Morning Edition: 15 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom this is newsfacs.
In this update, a high ranking police officer under fire
in the given Mcskimming case was put under employment investigation
just before he could officially retire. Mcskimming, who was formerly
the second most powerful officer in the country, pleaded guilty

(00:25):
to possessing child sexual exploitation and beast reality material on
his work devices. It comes as the Independent Police Conduct
Authority released a scathing report into how police handled complaints
a staff member made against Mcskimming. Commissioner Richard Chambers this
week confirmed three staff members have been investigated for their
parts and what he believed amounted to a cover up.

(00:48):
Chambers told our newsroom the staff remain in their roles
while investigations are underway overseas and six people are dead
and dozens are injured. After a wave of strikes on Kiev,
Ukrainian President Vlodimezelenski seys around four hundred and thirty drones
and eighteen missiles were sent at the capitol, damaging dozens
of high rise buildings. Six people were killed from one

(01:11):
drone slamming into a block of flats in eastern Kiev.
The BBC's James Landale says it was a comprehensive Russian
attack across the city of Kiev. We know that fires
have been caused throughout the city because of falling debris.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
We know that a school was damaged, a hospital was damaged.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Meanwhile, Ukraines fired long range long Neptune cruise missiles during
its own attacks on Russia overnight. Back home, and the
cost of food appears to show no signs of easing.
Infometrics Foodstuff's New Zealand grocery supply of cost indecks has
revealed an average two point five percent increase in what

(01:50):
supplies charged in October compared to a year earlier. Business
reporter Michael Zergel has more and.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
Your grocery supply cost inflation is the highest it's been
since July last year, but still well below the ten
percent spike we saw three years ago. Global demand for
protein is pushing up prices for fish, beef and lamb,
and chocolates continuing to get more expensive, but higher demand
for derry has seen butter prices ease.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
That's news to Sport and the All Blacks are bracing
for the threat posed by England and tomorrow morning's third
Grand Slam Test at Twickenham. England will look to dash
New Zealand's hopes of a first Grand Slam in fifteen years,
although they last defeated the Abs in London in twenty twelve.
Skipper Scott Barrett says the home side riding a nine

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game winning streak won't make it easy.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
You know, we're expecting this strong English team targeting the
first twenty minutes and back in their defense, and strong
tactical kicking game, and you know, a team that's got
a lot of confidence and got a bit of momentum
at home. So it's going to be a heck of
a test match and we prepared accordingly.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
And golfer Daniel Hillier remains near the top of the
leaderboard after two rounds of the European to his season
ending event in Dubai. That is Sport. I'm Diana Vesig.
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