Morning Edition: 13 August 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 13 August 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good morning, I never ready Manu and this is your
morning News Fox for Wednesday, thirteenth of August and this update.
Green's co leader Chloe Swarburg says comments that God had
booted from Parliament were mild. She asked government MPs to
stand on the right side of history and have a
spine and backer called to sanction Israel further over its

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actions in Gaza. She wouldn't apologize when the speaker asked
and was told to leave the house for the week.
Jerry Brown is clarified if she doesn't apologize today, she'll
be kicked out again. Wayne Brown is again calling on
the government to consider a bed tax. The Auckland mayor
claims it would be a vital step towards revitalizing the

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city's struggling economy. Brown says is no reason the government
couldn't make a bednight levy and urgent priority and have
it in place by next year. He says the sector
supports a bed tax and most Aucklanders do too. A
coroner has found failure to wear seat belts contributed to
the deaths of four men in a Canterbury crash. The

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collision claimed the lives of Chuwo Park sungsu Kim and
coach Pumhi Cho and Geraldine in August last year. He
Young Sohan later died in hospital in December. They were
all members of a Korean ski racing school in New
Zealand for the Winter Games. Coroner Maryan Borrodale says all
four might have survived if they had been wearing seat belts.

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Belief lessons can be learnt After two Canterbury mental health
patients murdered members of the public, A review was launched
after Hilmorton Hospital patient on leave killed a woman in
twenty twenty two, and another woman was murdered by a
separate patient as the review was taking place. Ministry of
Health Mental Health Director Doctor John Crawshaw will oversee implementation

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of his eighteen recommendations over the next year. He understands
the reporters confronting it incredibly important that the system knows
about that and learns from it. I don't do a
Section ninety nine lightly confirmation the Coalition government was warned
about risks when breaking up polytech merger tepukenga a total

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of ten polytechnics going back to regional governance at the
start of twenty twenty six. A Treasury report from mid
March warned the government's changes might not help to ease
financial challenges put in place before the merger. It warned
the proposed future state for the tech institutes in polytechs
appears to be similar, if not worse, than what it
was pre Tepukinger cutting down consumption could be the secret

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to a happier life. Otago University researchers found people are
more satisfied when their living sustainable lifestyles and resisting the
temptations of consumerism. It's revealed simple living leads to more
social interaction. Co author Professor Rob Akins says that people
can make a start by sharing things instead of making
pointless purchase. I think it's quite interesting that most people

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in this country has got like an electric drill, but
on average you use electric drill like fifteen minutes of
the year, So why not think about shearing? In sport,
Paul volter Mondo du Planters has scaled a thirteenth world
record height clearing six point twenty nine meters at a
meet in Hungary. Former Australian coach Liza Alexander expects two
to three more silver foonds to join Kelly Jackson and

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Grace Weke in Supernetball next year. The thirty eighth America's
Cup protocol allows Peter Berling to potentially helm Luna Rossa
and former Black Cap Tom Bruce has decided to play
international cricket for Scotland the thirty four year olds eligible
through his Edinburgh born father. I'm never ready, Manu that
your latest news fakes. We'll be back with the next

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update at midday from the newstalk ZB news room.