Afternoon Edition: 03 May 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is NEWSFECS. In
this update, Australian Opposition leader Peter Dutton has cast his
vote on the biggest day of his political career. Time
will tell if he'll win his home seat of Dixon
in Canberra. No Australian Opposition federal leaders ever lost their
own seat at an election. The Liberal Party leader was
confident when speaking with Sky News.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
I think there are a.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Lot of choie Austrians out there today and I think a.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Lot of choiet Australians have come out today to support
the coalition and looking forward to the outcome tonight.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Southland farmers are being urged to remember their responsibilities to
the environment and their livestock this winter. Winter grazing diets
for farm animals force a switch from grass to crops
that survived through the cold and wet, like kale and swedes.
Feed paddocks prepared over the last six months can't be
too close to waterways because sedimentary runoff can contaminate the water.

(00:56):
Federated Farmer's Southland President Jason Herrick says it's important to comply.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
Making sure that you've got your buffer zones and your
critical source series mensed off making sure that you've got
good type venting, portable water tross in place, and you've
got compitency plans in place for work during weather events.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Roughly sixty thousand people have headed to wetlands across New
Zealand today to take part in the game bird season opening.
Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meagher's joined the event, saying
it's about teaching the next generation important skills. Mister Megha
says there's real knowledge in understanding the effort and responsibility
of harvesting wild food. A call has gone out for

(01:33):
volunteers to help protect Paganui's Bushy Park after rat footprints
were discovered inside the predator free sanctuary. A tree that
fell in a recent storm provided a bridge over its
predator proof fence. While an intense trapping and monitoring program
is underway, covering the ninety eight hectare site is a
big job. Forest and bird Conservation manager Ali Mead says

(01:55):
locals with bush skills are urged to join their efforts.
That would be really good at SPP. I've got really
good bush skills, particularly if I've done any trapping before.
That's news in sport the Houston Rockets have forced a
Game seven decider in the NBA Playoffs. New Zealand basketballer
Steven Adams and his Rockets rose to the occasion on
the road to beat the Golden State Warriors one hundred

(02:17):
and fifteen to one hundred and seven. The Fiji and
Drewer have also come up big when it was badly needed.
They've had a last minute thirty four to thirty three
win over the Queensland Reds in today's Super Rugby Pacific opener.
It was must win for the last place Drewer captain
Messaki Donge sums it up.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
It's been a hundred big fore as a as a club.
You can see him that a last ten seconds off
they gave this boys came on fighting. This is our
spirit as.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
A NISI The win for the Drewer thirty four to
thirty three over the Reds, that's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.
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