Morning Edition: 05 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm Neverrittimanu and this is your morning news
fix for Friday, September. In this update, a plea for
more clarity for some parts of new immigration laws. Immigration
Minister Ericas Stanford's announced several tougher policies for overstayers and
to better enforced deportations for serious crimes. It also aims

(00:25):
to crack down on people mistakenly granted a visa, but
aims Global Immigration Services Chief Executive Aarunamandingra has questions for
when the government makes the mistake. She wants to know
if they will take accountability considering the lengths some people
take to come here. Speculation there's probably more to our
defense minister's visit to Ukraine than just a symbolic showing

(00:48):
of solidarity. Judith Collins is just back from the war
torn country, visiting sites impacted by Russia's three and a
half year long invasion. She also paid a visit to Poland,
which has become a channel for European arms and support.
International relations expert Professor Robert Patman says, given New Zealand's
doubling its own defense expenditure, the minister will be receptive

(01:10):
to speaking about the changing nature of war with the
world leader of drone technology, people are being urged not
to second guess symptoms of managerre cockle disease. A teenager
from Shirley Boys High School in Christchurch was taken to
hospital on Tuesday after contracting the illness. It been at
a rugby tournament in Dunedin from August twenty fourth to

(01:31):
twenty eighth before returning to school. Meningitis Foundation chair Gared
Rushton is advising parents to check on their children as
there is a risk the disease is spread and he
says meningitis can killed within twenty four hours and the
symptoms is similar to the flu, so treatment often comes
too late. Work as a devastated by the closure of

(01:52):
the South Island's biggest sawmill, Carter Holt Harvey, has confirmed
it will cease operations at Eves Valley near Nelson, resulting
in the loss of one hundred and forty two jobs.
It's part of the company's plan to consolidate its structural
timber manufacturing to one site in Beaya Plenty's Cowardo It
to National Secretary Rachel Macintosh says staff and the community

(02:13):
are shocked by the newsw Members described it as going
to her funeral. You know that this is her fano,
the family that she's been working west, day in and
day out for years. Renowned Italian fashion designer and billionaire
brand owner Giorgio Omani has died aged ninety one. Synonymous
with Italian style, his company Amani expanded from fashion into

(02:37):
an empire spanning beauty, fragrance and more, bringing in more
than two billion euros a year. Sky News reporter Rachel
Venables says Amani's family says he worked right up until
his final days. We ad missed recent fashion shows due
to it was understands ill How's recovering from the mystery illness,
but he was continuing to work on projects and fashion shows.

(03:00):
In sport, The warriors chances of making NRL League's Top
four are over after the Broncos beat the Storm thirty
fourteen to effectively guarantee fourth for the regular season. Counties
Monaco have notched the maiden victory of the NPC rugby season,
beating North Harbor twenty two to nineteen in Pocacore. Here.
That's the first win by any of the three Auckland

(03:21):
regional teams. Sea Calisi will line up at number eight
for the spring box tomorrow against the All Blacks, but
midfield at Jesse Creole will lead the side onto Eden Park.
I'm never retty Manu, and that your latest news feks.
We'll be back with the next update at midday from
the Newstork zb news room