Morning Edition: 07 March 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning Newswigs for Friday, seventh of March. In this South date,
the Prime Minister says he fully supports Winston Peter's decision
to sack fill Goff as British High Commissioner and did
not expect to be consulted. The Foreign Minister stepped in
after GoF made comments questioning Donald Trump's understanding of history,

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saying they made Goff's position untenable. Peter says he did
not tell Christopher Luxon before making the decision, and Luxon
says that's fine by him. He says he is a
lot on his plate as Prime Minister and his ministers
are fully empowered to make decisions without consulting him on everything.
The Labor leader is set to outline Labour's priorities for

(00:47):
next year's election, as well as unveil a refreshed lineup.
Chris Hopkins is delivering a State in the Nation address
at the Auckland Business Chamber this morning in New Zealand
could have an opportunity to take off in a new direction.
Chief Executive Greg Fren has resigned but will stay on
until October. He's told the board, the time's right to
step down and the airline is well set up for

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the future. Australians are bracing for Cyclone Alfred as its
first effects are felt. The slow moving storm is expected
to reach the coast of southeast Queensland and northeastern New
South Wales tonight or early tomorrow morning. Australian correspondent Donna
Demeyo told Andrew Dickens they're seeing massive surf in one area.
Twelve meter waves were seen on the Gold Coast at

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the place called Main Beach. A couple of people have
already been taken to hospital because they got injured as
they got swept out in surf. The government's being accused
of knowingly disregarding inequities and bell cancer rates. It's pulled
the plug on an initiative giving Mardi and Pacific people
access to screenings from age fifty, choosing instead to lower
the eligibility age for all groups to fifty eight from sixty.

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The College of Public Health Medicine likens it to deliberate
institutional racism. Presidents of Colin Tukiatonga says there's overwhelming evidence
Mardi and Pacific people die from beal cancer at a
younger age concern stalking and abuse are becoming a threat
to democracy. Local government New Zealand is hoping new stalking
laws going through parliament will put an end to harassment

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experienced by elected officials. It says more than half its
members last year noticed an increase in hostilities towards them.
Chief executive Susan Freeman Green says it's making people afraid
to put their name forward for public office. A Canadian
billionaire's plan to clear the board of ENZ and Me
is creating concern within the company. Jim Grennan now holds

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nine point three percent shares in the media company and
wants to see himself and three others put onto the board.
He says he has the support of thirty seven percent
of the company's shareholders. It to union negotiation specialist Michael
Wood says Grennan claimed he had no bigger plans, but
it now looks like he wants to take over the board.
The company's and Your meeting is on April twenty ninth.

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In Sports Central Districts, Captain Tom Bruce has scored the
third highest first class cricket score by New Zealander three
hundred and forty five against Auckland and Plunket shield action
at Eden Park's Outer Oval. The Broncos have begun the
Michael McGuire coaching era with a fifty fourteen NRL League
victory over the Roosters before dashing back to Brisbane to
await the arrival of Cyclone. Alfred Paul Cole has won

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through to the quarter finals of the New Zealand Squash
Open in straight games at Christchurch. I'm never ready, Mano
in their chelatest newsweeks. We'll be back with the next
update of midday from the Newsdalk ZB newsroom