Morning Edition: 02 June 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the News talks headby Newsroom, this is newsfacs. In
this update, New Zealand has three new Knights and three
new Dames. The King's Birthday Honors list has been released,
acknowledging the work of one hundred and eighty eight recipients
from a President of the Court of Appeal, Mark Cooper
KC and the man who founded System of Plastics, Brendon Lindsay,
are both knighted, as is Ewan Smith, who is Heir

(00:26):
Raratonga's managing director and chair of Cook Island's Tourism. Internationally
renowned plant scientist Allison Stewart becomes a Dame alongside Katrina Williams,
who's been a driving force behind spinal cord injury research.
Rajna Patel is also recognized for her services to ethnic communities,

(00:46):
health and family violence prevention, and Katrina Williams believes there
is much better understanding of people in wheelchairs than when
she founded the Catwalks Spinal Cord Injury Trust in two
thousand and five. She's raised more than ten ten million
dollars towards research for a cure and dedicates time to
engaging with people who are new to life in a wheelchair.

(01:07):
William sees her message to those people is hang in there.
There is huge excitement about the research that is going
on and we have really bullished about some huge improvements
over the next five to ten years. Business confidences on
the rise and rutuua as nationwide tourism trends paint and opposite.
Picture Infometrics data shows total guest nights in the district

(01:30):
rose by one point four percent in the year to
March compared to a year earlier, compared with the two
point seven percent decrease nationwide. Ukraine claims to have left
more than forty Russian bomber planes at burning in a
large scale drone attack. The BBC reports drones that attacked
a military base in Siberia were launched from trucks. Ukraine

(01:53):
has conducted audacious attacks on Russia before, but this is
a new level. The cost of living isn't stopping New
Zealanders from traveling. A survey of more than one thousand
people by banking app Revolute shows twenty two percent are
taking at least three holidays this year. Domestic and Australian
trips are top choice. That's news. In Sport, Liam Lawson

(02:17):
has placed eleventh for racing bulls at Formula one Spanish
Grand Prix, missing out on points for the second time
in as many weeks. McLaren's Oscar Piastre and Lando Norris
place first and second. Red bulls Max ver Stapins been
relegated from fourth to tenth after copying a ten second
penalty for an incident with Mercedes. George Russell. Black Fern

(02:38):
star Porsha Woodman Wickcliffe, former Black Caps at captain Tim
Suthe and current White Fern skipper Sophie Devine have be
made Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit in
the King's Birthday Honors. Men's second seed Carlos Alcarath is
down to American Ben Shelton in forceets seven six six
three for six sixty four to move into the quarterfinals

(02:58):
of the French Tennis Open. Women's defending champion Ego Siontek
and top seed Arena Sablenka have recorded fourth round wins
Trent Bolt and Mitch Santanis. Mumbai Indians are posted two
hundred and three for six first up against Kyle Jamison's
Punjab Kings and the Indian Premier League second final qualifier

(03:18):
that sport. I'm Jody Gill. For more news, listen to
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