Morning Edition: 26 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, Catholics from all corners of the globe
will be tuning in for the final send off of
Pope Francis at the Vatican this evening. The eighty eight
year old pontiff died following a stroke and heart failure
on Easter Monday. Global leaders and members of royal families
are among those attending the funeral outside Saint Peter's Basilica,

(00:29):
including our own Prime Minister Christopher Luxen. Auckland University theology
lecturer Nick Thompson says the Vatican had initially planned to
canonize its first millennial, Saint Carlo Acutest today, but that's
been postponed.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
A lot of people who had booked their flights to
Rome for the canonization of Carlo Accoutus who will now
be there for the funeral and speared, so I imagine
there'll be huge crowds in Saint Peter's Square.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Luigi Mangioni has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges
in the killing of United Healthcare Cebrian Thompson in New York.
The US Justice Department has said it will seek the
death penalty. Infrastructure New Zealand wants a referendum asking the
question should local and central government have fixed four year terms.

(01:15):
A bill is currently before Parliament that would enable four
year terms for central government under certain conditions. Infrastructure New
Zealand's Chief executive, Nick Leggatetz says a longer term for
both governing systems would allow the country to get more
money out of infrastructure spent.

Speaker 4 (01:31):
There would be a greater guarantee that what had been promised,
what had been planned, was actually able to be delivered
by adding another year into the cycle.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Two doctors are embarking on a hiquoi to Parliament, driving
a van customized as a recording studio, hoping to collect
community messages about the ailing health system at Nahil and
Glen Kolkhun are setting off from Kaitaia for the Beehive,
stopping along the way collecting people's experiences on tape. Nahil says,

(02:01):
there's a clear mission.

Speaker 5 (02:02):
We're going out and we want to find out from
people who have been affected by the healthcare system and
it's failings, what a good healthcare system for them would
look like.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
That's news to Sport and Ragging Rights for Jackson Ford
after scoring two tries off the bench and the Warriors
twenty six to twelve victory over the Nights in christ Church.
Ford had been named to start but came off the interchange.
Coach Andrew Webster's stoked for him.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
Buck.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
He doesn't brag lot because he's pretty mon sky Jacko,
but follows Hi might be bragging two tries in front rows.
He'd scored one end the corner post too, so hesus
that guy is fit and he's there all the time
and it makes his own luck Jack Owen.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Meanwhile, the Storm beat the Rabbitos twenty four to sixteen
in Melbourne and the Blues Super Rugby title defenses in
tatters after a seventh loss of the season, beaten thirty
five twenty one by the Reds in Brisbane. Else Where,
the Chiefs thumped the Force fifty six twenty two in
Mount Monganui. That sport. I'm Diana Vesch.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
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