Midday Edition: 06 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks headby Newsroom this is NEWSFACS. In
this update, the Public Service Commissioner says there's no room
to move on the latest payofer to primary school teachers.
ENSITYI members have been considering industrial action after rejecting a
previous offer of three one percent pay rises over three years.
Jordan Dunn reports.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
The new offer would give sixty eight percent of teachers
a four point seven percent pay increase within twelve months,
with the rest receiving annual increases above inflation. Commissioner Sir
Brian Roach says it would cost taxpayers an extra four
hundred and forty nine million dollars over four years. He's
asking teachers to avoid further disruptions for students and parents.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Former National MP hard at hephag Or is now a
Member of New Zealand First. She ended parliament in twenty
seventeen after winning the Wanganui seat, but wasn't able to
retain it in twenty twenty. She then returned as a
listing in twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty three, hippag
Or ran unsuccessfully for a Maori electorate. She was told

(01:07):
off by party leader Chris Luxon. In twenty twenty two
for attending an anti vaccine and mandate protest and posting
messages of support online. It's hoped Auckland Council and central
government can work together to fix the city's transport network.
Organ Transports being stripped of most of its powers and
being refocused on delivering public transport. A new committee will

(01:30):
be created tasked with developing a thirty year transport plan.
AA Policy director Martin Glynn says he hopes there's a
more bipartisan approach.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
There have been examples of each party kind of doing
their own thing in the last decade or two, so
it'll be great to have both central and local government
agreeing the priorities around the table together.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Met Service warns of heavy rain in the Bay of
Plenty today with possible thunderstorms and gaale force winds could
hit the Lower South Island and Canterbury. Tonight, I'm kay
Gregory and that's news. In sports, spring box wing Cheslyn
Colby has underlined the challenge ahead of his side in
tonight's crunch meeting with the All Blacks at Eden Park.

(02:13):
He's never played at Eton Park, but says every test
against the All Blacks in New Zealand is a huge deal.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
I think every deskmatch to US is quite important. It
doesn't matter we play against, but I think just for history,
SEC New Zealand spring Box is always a big rivalry
and to come down to New Zealand to play the
All Blacks at home as it's massive.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
And Aaron Rautliffe has achieved another career milestone after winning
the US Open Women's doubles title at Flushing Meadow. The
Key Wei and her Canadian partner Gabby Debrowski overcame top
seeds Taylor Townsend and Caterinas Cinekova to hoist the trophy
for a second time. That's Sport. For more news, listen

(02:56):
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