November 6, 2025 • 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm Scarlet Swatanovich and this is your morning
news fix for Friday, the seventh of November. In this update,
relief JEVN mc Skimmings pleaded guilty to the charges he
was facing for possessing objectionable publications. The former deputy police
commissioner has admitted he had child sexual exploitation and Best
Reality material on his work devices. Court documents revealed the
(00:26):
fifty two year old made thousands of Google searches, many
seeking AI generated or cartoon images. Police Association President Steve
Watt says they didn't want this to drag out through
the courts. Our members are out there working hard for
the public every single day, and what we don't want
to see is the actions of one individual. Taris that
(00:47):
good work their members are doing. Uptakes being limited for
an incentive scheme to recruit graduate nurses into primary care.
Since May, GP practices and other providers have been eligible
for payments to higher up to four hundred registered nurses
a year for five years, twenty thousand dollars per graduate
in rural areas and fifteen thousand in cities. As of
(01:10):
mid September, fifty nine registered nurses have been recruited via
this pathway, only ten of those in rural settings. Changes
to the government's two hundred million dollar co investment fund
for gas are being labeled a good step. The Gas
Security Fund was initially intended to support new gas field developments.
It will now enable a range of investments that will
(01:32):
accelerate or increase the volume of gas to market. Martin Gummer,
the managing director of energy management company Optima, says the
fund was recognition there was a problem that these changes
are an improvement. Gumer's probably realized. So this a short
to medium term is really the greater issue in the
higher priority So I think this fund looks as if
it's better targeted and more flexible. He WE leaders are
(01:54):
keeping up their efforts to bring peace to the tumultuous
departy Mahdi. After weeks of infio, the National EWE Chairs
Forum has now managed to broker a meeting next week
between Tepati Mardi's leadership and MP Takuta Ferris Nati Kahununu
chair Maiden Barber says EWE leaders have been stepping in
because they're adamant the current government needs to go sky
(02:17):
high costs for pilot and engineering training still appear to
be putting New Zealanders off the aviation industry. The cost
of pilot training is at least one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, but the government only allows pilot students to
borrow seventy thousand. Aviation Industry Association Chief Executive Simon Wallace
says a career in aviation is becoming out of reach
(02:38):
for young New Zealanders. What we need the government to
do is look at the student line cap increase the cat,
which hasn't been changed for more than a decade. Social
skills remain more in demand than technical know how when
it comes to competing on the job market. New data
from job ad platforms seek shows employers are particularly looking
(02:59):
for houstomers, service leadership and relationship building skills to sport
and golfer Kazuma Kabori's in a five way tie for
the lead after carding an eight under pass sixty four
in the opening round of the European Tour's latest event
in Upper Dhabi. New Zealand's beat in the West Indies
by three runs in the second T twenty cricket International
of the five match series in Auckland and Wallace Seteeti
(03:23):
replaces Simon Parker at Blindside. Flanker Josh Lord comes in
for Scott Barrett at Locke and Lester Farger Unuku moves
into the midfield for Jordy Barrett in the All Black
Sight to play Scotland on Sunday morning. I'm Scarlet Twutanovich
and that's your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the news Talk set
B Newsroom.
Good morning. I'm Scarlet Swatanovich and this is your morning
news fix for Friday, the seventh of November. In this update,
relief JEVN mc Skimmings pleaded guilty to the charges he
was facing for possessing objectionable publications. The former deputy police
commissioner has admitted he had child sexual exploitation and Best
Reality material on his work devices. Court documents revealed the
(00:26):
fifty two year old made thousands of Google searches, many
seeking AI generated or cartoon images. Police Association President Steve
Watt says they didn't want this to drag out through
the courts. Our members are out there working hard for
the public every single day, and what we don't want
to see is the actions of one individual. Taris that
(00:47):
good work their members are doing. Uptakes being limited for
an incentive scheme to recruit graduate nurses into primary care.
Since May, GP practices and other providers have been eligible
for payments to higher up to four hundred registered nurses
a year for five years, twenty thousand dollars per graduate
in rural areas and fifteen thousand in cities. As of
(01:10):
mid September, fifty nine registered nurses have been recruited via
this pathway, only ten of those in rural settings. Changes
to the government's two hundred million dollar co investment fund
for gas are being labeled a good step. The Gas
Security Fund was initially intended to support new gas field developments.
It will now enable a range of investments that will
(01:32):
accelerate or increase the volume of gas to market. Martin Gummer,
the managing director of energy management company Optima, says the
fund was recognition there was a problem that these changes
are an improvement. Gumer's probably realized. So this a short
to medium term is really the greater issue in the
higher priority So I think this fund looks as if
it's better targeted and more flexible. He WE leaders are
(01:54):
keeping up their efforts to bring peace to the tumultuous
departy Mahdi. After weeks of infio, the National EWE Chairs
Forum has now managed to broker a meeting next week
between Tepati Mardi's leadership and MP Takuta Ferris Nati Kahununu
chair Maiden Barber says EWE leaders have been stepping in
because they're adamant the current government needs to go sky
(02:17):
high costs for pilot and engineering training still appear to
be putting New Zealanders off the aviation industry. The cost
of pilot training is at least one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars, but the government only allows pilot students to
borrow seventy thousand. Aviation Industry Association Chief Executive Simon Wallace
says a career in aviation is becoming out of reach
(02:38):
for young New Zealanders. What we need the government to
do is look at the student line cap increase the cat,
which hasn't been changed for more than a decade. Social
skills remain more in demand than technical know how when
it comes to competing on the job market. New data
from job ad platforms seek shows employers are particularly looking
(02:59):
for houstomers, service leadership and relationship building skills to sport
and golfer Kazuma Kabori's in a five way tie for
the lead after carding an eight under pass sixty four
in the opening round of the European Tour's latest event
in Upper Dhabi. New Zealand's beat in the West Indies
by three runs in the second T twenty cricket International
of the five match series in Auckland and Wallace Seteeti
(03:23):
replaces Simon Parker at Blindside. Flanker Josh Lord comes in
for Scott Barrett at Locke and Lester Farger Unuku moves
into the midfield for Jordy Barrett in the All Black
Sight to play Scotland on Sunday morning. I'm Scarlet Twutanovich
and that's your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the news Talk set
B Newsroom.
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