Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 26 November

On today's episode, the ACT party is claiming to wield "disproportionate" influence at the decision-making table, the Education Review Office has said the NCEA level one qualification is not a reliable measure of teenagers' knowledge and skills and confuses parents, Auckland Police say a new 24/7 station in the city centre will help to ramp up crime response in the area, it's been a tough few years for the property market but there are increasing signs that activity is picking up, and Auckland batter Bevon-John Jacobs has become a shock signing on the second day of the Indian Premier League auction.