Morning Edition: 16 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, Donald Trump is leaving it up to
Ukraine to decide if they'll do territorial swaps with Russia.
The US President has made it clear he won't be
happy if today's high profile meeting with Vladimir Putin in
Alaska doesn't end an a cease fire. Trump says he's

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not there to negotiate for Ukraine, but rather to get
Putin to the table. Vladimir Putin wanted to take all
of Ukraine.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
If I wasn't president, he would right now be taking
all of Ukraine.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
But he's not going to do it. Ukraine hasn't been
invited to this morning's meeting, but President Vladimir Zelenski says
he's counting on America. A large show of support is
expected at today's funeral for a baby discovered at a
recycling plant in Auckland four years ago. Police were never
able to identify her or track down her family. Following

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the release of her body earlier this year, locals have
pulled together to farewell the baby. They've named Unaheader. Her
funeral takes place today at Saint Peter's Anglican church and
only Hunger. Local councilor Josephine Bartley says the response has
been overwhelming.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
The Auckland Gospel Choir will be singing Walworth Ni Hunger
there dropping off some water bottles to muffins and cakes
and fruit.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
An exodus out of New Zealand has been blamed as
a reason for our stagnant economy. Stats and zen figures
shows the number of kiwis moving offshore is at an
almost record high, with annual net migration below fourteen thousand
asp SNI economist Mark Smith says it's indicative of a
softer economy, which in turn relies on support from population

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growth and.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
That really explains why things appeared to have been recently
flat because there are a few people around and.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Those who suffer migraines are facing significant barriers to treatment.
New Attago University research which has found more than seven
hundred and fifty thousand Kiwis get migraines, but many aren't
getting the help they need. That can be because of cost,
weight times or a shortage of specialists. That's news to
Sports and the Warriors are back into the NRL's top

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four after fourteen to ten come back victory over the
Dragons at Mount Smart a brace of tries to Adam
Pompey in the second half so the Warriors break their
three game losing streak. Goch Andrew Webster says it was
far from perfect, but they showed heart, an.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Amazing amount of effort and scramble and working hard for
each other and fin in a way I think when
you're not playing your best football, your first win is
going to be a twenty point victory. It's going to
be a hard four win, and that's what we come
up with tonight.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Meanwhile, the Bulldogs hopes of a top two regular season
finish are in tatters after a humbling thirty two to
twelve loss to the Roosters in Sydney and keep we
golfer Kazumi Kabori has missed the cut by three shots
at the Danish Championships in Copenhagen. It's sport. I'm Diana Vesich.
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