Morning Edition: 03 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Thursday, third of April. In this outdate,
Taeparti Maudi is making no apologies for its actions in
Parliament after refusing to attend yesterday's Privileges Committee hearing. One
MP had been called before the committee, but the party
complained about the time, clashing with its legal counsel. Its

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leaders instead announced it would hold an independent hearing on
May seven, but the committee also rescheduling until April twenty third.
The meeting is over a hukka performed in the debating
chamber during the vote on the Treaty Principals Bill. Co
leader raw Wadi Whiteit says they're standing up in the
face of hate, no one thing. We're not sorry. Would
we do it again in a heartbeat, because this is

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who we are. The Trade Minister's admitting there's a lot
of anxiety around a head of Donald Trump so called
Liberation Day. The US President is due to reveal the
scope of his tariffs this morning. Todd mc clay says
the likelihood of New Zealand being impacted is becoming evidence. Ultimately,
there are still many opportunities for New Zealand exporners left

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teriff rights are put on place for others around the
world or New Zealand, it's not a good thing for
well trained Police are still seeking information from the public
after two people were found dead in a suspected murder
suicide in Wellington's Rose Neath. Officers carried out a welfare
check on the occupants of the pallaser Rode home on
Monday night, where the bodies of the British couple were found.

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Signs the Access and Choice programs making a difference in
people's lives. Five years in, it received six hundred and
sixty four million dollars of funding over five years. In
Labour's twenty nineteen well Being budget. Over two hundred and
seven thousand people with mild to moderate mental health needs
access support over the twenty twenty three to twenty four
financial year. That short of the three hundred and twenty

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five thousand per year target. Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
Chief Executive Karen Osbourne says there's still room for it
to reach its full potential, but there's been positive feedback.
People are learning new tools, having increased confidence, being able
to have brief interventions and being able to put those
into practice. A rising concern about shoddy builders has prompted

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the government to roll out industry reforms. The Building and
Construction Minister says relatively few examples of high profile poor
workmanship is tiring the image of tradees Chris Penk has
announced there'll be more transparency about suspended builders, stronger discipline
and an improved complaints process. He says, consumers are left
in the dark about a builder's history. It's not clear

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on the website that someone who's lost the eluding practitioner
license full discipliney reasons. So a bit more clarity I
think will help in that regard as well on a
bio beware kind of basis. International news more deadly air
strikes in Gaza as the Israeli military expands its offensive,
disease large areas of Palestinian territory. In sport, Red Bull

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racing team boss Christian Horner admits he may have Russian
lawson and the team's Formula one seat too early. New
Zealand had won the One Day International cricket series against
Pakistan with a game of the three match rubber to spare,
triumphing by eighty four runs in the second fixture at Hamilton.
Real Madrid football manager Carlo Ancelotti has told a Spanish

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court he believed his financial affairs were legal. He's accused
of failing to pay one point eight nine million dollars
in tax on image rights revenue. I'm never ready mind
who in Thencilata's news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the news doorg ZB newsroom.