Morning Edition: 29 October 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never Reatimanu and this is your morning
newspoks for Wednesday, twenty ninth of October. In this update
are former Labor leader says there'll be a sense of
relief among many to see a new capital gains tax policy.
Labour's announced the policy for next year's election campaign, targeting
commercial and investment properties, but not family homes. The revenue

(00:26):
would go into health, creating a medicard scheme providing free
GP visits. Phil Goff told Ryan Bridge the OECD has
been calling out New Zealand for being the only country
in the Western world not to have the tax.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Somebody's finally had the courage to say, we're going to
put one in place for the sake of fairness and
for the sake of making sure we don't distort investment
decisions by making one area of investment tax free.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
The Prime Minister's on his way to South Korea for
the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting. Christopher Luxean's
finished up this year's Asian Summit in Malaysia, where the
country agreed to boost trade of high quality halal meat
products with New Zealand. With that under his belt, Luxen
has his site set on strengthening ties with South Korea.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Brus is at at a Korean level, which is again
our fifth biggest trading partner for New Zealand. We'll upgrade
there also to a comprehensive strategic partnership as well.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
The Principals Federation says sector reactions to curriculum changes aren't
positive at all. The Education Minister has unveiled proposed changes
to content for years one to ten, on top of
the English and maths refresh announced earlier. Erika Stanford says
the key changes include financial education and compulsory consent education,
but Federation President Lee and Or Tenare is disappointed the

(01:46):
sector hasn't been fully involved Cheese as it was made
out to be a revised curriculum, not an entire rewrite.
Israeli Prime Minister ben Yamanettan Yahoo has instructed his military
to immediately carry out powerful strikes on Gaza. Israel says
a coffin handed over by her mass does not contain

(02:06):
the body of a specific deceased hostage, which would represent
a violation of the ceasefire agreement. Hurricane Melissa has made
landfall in Jamaica as bringing destructive winds and heavy rain.
The cleanup continues across South Island communities reeling from a
week of severe weather. Met Service warnings have now expired,

(02:27):
but a spring dumping of snow has made recovery even
harder for some areas. Southland, Cluther and Kaikorda remain under
a state of emergency and thousands of homes in Southland
and Otago are still without power. Farmers and Cluther are
encouraged to attend Otago Regional Council's Rural Information meetings today.
Compliance Manager Simon Wilson says staff will be there to

(02:49):
answer any questions from farmers as they understand it's a
difficult time to comply with environment rules. British actress Prunellus
Scales has died, aged ninety three. She was best known
for starring alongside John Clees as Basil's wife Sybyl in
the classic British sitcom Faulty Towers in Sport, Netborne, New Zealand,

(03:10):
boss Jenny Wiley's refusing to attribute blame for the Dame
no Ling Toe to a silver Fern's coaching saga. Now,
the World Cup winning mentor has been reinstated after a
stand doown period. A foot injury has ruled Tonga center
Robert Toyer out of Sunday's Pacific Championships League test against
the Kiwis. The Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman has ended

(03:30):
an eighteen inning, six and a half hour duel with
a walk off home run in baseball's World Series, establishing
a two to one series lead over the Toronto Blue Jays.
I'm never Rettymano and that your latest news Fox. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
News Talk ZB newsroom.