October 12, 2025 • 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
On the news talks edby Newsroom This is newsfacs. In
this update, former Green Party MP Nando tanzash could become
the new mayor of Fakeitane. Latest results show he has
surged ahead of incumbent Victor Luca. Mister Tanzashna has almost
three thy six hundred votes, about one hundred more than
mister Luca. Election reporter Michael Sergel says several other mayoral
(00:26):
races are also coming down to the wire.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Got a really interesting race in Westland District, which is Hokitika.
An eighty two year old transgienter woman has become the
country's second transgender mayor. On progress results that could still change.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Sophie Barker has been leading Dunedin's mayoral race. The climate
change ministers assuring new emissions targets are achievable. The governments
announced to methane target of fourteen to twenty four percent
below twenty seventeen levels by twenty fifty. There will also
be no tax on agricultural methane emissions and farmers will
be able to measure their emissions with a new on
(01:01):
farm calculator. Climate Change Minister Simon Watt says he's confident
the country will hit these targets, even though we're a
long way away. It's important to make sure that any
targets we've got our fear and practical and I don't
think that's unrealistic. All systems go again at Auckland's Central
fire station after asbestos was found in dust samples yesterday,
(01:22):
forcing it to close. Fire and Emergency says further testing
carried out at the Pitt Street station has come back
negative for asbestos and their people can now work without disruptions.
Deep cleaning of three trucks and one van has also
been carried out. A story about two West Coast women's
fight for justice has sparked an off screen relationship. The film,
(01:44):
based on the twenty ten Pike River tragedy that took
the lives of twenty nine men, is being released in
New Zealand this week, starring New Zealand actresses Melanielinsky and
Robin Malcolm. The movie tells the true story of Anna
Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two women who lost loved one
in the disaster. Melonielinsky says she's become very close with
Robin Malcolm. They've even had matching tattoos. That's news in sport.
(02:10):
Where is the full time siren?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
They've needed one hundred minutes but Janbury Punstead Ticket and
the punning ZIPSA semifinals.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Canterbury beat Counties Monaco twenty three point fifteen in their
NPC quarter final in christ Church, which became an extra
time thriller. Canterbury trailed fifteen to five at half time
before leveling the scores with a penalty goal and converted
try to braden Ena. The two teams then played out
twenty minutes of overtime, with Canterbury full back Shave Fiaki
(02:42):
breaking the deadlock with a decisive try. So Canterbury hosts
Hawks Bay in their semi final. Otago hosts Bay of Plenty,
New Zealand. Hannah Berry has finished fourth at the Ironman
World Championships. That was in Hawaii. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.
For more news, listen to News Talk SETB Live on
iHeartRadio
On the news talks edby Newsroom This is newsfacs. In
this update, former Green Party MP Nando tanzash could become
the new mayor of Fakeitane. Latest results show he has
surged ahead of incumbent Victor Luca. Mister Tanzashna has almost
three thy six hundred votes, about one hundred more than
mister Luca. Election reporter Michael Sergel says several other mayoral
(00:26):
races are also coming down to the wire.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Got a really interesting race in Westland District, which is Hokitika.
An eighty two year old transgienter woman has become the
country's second transgender mayor. On progress results that could still change.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Sophie Barker has been leading Dunedin's mayoral race. The climate
change ministers assuring new emissions targets are achievable. The governments
announced to methane target of fourteen to twenty four percent
below twenty seventeen levels by twenty fifty. There will also
be no tax on agricultural methane emissions and farmers will
be able to measure their emissions with a new on
(01:01):
farm calculator. Climate Change Minister Simon Watt says he's confident
the country will hit these targets, even though we're a
long way away. It's important to make sure that any
targets we've got our fear and practical and I don't
think that's unrealistic. All systems go again at Auckland's Central
fire station after asbestos was found in dust samples yesterday,
(01:22):
forcing it to close. Fire and Emergency says further testing
carried out at the Pitt Street station has come back
negative for asbestos and their people can now work without disruptions.
Deep cleaning of three trucks and one van has also
been carried out. A story about two West Coast women's
fight for justice has sparked an off screen relationship. The film,
(01:44):
based on the twenty ten Pike River tragedy that took
the lives of twenty nine men, is being released in
New Zealand this week, starring New Zealand actresses Melanielinsky and
Robin Malcolm. The movie tells the true story of Anna
Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two women who lost loved one
in the disaster. Melonielinsky says she's become very close with
Robin Malcolm. They've even had matching tattoos. That's news in sport.
(02:10):
Where is the full time siren?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
They've needed one hundred minutes but Janbury Punstead Ticket and
the punning ZIPSA semifinals.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Canterbury beat Counties Monaco twenty three point fifteen in their
NPC quarter final in christ Church, which became an extra
time thriller. Canterbury trailed fifteen to five at half time
before leveling the scores with a penalty goal and converted
try to braden Ena. The two teams then played out
twenty minutes of overtime, with Canterbury full back Shave Fiaki
(02:42):
breaking the deadlock with a decisive try. So Canterbury hosts
Hawks Bay in their semi final. Otago hosts Bay of Plenty,
New Zealand. Hannah Berry has finished fourth at the Ironman
World Championships. That was in Hawaii. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.
For more news, listen to News Talk SETB Live on
iHeartRadio
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