Morning Edition: 13 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is Newsfax.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, Philip Polkinghorn is claiming the COVID nineteen
vaccine contributed to the death of his wife, Pauline Hannah.
The former eye doctor was acquitted of murdering the sixty
three year old in Auckland. Jacob Jones reports.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
In a documentary streaming on three Now, Polkinghorn says his
late wife had a COVID vaccine the day before her death.
He believes she got post vaccine encephalitis and went psychotic overnight.
The seventy one year old also suspects the thirty seven
grams of meth amphetamine found in his home were Hannah's,
despite pleading guilty to possession during his murder trial.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Overseas and US and Iranian negotiators have held nuclear talks
in Oman. Trump withdrew from an Obama era deal in
twenty sixteen, which offered a run relief from sanctions in
return for limiting nuclear activity and let weapons inspectors chech facilities.
BBC Persian senior reporter Paham Gobbade says there's been disagreements

(01:06):
from both sides about the nature of the.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Talks, Whereini inside is saying that the talks are indirect. However,
the Americans are saying the negotiations are direct and not
through intermediaries.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
There's been an exception announced in Donald Trump's tariff plans.
The US has now decided to exclude certain electronics that
are imported to the US, such as smartphones and computers,
from reciprocal tariffs, including those from China. It comes after
concerns from US tech companies the price of their products
would go up as many a maid in China. Prominent

(01:41):
Maori artist Robin Kuhukiwa has died in opposed to social media.
Her family says she passed away peacefully after illness, surrounded
by Farno on Friday. Kuhuquiwa's art was exhibited nationally and internationally,
and she's been remembered as a staunch supporter of Malori
rights through her work. That's news to Sports and here

(02:04):
we Formula one driver Liam Lawson will start a lowly
seventeenth on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The
McLaren of Oscar Piastre will be on pole with George
Russell's Mercedes beside him. Auckland FC have a four point
lead at the top of a league after fighting back
from two goals down to draw two all with Sydney FC,

(02:25):
while the Wellington Phoenix are still eleventh after a three
to two loss at home to Melbourne Victory, and the
Blues Women have rebounded from an early twelve nil deficit
in the late red card to beat Mattatu twenty six
nineteen in Auckland, making history by becoming the first team
to defend their Super Rugby or Poky Crown. That's Sport.

(02:45):
I'm Diana Visitch.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
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