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New teachers across the country are not being set up to succeed, according to the Education Review Office (ERO). 

Two thirds of principals are reporting new teachers coming into the role are unprepared, and a third of new primary teachers claim they are unprepared to teach science. 

The ERO is calling for more to be done. 

Ruth Shinoda, Head of ERO’s Education Evaluation Centre, tells Mike Hosking the combination of teachers themselves saying they don’t feel prepared, and their principals reiterating this is concerning. 

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A new proposal could see protest groups in the UK banned in a similar way to terrorist organisations.  

Extracts of an upcoming report show recommendations will be made for a new category proscribing “extreme protest groups”, defining these as those which routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims. Protest groups such as Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could have sanctions that restrict the groups’ ability to fundraise and rights to assembly in the UK. 

Plus, a new device might cut down hospital time for cancer patients.  

The Liberty has been given regulatory approval. The device allows patients to take blood tests and upload the results at home without supervision. 

Europe correspondent Gavin Grey tells Mike Hosking the device has only been tested on a small number of types of cancer. 

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In the A-League semi-finals, the Wellington Phoenix had a nil-all draw against the Melbourne Victory. The Phoenix return home this Saturday for the second leg of the semi. 

The Warriors suffered another loss, going down 38-18 to the Roosters in Sydney. The game brought on injury concerns as Shaun Johnson left the field in the second half. 

And, Aimee Fisher has beaten Dame Lisa Carrington in the K1 500 canoe sprint final at the canoeing World Cup in Hungary. 

ZB Sports Andrew Alderson wraps the latest from the weekend in sport. 

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Big changes are coming to parking in Auckland’s CBD. 

Auckland CBD residents and visitors will be stung with new 24-hour parking charges covering overnight, at weekends and on public holidays from July – as Auckland Transport seeks to collect more money. 

Heart of the City CEO Viv Beck tells Mike Hosking news of the parking charges is out of the blue and “completely out of step” with the normal procedures. 

AT’s approach to parking is based on demand. Auckland CBD has high demand for daytime parking, but information for outside of this has not been supplied. 

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Unlike the US, the UK is not withholding arms to Israel. 

Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that their position is not comparable with that of the US, since the UK is not a large state-to-state arms supplier to Israel. 

However, they don’t support a large-scale invasion of Rafah unless there is a plan to protect civilians in place. 

UK Correspondent Vincent McAviney told Mike Hosking that what the UK provides is export licenses for UK weapons manufacturers to export to Israel. 

He said that it’s a very different situation, and the UK is not going to retract those licenses.  

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There's doubts a potential raising of the international visitor levy will impact tourism numbers. 

Overseas visitors pay $35 collected through visa applications, which is evenly split between conservation and tourism. 

Speaking at the TRENZ conference, Tourism Minister Matt Doocey says that advice he's received shows it would have to rise to about $42 in today's market. 

Backpacker Youth Adventure Tourism Association chair Haydn Marriner told Mike Hosking that's just the cost of business. 

He says to expect the same value from that $35 today is to ignore everything we've always had. 

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