Morning Edition: 06 January 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks headby Newsroom. This is Newsfacs. In
this update, the owner of Tokuoa's Kinleath Mill will make
a decision late this month on weather to close paper production.
It says it suffered significant losses in paper production for
several years and sees no prospect of things improving. Dame
Tariana Turia's courage is being highlighted from her years in

(00:27):
politics in her tonguey's third day. She died on Friday,
aged eighty. Dame Tariana served as a Minister under Labor
in national governments and founded to Pati Marii before retiring
from politics in twenty fourteen. She was instrumental in setting
up Well Being Agency far No Aura. Former chair Maripaka
Rakawa Tait told Tiao mari News Turia was a woman

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of strength. My goodness, she had to put up with
so much, but she had that fortitude just to say,
just to remain focused. The Prime Minister says his approach
to cabinet and a reshuffles will differ from his predecessors.
The National Caucus has a retreat in Hamilton late this month,
often used by past Prime ministers to discuss portfolio changes.

(01:10):
Chris lux And says he considers allocations all the time
and doesn't feel the need for adjustments right now.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
But if I do, I make them quickly, and I
make them very clearly, and that's understood with my team
as to why and performance conversations and content conversations about
what ministers are doing really.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
In April, Luxe and strip the media and disability portfolios
from Melissa Lee and Penny Simmons after backlash over their
management reports. Of Robin's returning to abel Tasman National Park
for the first time in thirty years, conservation group Project
at jan Zoom is asking visitors to report sightings so
they can track the bird's locations. Program director Bruce Van

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de Lee says, I've been working with doc for the
past twelve years to eliminate pets. He says, it's a
great feeling to see birds flourish.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
We've retroduced Kaka and fear So and now to have
robins turning up worth two hundreds of thousand people a
year are visiting is just a real culmination of our vision.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. In sport, Matt Henry has deflected poredits regarding
his performance onto his fellow pace bowlers after New Zealand's
nine work at winover Sri Lanka in the opening One
Day Cricket International at Wellington. Her return figures of four
for nineteen to schedule the visitors for one hundred and
seventy eight, but says the pressure built by his teammates

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at the other end was telling. Australia further cemented themselves
as one of TESS Cricket's finest sides after reclaiming the
Border Gaviscar Trophy for the first time in a decade
following a six wicket win over India in the Fifth
Test at Sydney. The victory it means they now own
every bilateral trophy in the Red Bull format, to go
with their status as the current Test and fifty over

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World champions. ASP Tennis Classic champion Clara Tolson has shared
her shock at Naomi Osaka, retiring hurt despite being one
set up and the decider at Auckland, and frustrations continue
for the Breakers after slumping to their ninth anbl basketball
loss in ten games, this time ninety six eighty six

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to Perth in Auckland. That's sport. I'm Jody Gill for
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