Morning Edition: 25 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 April 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, the one hundred and tenth anniversary of
the Gallipoli landing as being marked at Dawton services around
the country. Ethan Minera is at Wellington's Pookiahu National War
Memorial Park.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
The Pokia Who National War Memorial Park is now full
of Wellingtonians who have come to pay their respects. Thousands
are here, young and old, some in military regalia, others
in jackets and beanies. Among those in attendance as Finance
Minister Nikola Willis, Vice Chief of the Defense Force Rear
Admiral Matthew Williams, and representatives of Australia, the US and Turkey.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Thousands more have turned out to the country's largest dawn
service at Aukland Domaine Kobe morati Is.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
There drops of rain fell for a moment while thousands
heard Kaalakir and Mihi from Nati Pa to dark. Our
ears were further blessed with a violin performance from Nick
Jones and Brothers in Arms performed by Phil Studley. Dame
Cindi Keto in her Anzac address thanks those past and
present who have served in our defense.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Force.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Christ Church's main dawn service is taking place in Cathedral Square,
with the cathedral being lit up poppy read for the
first time. Local is A President Jim Lily says the
cathedral always was and always will be an integral part
of commemorations.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
It's nice to see them.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
Even though the project is paused at the moment, they
can still get involved in these community activities.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
The Deputy Chief of the Navy Commodore Andrew Brown, will
be spending ANZAC Day in Samoa where he's overseeing the
Mono and Nui clean up, and Veterans Minister Chris Penk
is in nue remembering the one hundred and forty nu
An men who served for New Zealand in the First
World War and other news. Fire crews are still working
to extinguish hot spots from last night's massive blaze. Add

(01:54):
A recycling plant in Wairo Valley on Auckland's North Shore
Local councilor which at Hill says a fies been generating
toxic black smoke with a putrid smell.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
We don't know what kind of chemicals are in the year.
We do have OURALK and Council Environmental Health and Compliance
monitoring teams assessing the effects in the air.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's news in sports. Captain Adam Reynolds has fired the
Broncos to a cracking forty two to eighteen pummeling of
NROL leaders the Canterbury Bulldogs and Brisbane. By halftime, the
half back had kicked a forty twenty, scored a try
and laid another three, including two with pinpoint to chip kicks,
but Reynolds has refused to take credit for the crushing

(02:33):
victory that propels the Broncos to second on the table.

Speaker 4 (02:37):
It's pretty easy to jump on the back of your
forwards when they're rolling forward and playing a good platform
for you. Outside back's doing their job and when everyone's
playing their part, it's easy to obviously, can I get
those plays on?

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Prolific Premier League striker Jamie Vardy is leaving Leicester following
their relegation from England's top flight, having scored one hundred
and forty three goals and thirteen seasons at the club.
At Sport, I'm Joddy Gill.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
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