

The names, addresses, contact details and expired credit card numbers of thousands of AA customers have been taken by hackers. 

The details were taken from the AA traveller website in August, impacting customers between 2003 and 2018. 

Acting privacy commissioner Liz MacPherson spoke to Māni Dunlop.

RNZ understands the full border re-opening could be as soon as late July. 

The government will be announcing the official date in about an hour - and it's expected to be months earlier than the original October timeline. 

But immigration specialists say while that is a good thing, the people who will come need visas, and there are huge problems with processing. 

Immigration lawyer Alistair McClymont spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The full border is reopening - but expect visa delays. The AA says sorry after thousands implicated by an information breach.

The government is extending its support for 38,000 apprentices in jobs and training, and the construction sector appears to be pretty pleased.

It's one of the big-ticket items in Budget 2022 - costing $230 million.

The executive director of the Construction Industry Council Graham Burke spoke to Māni Dunlop

There could be big changes to the grocery sector with the Consumer Affairs Minister not ruling out going further than the Commerce Commission's recommendations.

National Party MP Andrew Bayly spoke to Māni Dunlop

News from the rural and farming sector.