Morning Report

The name of a teacher jailed for having sex with two students will remain secret for now.

The 37-year-old woman repeatedly drove two teenage boys to Marlborough parks at lunchtimes for sex.

She was sentenced in the Blenheim District Court yesterday to 2.5 years in jail.

Enrolment figures show just 29 percent of the tertiary students who benefited from the government's zero-fee scheme last year came from schools in the bottom five deciles.

The schools have 40 percent of all school students, but provided just 12,000 of the 42,000 people who were in the fees free scheme in 2018.

The Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, told RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, it's still too early to know who is benefiting most from the scheme.

Two New Zealand sailors are in the top three after two days racing at the Finn World Championships in Melbourne.

Police say a man shot at Flaxmere Primary School was only metres away from children when he was shot. A man who had a seizure at the wheel is warning of the dangers of driving while switching epilepsy medicine brands. Seven small electricity retailers are accusing two generators, Contact and Meridian, of price gouging. We reveal just one of the country's 63 largest fishing boats may meet modern safety standards.

Santa and Wellington City Council are both keeping a list, although the council's is a bit different.

Instead of who's been naughty and who's been nice, the council has compiled a list of the weirdest requests at its contact centre.

Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard MacLean speaks to Susie Ferguson.

A victim of New Zealand's largest ponzi scheme says he wants to believe the man responsible is sorry but knows he is a prolific liar.

David Ross was jailed in 2013 for 10 years after the ponzi scheme he was running collapsed, owing investors $115 million.

Ross was granted parole on Monday and is due to be released in February after the board found he displayed deep and sincere remorse.

Ross Asset Management Investors group spokesperson is Bruce Tichbon.

He speaks to Corin Dann.

A woman who fears she has cancer has been trespassed from the Waikato DHB and is now in the United States trying to get a second opinion on her condition.

Amy Van Wey Lovatt was trespassed in July after being accused of accessing parts of the hospital not open to the public.

But, the Hamilton woman says that never happened and all she was trying to do was get a full copy of her medical records.

Emma Hatton reports.

An accounting expert has warned that schools are hiding cases of fraud because they don't want to hurt their reputation.

Louise MacKenzie says some schools are dealing with theft themselves and don't notify the police.

She says fraud is happening because too many schools don't stick to their policies and procedures for preventing it.

RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen has more.

Temperatures in Australia are expected to soar this week as fires continue to plague the country.

Forty degrees is expected in South Australia over the next few days, as well as for large parts of inland New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland later in the week.

Bush fires are burning in New South Wales, West Australia and Queensland.

RNZ's correspondent in Sydney is Gabrielle Boyle from Channel 9 news.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.