Afternoon Edition: 23 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's Edvy newsroom. This is Newsfax. In
this update, Climate Minister Simon Watts is celebrating the Global
Climate Change Deal as a win, despite critics pointing out
its gaps. World leaders at the United Nations Annual Climate
Conference have agreed to boost finance for climate adaptation in
the poorest countries, but the deals faced and backlash for

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not having any details about moving away from fossil fuels.
Mister Watt says there are many challenges in the multilateral
rules based system at the moment.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
What the cop Conference was able to achieve in regards
to agreement around adaptation is positive. To get agreement for
one hundred and ninety four countries, let's be fair, is
pretty challenging.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Prime Minister Chris Luxon's marked two years of national in power.
He's given a speech celebrating the government's agenda of fixing
the basics. Mister Luckson says now as the time for
building the future, which he says only national can do.
He says the legacy of his government cannot simply be
fixing the mistakes of the previous one. With Black Friday
sales already underway, New Zealanders are being worn to stick

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to a budget. Last year, Westpac saw a thirty three
percent increase in average spend per customer on Black Friday
compared to an average Friday. Westpac Financial well Being manager
Warren lan Wu is advising people not to get sucked
in and overspend. Mister nan Wu says, avoid the urge
to splurge by slowing down and sticking to the items

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you wanted before the Black Friday sales started. Researchers are
creating an age measuring clock they hope could help save
endangered species. Massy University scientists have been analyzing seventy five
common dolphins over twenty five years to count tooth growth
layers and gather DNA. By combining the data, researchers have
built the first epigenic clock to accurately estimate the age

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of common dolphins. Marine biologist Professor Karen Stockin says it's
important to understand an animal's age.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Age, of the animal's reproductive status of the animal. All
those things stick together in a really important to suppossoble
that gives insight to the actual health of that particular
animal and of the population that it comes from.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
That's news in sport England cricket captain Ben Stokes won't
let their opening Test last to Australia in Perth derail
their ashes campaign. A miraculous Travis Head century steered the
hosts to an eight wicket win within two days. Stokes
says they have to man up and park their disappointment
ahead of the second Test in Brisbane.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
There still very confident of our abilities in achieving the goal.
So yeah, got to be so crucial about not taking
any baggage from this result into Brisbane because yeah, we
need to win that one.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
All blackslock Fabian Holland believes his team can only grow.
After his first year as a Test player, New Zealand
ended their twenty twenty five campaign with the fifty two
to twenty six win over Whales in Cardiff. Holland was
awarded World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year for his efforts,
playing at all but one of the team's tests this year.
That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to

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