Afternoon Edition: 05 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Scarlet Swatanovich and this is your afternoon
newsfacks for Friday, the fifth of September. The senior doctors'
unions calling for the Prime Minister to reign in the
Health Minister, accusing him of illegally intervening in negotiations. Simeon
Brown gave Health in Zet and the union until four
pm Friday to respond to his request to let a

(00:24):
third party decite the terms of the contract. Lachlan Rennie
has more Health.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
New Zealand's agreed to participate in an effort to resolve
twelve months of collective agreement negotiations. However, the Association of
Salaried Medical Specialists says the Minister's proposal is disingenuous and
a direct intervention in bargaining, which is unlawful. Simeon Brown's
called the union's decision disappointing and says he believes binding
arbitration is a circuit break and needed.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Meanwhile, Health New Zealand and the Nurses organization have agreed
to re enter bargaining. Union members walked off the job
twice this week safe staffing concerns following more than a
year of collective agreement negotiations. Green MP Benjamin Doyle has
resigned from Parliament, saying they and their family have experienced
violent threats. They entered Parliament ten months ago, replacing expelled

(01:15):
Green MP Darling. Tanna Julia Deloney will serve at least
eighteen years in prison after murdering her mother last year
in her Candala home. Open Justice reports the fifty three
year old were sentenced this afternoon in front of a
packed public gallery in the High Court at Wellington. She
continues to deny responsibility. Additional police staff are being deployed

(01:37):
in Hawk's Bay after two gang related incidents overnight injuring
four people, including leaving two youths fighting for their lives.
Around nine thirty Thursday night, officers responded to reports of
a serious assault on Riverbend, wrote Emily Ancell.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Reports. Reports indicated if firearm was discharged and two people
were taken to hospital with moderate injuries. Several hours later,
police were called to a grievous assault on Omahu Road
and Hastings where two youths suffered life threatening injuries. Inspector
Caroline Martin is urging people to stop this needless violence

(02:11):
before anyone else gets hurt.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Meanwhile, in christ Church police are increasing their presence after
an unsuccessful attempt to start a fire at a local
gang pad. Flammable objects were thrown at a fence on
Cuff's Road just before eight on Friday morning. The fence
didn't catch fire and caused minimal damage. The new Mardy
Queen has made her mark with a rousing speech a
year after the death of her father, naway homel Ettipau

(02:36):
has broken her silence after a year of mourning, addressing
week long commemorations at Tuungawaywai Marii. New Zealand Herald political
reporter Julia Gable says the Queen spoke of her father
and praise the level of unity shown this week. She
says it was very well received to sport and All
Blacks captain Scott Barrett admits the Rugby Championship Test against

(02:57):
the spring Box has plenty of feeling and emotion behind it,
given their fifty match unbeaten run at Eden Park and
facing the World Cup champions Black Caps great Ross Taylor
is making an international cricket comeback. He'll represents Somemore at
next month's T twenty World Cup qualifiers in Oman and
a dream start to their Oceania Cup Hockey campaign for

(03:18):
the Black Stack Sticks Women beating the hockey Ruse one
nill In Darwin. I'm Scarlet Tutanovich. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update Monday morning from
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