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May 19, 2025 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Good morning. I'm never Rettimanu and this is your morning
news fix for Tuesday, twentieth of May. And this update.
National plans to vote as a block to suspend three
Tea Party Mahdi MPs from Parliament. Parliament is debating a
proposal from the Privileges Committee to suspend Hanna LAFITMIP Clark

(00:26):
for seven days and co leaders Rawadi Yit and Debinadi
Wapaka for twenty one days each. The trio disrupted the
first vote of the Treaty Principals Bill by performing a
haker in the House. Prime Minister Christopher Luxen hopes the
debate and vote on the matter doesn't take too long.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
That's the choice of the opposition to actually fill a
bus to that. That's up to them, so be it.
I'll just say to you that New Zealanders up and
down this country actually want us focused on then taparty.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Maldi's organized a protest to coincide with the debate, due
to start at three this afternoon. It's expected to be
such a fiery affair that the public gallery will be
closed for safety and security reasons. A positive reception to
the government's plan tweaks to our tax rules. It's allocating
sixty five million dollars over four years to ease capitalization

(01:19):
rules for foreign infrastructure investors. Another ten millions being set
aside to help startups attract staff by deferring taxes on shares.
Denton's tax partner, Bruce Bernaki, says startup companies don't have
a lot of cash to throw around, so many staff
are lured in by the potential equity. He says we
need to encourage the startup ecosystem in New Zealand and

(01:41):
have good tax settings to help them attract good individuals.
Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations
toward a ceasefire following his two hour call with Russian
President Vladimir Putin. The US president will now speak to
Ukrainian President Voladi Muzelenski and leaders from some NATO countries.

(02:04):
Russian security affairs expert Mark Galiotti told Sky News they're
still at the same stage as when talks in Istanbul ended.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
I think we can hear the sound of the bottom
of the barrel being scraped here.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
It's all about talks about some future process. Israel is
allowing nine yuen trucks into Gaza to deliver much needed
humanitarian aid including baby food, flower and medical supplies. It
ends a five week blockade in the beleaguered region. Prime
Minister ben Yamanettan Yahoo says the minimal amount of food

(02:37):
will prevent famine, a view that AI could be used
as a tall in school exams in the future. Z
QA investigated eight hundred and seventy six alleged exam breaches
last year. Almost sixty involved AI. Principles believe the technology
was used in some of the two hundred odd authenticity breaches.

(02:58):
Canterbury University Associate Professor of Digital Education Catherine McCallum told
Ryan Bridge AI use is seen as cheating, which isn't
always true.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
You can still have assessments writing and ESO writing with
AI and its all can be an assessment of the
students learning and their understanding. It's just we need to
change how we assess.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
In sport, the steal of beat in the Magic sixty
nine forty one at Hamilton in Netball's A and Z
Premiership to complete round two they had last beaten them
in twenty twenty two, former All Blacks captain Sir Wayne
Shalford is backing Ardi Savere to lead the country in
internationals this year on the back of a super rugby form.
Liverpool football manager Arna Slott has conceded his squad's got

(03:43):
nothing to play for now they've secured the Premier League
title with matches to play. I'm never ready man. Who
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