Morning Edition: 26 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never readimanu and this is your morning
news books for Wednesday, twenty sixth of November. In this update,
the government hopes participation in local politics improves with major
local government reforms. It's consulting on abolishing regional counselors and
replacing the councils with boards made up of mayors in

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the region. The proposal aims to reduce duplication and put
downward pressure on rates. Boards would be required to put
plans in place around reorganizing services and infrastructure, which will
be checked over and ticked off or financial sustainability ARIMAY
Reform Minister Chris Bishop expects this to lift the quality
of local government over time. He believes it could start

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to restore people's faith in local government. Consultation is open
until February. Another cut to the official cash rate is
expected today, but it could be the last for a
long time. The Reserve banks reviewing the OCE at two pm.
Most economists expect the cash rate to be cut twenty
five basis points to two point five percent to two

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point two five hopes a nationwide maths pilot can continue
to deliver results. The forty million dollar government program targeted
fifteen hundred years seven and eight students needing extra support
through small group tutoring up to four times a week.
New data shows students average one to two years progress

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in twelve weeks. PPTA president Chris Abercrombie told Ryan Bridge
the focus on corese skills like maths never stopped, but
this is a new way of doing it. He says.
One of the issues with intense focus is that its
resource heavy, which is fine as long as it can continue.
The woman who murdered her two children and left their
bodies and suitcases will be sentenced this morning. Akyung Lee

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was found guilty in the High Court at Auckland in
September for the twenty eighteen murders. The bodies of eight
year old Una Joe and six year old men U
Joe weren't found until twenty twenty two, when Lee's abandoned
storage unit was purchased. Lee did not deny killing them,
but an insanity defense was raised, with lawyers arguing she'd

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spiraled into madness after her husband's death from cancer the
year before. It took a jury less than two hours
to find her guilty. Ukraine and the US is signaling
then nearing a proposal to end the war as Russia
maintains its uncompromising position. Ukrainian and US officials have negotiated
details of a proposed twenty eight point piece plan in Switzerland.

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US officials told reporters Ukraine has agreed to a peace deal,
but there were still some minor details to be sorted out.
A push for New Zealanders to get on board with
new safety features and cars to avoid costly collisions. A
report by insurance company AMI shows it received more than
two hundred and thirty five thousand vehicle claims, sixty percent

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of which were collisions. However, it shows collisions of drops
steadily by seven percent each year since twenty twenty three.
In sport, former All Blacks captain Todd Blackadder believes the
spring Box have found a winning formula to dominate rugby
for years by balancing younger talent and aging experience. South
Africa are poised to win their two Test cricket series

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away against India. The hosts at twenty seven for two
in the second match at Guwahati, chasing a target of
five hundred and forty nine on the final day. Black
Caps test players Caine Williamson, Tom Latham, Will Young, Lead
Tickner and Michael Bracewell will feature in the second round
of Plunkett Shield Cricket Today. I'm Nevaretti, Manu that your

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latest news fakes. We'll be back with the next update
at midday from the news Talk zb newsroom