Morning Edition: 16 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Good morning, I never ready Manu and this is your
morning newswix for Wednesday, sixteenth of July. In this update,
the site of a fatal crash in Wyuku, the small
town just south of Auckland, is known to locals as
a roller coaster road. A vehicle went off Masters Road
about three point thirty yesterday afternoon, ending up in a

(00:30):
nearby body of water, killing all three people inside. Franklin
Local board member Gary Holmes says the tight knit community
will be affected by this. He says since the road
runs through the Auckland and wykatt Or jurisdictions, its speed
limit fluctuates between eighty and one hundred kilometers an hour.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Two different speeds in roads adjacent to each other can
be a little bit confusing for people driving along there.
Possibly that is something that Auckland Council and Wykato's District
Council needs to book at.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Local government music kiland questions how much change a new
law will create. An amendment bill being moved through Parliament
would require a council to financially prioritize its core services.
The government wants more transparency and value for rate payers,
but al GNZ President Sam Broughton says the majority of
council capital is already spent on core services. Conversation about

(01:21):
these nice to have, I'm not exactly sure what they are.
So for some councils, yeah, I'm sure they'll look at
this and think there's some changes to be made, but
for many of us, we have already in that space.
The Local Government conference will be held today and tomorrow
in christ Church. Moves from KWI Rail to prohibit its
staff from using two sleeping medications could backfire. The state
owned rail company says all staff muster clear prescription and

(01:45):
over the counter METZ so medical officers can assess any
potential safety impacts. It says zopa clone and melatonin are
incompatible with its safety approach, but Sleep Well Clinic medical
director doctor Alex Bartel says people might be more reluctant
to disclose medicines if it puts their jobs at risk.

(02:05):
More than one thousand Public Service Association members at ACC
will picket in Wellington this morning following a payoffer they
deem unacceptable. The strike will happen outside ACC's Shamrock House
office from eleven. It comes after its latest payoffer, which
would see more than one hundred and sixty workers earning
less than the living wage. A reminder support remains available

(02:28):
as Nelson Tasman looks to move out of a state
of emergency and into a transition period. Tasman meyor Tim
King has confirmed the region will begin moving into a
recovery phase from tomorrow. It will run for four weeks
unless extended or ended before then. More trouble for Master
Chef UK. The BBC's confirmed UK judge John Torode is

(02:49):
leaving the program after report up howed allegations he used
an extremely offensive racist term. It comes after an independent
report substantiated forty five of eighty three allegations about the
behavior of former co judge Greg Wallace. New Zealand's Favorite
Ads survey results are out Humor and consistency are valued
by kiwis. The top three places go to Turner's ASB

(03:13):
and A and Z, Skinny Mobile's Knuck and tenth place
with their controversial AI generated ad. In sport, the Warriors
will be without Roccoberry for up to six weeks of
NRL League action due to a dislocated shoulder. Kurt Capewell
replaces him in the centers away against the Knights on
Sunday the West Indies. We'll call upon Batting Royalty to

(03:35):
dissect their three nil series sweep by Australia, which culminated
in Test cricket's second worst collapse for twenty seven Sir
Clive Lloyd, Serviv Richards and Brian Lara have been summoned
and expect more trick plays orchestrated by forwards coach Jason
Ryan the All Blacks Final Test against France on Saturday.
I'm Nevaretti Manu and that your latest news fix will

(03:58):
be back with the next update of mid day from
the news Talk ZB news room. M hmm