Morning Edition: 08 January 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks Hebby newsroom. This is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, two political parties are calling for an
extension to the deadline for submissions on the Treaty Principal's Bill.
Submissions closed at midnight, but reports of surfaced off submitters
being hit with error messages on the government website. The
Party Mari and Labor are asking for more time to
make entries to make up for the error. The Party
MARI co leader Debbie Narewa Paka sees the failure's risk

(00:31):
undermining the democratic process. State Highway one is closed at
Peiri and South Waikato after a serious two vehicle crash
about five point thirty am that seriously injured five people.
The highway's block between Horror Horror and Paparamu Roads and
arrest warrants out for a to poor man who didn't

(00:52):
turn up to court yesterday over making death threats against
jasonder ardun Richard Sivil was convicted in October of threatening
to hang when she was Prime Minister. The forty three
year old went on the run for more than a
year while on bail for the charges. In twenty twenty two,
it was due and total on a District Court for
sentencing yesterday, but didn't show a big change for people

(01:14):
visiting the UK. From today, foreign travelers to and through
the UK will need to apply for permission using its
Electronic Travel Authorization scheme. Thomas Rice reports.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
All visitors not born in the UK or Ireland will
need an ETA, which can be applied for online or
using an app and takes about ten to twenty minutes.
It costs around twenty two dollars and is good for
multiple visits over a two year period. Everyone entering UK soil,
even just for an onward connecting flight, must get an ETA.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Concern over cases of a cold like virus spiking in China,
but one expert warns another pandemic is unlikely. Chinese health
authorities are warning over the human matternumovirus or HMPV, urging
people to take hygiene precautions and infectious disease experts as
this has been around for years and restrictions won't be needed.

(02:08):
That's news. In sport, black Caps ale rounder Nathan Smith
has endorsed the credentials of new white ball cricket captain
Mitchell Santna. He returned figures of two for forty three
as New Zealand Crushery Lanka by nine wickets in the
opening One Day International at Wellington. Santna took over the
leadership on a permanent basis in the shorter formats last month.

(02:28):
Smith says he's been given the confidence to thrive due
to his skipper's calmness. The second match starts in Hamilton
from two pm. England rugby wing Emmanuel Faye Wiboso will
miss the Six Nations after opting to have shoulder surgery.
The news means coach Steve Borthwick will be without two
of his starting back three after full back George Furbank

(02:50):
broker's arm. Papa and New Guinea league international Kevin Arpo
has fled Britain for home after being charged with rape
and a number of other offenses, again to a woman.
The twenty five year old has spent the past two
seasons playing with the Bradford Bulls and extradition process is underway.
That's Sport. I'm Jody Gill.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
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