Morning Edition: 13 October 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 Monday, thirteenth of October. In this update,
beef and lambs declaring methane target cuts great news for
New Zealand. The governments reducing targets to fourteen to twenty
four percent below twenty seventeen levels. That's between twenty four
to forty seven percent lower than previous targets. Beef and

(00:26):
lamb cheer Kate Acklan told Ryan Bridge the government's right
to say a number of farmers would have been put
out of business without this change, about twenty percent of
our sheef and beef farms and I think about six
or seven percent of our dairy farms would need to
shut down. So on the impact of warming its agriculture
doing its peace. Those reduced targets are sure to be

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a hot topic of conversation amongst global climate leaders gathering
in christ Church. The city's hosting the International Adaptation Futures
Conference from today, believed to be the largest UN event
ever held in New Zealand. New Zealanders have voted against
steep rates rises in the local elections. Auckland's Wayne Brown
and christ Churches film major have both been re elected

(01:10):
over the weekend with a commitment to keep rates rises lower.
Wellington's Andrew Little and Hamilton's to Macendo have indicated they'll
reign in their city steep rates rises. Election reporter Michael
Sergle says it's a similar story across much of the country.
He says there was clear support for the center right
wave elected in twenty twenty two, but mayors who oversaw

(01:32):
particularly big rates rises have either stood aside or been unseated.
Latest results from overnight show Sophie Barker is now mayor
elect in Dunedin. Unseated mayor Jills Raddick says Barker will
need to communicate with the public more than he has.
I just tended to get on with the job and
didn't pay enough attention to the people in general. Israel

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expects all twenty living hostages to be released together by
hammah Us later today. An Israeli government spokesperson says the
bodies of the deceased hostages will be placed in coffins
and brought to a forensic institution for identification. In exchange,
Israel will free two hundred and fifty Palestinian prisoners and

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seventeen hundred detainees from Gaza, which includes nearly two dozen children.
Some food prices that have shot up in the last
few years are starting to ease. Figures from Infometrics and
Foodstuffs revealed supply costs to supermarkets rose two point three
percent in the year to September. This matches August's result
following a stretch of monthly increases, butter prizes of East

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slightly as dairy production becomes stronger. More action from unionized
secondary school teachers this week. From tomorrow, teachers will only
teach certain year levels on certain days this week and
will carry out a full day national strike on October
twenty third. A two hour strike will also happen on
November fifth. Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roach says he

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questions whether the PPTA is committed to reaching a deal
at all. And in sport, Matt Pain has been the
beneficiary of a late crash to win the Bathurst one
thousand at Mount Panorama. Australia chased three hundred and thirty
one to beat India by three wickets with an over
to spare in their Women's Cricket World Cup poll match.

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Golfer Daniel Hillier has finished at seven under power overall
in a share of twenty third at the Spanish Open.
On the European Tour, the NPC Rugby semifinals have been decided.
Canterbury will play Hawks Bay on Saturday and Otago will
host Bay of plenty on Friday. I'm never ready, Manu.
That your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the news Talk zb newsroup.