March 2, 2025 • 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning News Fox for Monday, third of March. In this update,
vlad Murzelensky is continuing to get a welcome reception in
Europe following his confronting White House meeting with Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian president has wrapped up a meeting with European
and Canadian leaders in London. British Prime Minister Sirkia Starmer
(00:26):
says they'll work with Ukraine on a plan to stop
the fighting and then discuss that with the US. Add
questions about the future of the Five Eyes Intelligence Pact
or emerging after furious exchanges between the US president and
his Ukrainian counterpart. Zelensky was asked to leave the White
House after a meeting on ending the war turned hostile.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says New Zealand should be
(00:48):
reconsidering how closely allied we want to be with the
US under Trump. Otago University Professor of Foreign Relations Robert
Patman says Trump's apparent deference to Russia is concerning is.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Coming across its very week, so there's questions about American
leadership with the Five Eyes, Can we share intelligence arrangements
with the Trump administration.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Australia is continuing to lure our health workers in large numbers,
with thousands making the most of a trans Tasman registration pathway.
Figures show nearly fourteen and a half thousand New Zealand
accredited health workers also registered in Australia the year to
the end of June twenty twenty four. Danika McLain has more.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency says that's up nearly
sixty percent from the just over nine thousand to the
year before. Nurses overwhelmingly account for those workers crossing the ditch,
with nearly twelve thousand heading over in the twenty twenty
three twenty four year.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Meanwhile, cuts to back office health roles have forced frontline
workers to do more administrative work, leading to a reduction
in services and treatment delays. A Public Service Association surveying
of nearly thirteen hundred health workers has found four out
of five say cuts and restructure over the last year
has damaged the services they deliver. Examples include the National
(02:04):
Pediatric Clinic being run at half capacity due to hiring restrictions,
and nurses and social workers covering reception duties. New Zealand's
myth market has become flooded with supply as use saws,
while costs plunge. Wastewater data shows consumption of the drug
more than doubled in the second half of last year
to the highest levels ever. A new peak of thirty
(02:26):
nine kilos a week was recorded in October, nearly double
the previous record of twenty kilos in twenty twenty one.
A gun control group doubts changes to firearm protection orders
will have much effect on crime. The government's tightened the
laws so any gang member or associate with a significant
criminal conviction can be slapped with one gun Controlled ENZ
co founder Philippa Yausbeck says it just gives criminals another
(02:50):
law not to follow. Added sport, the Black Camps will
face South Africa for a spot on the Champion's Trophy
final after losing to India by forty four runs in
their final group match in Dubai. Dame Lydia Coe has
added a twenty third LPGA trophy to her collection after
winning the Women's Golf World Championship in Singapore. Along plane
(03:11):
ride home for the Warriors as they contemplate the Las
Vegas horror show to open the NRL season. The thirty
eight loss to the Raiders is their worst opening round
defense since twenty thirteen. I'm never ready, Manu, and that
your latest news FOKS. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroup.
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning News Fox for Monday, third of March. In this update,
vlad Murzelensky is continuing to get a welcome reception in
Europe following his confronting White House meeting with Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian president has wrapped up a meeting with European
and Canadian leaders in London. British Prime Minister Sirkia Starmer
(00:26):
says they'll work with Ukraine on a plan to stop
the fighting and then discuss that with the US. Add
questions about the future of the Five Eyes Intelligence Pact
or emerging after furious exchanges between the US president and
his Ukrainian counterpart. Zelensky was asked to leave the White
House after a meeting on ending the war turned hostile.
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says New Zealand should be
(00:48):
reconsidering how closely allied we want to be with the
US under Trump. Otago University Professor of Foreign Relations Robert
Patman says Trump's apparent deference to Russia is concerning is.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Coming across its very week, so there's questions about American
leadership with the Five Eyes, Can we share intelligence arrangements
with the Trump administration.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Australia is continuing to lure our health workers in large numbers,
with thousands making the most of a trans Tasman registration pathway.
Figures show nearly fourteen and a half thousand New Zealand
accredited health workers also registered in Australia the year to
the end of June twenty twenty four. Danika McLain has more.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency says that's up nearly
sixty percent from the just over nine thousand to the
year before. Nurses overwhelmingly account for those workers crossing the ditch,
with nearly twelve thousand heading over in the twenty twenty
three twenty four year.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Meanwhile, cuts to back office health roles have forced frontline
workers to do more administrative work, leading to a reduction
in services and treatment delays. A Public Service Association surveying
of nearly thirteen hundred health workers has found four out
of five say cuts and restructure over the last year
has damaged the services they deliver. Examples include the National
(02:04):
Pediatric Clinic being run at half capacity due to hiring restrictions,
and nurses and social workers covering reception duties. New Zealand's
myth market has become flooded with supply as use saws,
while costs plunge. Wastewater data shows consumption of the drug
more than doubled in the second half of last year
to the highest levels ever. A new peak of thirty
(02:26):
nine kilos a week was recorded in October, nearly double
the previous record of twenty kilos in twenty twenty one.
A gun control group doubts changes to firearm protection orders
will have much effect on crime. The government's tightened the
laws so any gang member or associate with a significant
criminal conviction can be slapped with one gun Controlled ENZ
co founder Philippa Yausbeck says it just gives criminals another
(02:50):
law not to follow. Added sport, the Black Camps will
face South Africa for a spot on the Champion's Trophy
final after losing to India by forty four runs in
their final group match in Dubai. Dame Lydia Coe has
added a twenty third LPGA trophy to her collection after
winning the Women's Golf World Championship in Singapore. Along plane
(03:11):
ride home for the Warriors as they contemplate the Las
Vegas horror show to open the NRL season. The thirty
eight loss to the Raiders is their worst opening round
defense since twenty thirteen. I'm never ready, Manu, and that
your latest news FOKS. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroup.
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