Midday Edition: 08 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Nom the news talks Heavy newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, former Prime Minister danger Cinda Aderne has made
an appearance in Brazil for the COP thirty Climate Summit.
The summit begins on Monday and runs for two weeks. However,
world leaders have also been gathering in the last few days.
UK Prime Minister Sekeir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macro

(00:27):
are among those in attendance. Notably, President Donald Trump is
not Special Envoy for Oceania. Adirn told the BBC collaboration
is needed now more than ever.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
I personally do not believe that the absence of one
leader or one nation means the end of multilateralism. I
in fact believe it makes it even more important at
this time.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
New Trans Tasman Congussion guidelines will address all aspects and
complications from injury to recovery. Experts have reviewed the existing
evidence to provide a comprehensive set of recommendations for clinicians.
About two hundred and forty thousand people in Australia and
New Zealand require medical attention for concussions each year. A

(01:09):
UT Brain Health Research Institute Director of Professor Alice theodom
says the guide will be publicly available. When we're an appointment,
we get a lot of information given to us in
a very short amount of time, and so it also
means people can go back and just remind themselves. A
construction company will use repeatable designs to churn out new
hospital wards across the country. This space is at Middlemore

(01:32):
in Auckland, Wycatto, Wellington, Nelson and Hawkes Bay will add
a total of one hundred and forty new beds. Construction
firm South Based will build them off site. They plan
to be operational by the end of next year. A
Wellington mum of two made a desperate attempt to save
her Island Bay home before it went up in flames.

(01:53):
Fire crews battled the blaze in windy conditions on Monday night.
Charmette Horsefield says she grabbed garden hose to try and
put it out, but it did nothing. The family has
launched to give a little page to rebuild their lives.
They're also seeking sightings of the Himalay and Cat thirteen,
who's been missing since That's news in sports quick car

(02:16):
awful execution that sums uply and Lawson's below par qualifying
effort for tomorrow's sprint race at the sal Parlo Formula
One Grand Prix. Lawson will be at the rear of
the grid in seventeenth place after his team ran out
of time to do a second lap in qualifying.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Sometimes people leave big gaps, and also with cars doing
call downs on track, it just you get caught up
in it and we just got really bad timing. I'm
sure we'll review it. We definitely didn't need to take
the rest because yeah, that's been very quick, so it's
pretty frustrating.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Lando Norris has outpaced his championship rival and McLaren teammate
Oscar Piastre to take poul for the sprint race, while
the Australian could only finish third. A mother's son first
headlines the opening day of Cup Week, which is just
getting underway at Rickitton. Jockey Kylie Williams and sun Logan
Baits will face each other in at least four races

(03:05):
on the eleven race card. That's Sport. I'm Sandy Hodge.
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