Morning Edition: 18 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talks HEADB newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is Newsfax. In this update, US President Donald Trump
is hosting another meeting with Ukraine's President Vladim Zelenski in Washington,
d C. It's reported Ukraine has prepared a presentation on
how they would use long range Tomahawk missiles if the
US was to supply them. BBC correspondent Tom Bateman says
the initial interaction between both presidents was notable.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
President trumpet his arm around Bladi Mesalinski. We're talking, so
feels different this time. How why is mister Trump doing this?

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Is it to signal to Vladimir Putin that he's impatient?

Speaker 3 (00:36):
You know?

Speaker 2 (00:36):
He uses these moments to apply pressure back. Oh, and
our medical workforce is continuing to grow across the board.
This year's New Zealand Medical Council's Workforce survey shows the
number of practicing doctors is increased by two point six
percent and twenty twenty five reaching more than twenty thousand.
Kate Ricard has more.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Vocational registration has grown fifteen percent in the past five years,
with emergent medicine and diagnostic radiology both up by around
forty percent. Ninety nine percent New Zealand graduates are still
in the workforce after one year and eighty eight percent
after three years. International medical graduates now make up more
than forty percent of practicing doctors.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Fishing and good mental health may go hand in hand.
New research led by Fishing Game New Zealand surveyed almost
two thousand anglers. It found active anglers were just over
fifty percent less likely to report moderate severe psychological distress.
Chief operating officer Richie Cosgrove says the results shouldn't be underestimated.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Nature based interventions from mental health could be a really
promising field, so some green prescriptions for mental health might
be coming down the track.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
And the rising cost of food is also affecting chocolate,
with popular chemi brand Whittakers increasing its prices. The part
of the web based company is blaming a high and
ingredient and operating costs. Whitiker says increasing prices is always
a last resort. That's news to sports and the Silverthorns
are ruining a poor fourth quarter that's led to a

(02:06):
heavy sixty nine to fifty two defeat in the opening
Constellation Cup test against Australia. New Zealand trailed by four goals.
After three quarters, but a twenty four to eleven final
period favoring the hosts or them run away with the win.
Silverthorns interim skipper Karen Berger has reacted to the performance
on Sky Sport.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
We're in over about three quarters in that last on
sort of just let us down. Not completely deathlated, because
there was some good stuff out there, but it is
disappointing when it is just down to that last quarter.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
But they really gave that to.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Us and Tago through to their first NPC Rugby final
in twenty years after a commanding forty one to seventeen
semi final win Noverbey of Plenty in Dunedin. That Sport,
I'm Diana Vesich. For more news, listen to News Talk
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