Morning Edition: 05 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, MANU, and this is your
morning news VIX for Tuesday, fifth of August. In this update,
a warning plenty of resourcing will be needed if schools
it to successfully transition to a new qualification system. The
Government's confirmed it wants to scrap NCEEA over the next
five years in favor of a literacy and numeracy test

(00:26):
in year eleven and certificates the two years after. Auckland
Secondary School's Principals Association President Clear Amos says they will
need information and time, adding they're still yet to see
a new finalized curriculum for most subjects.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
We're, on one hand talking about how assessment's going to change.
We don't even know what the curriculum's going to look
like and we need to upscal ourselves on that curriculum
before we are prepared to assess students.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
New Zealand may be out of its depth at Donald
Trump's negotiating table. Trade Minister Todd McLay will head stateside
in coming weeks after the President sucker punched our exporters
with a fifteen percent tariff. Auckland University Emeritus Professor of Law,
Jane Calsey says we may be best keeping a low profile.

(01:14):
She says we have reason to be worried about demands
linked to areas like defense, foreign policy, and large digital companies.
Big players in the energy space are putting forward a
new ten year deal they say will secure supply at
Huntly power station. Genesis, Mercury, Meridian, and Contact have agreed
to co invest in a strategic energy reserve. Pending Commerce

(01:37):
Commission approval. It includes adding up to six hundred thousand
tons of coal to current stocks. Genesis chief executive Malcolm
John says Huntley's three ranking units can burn up to
ten thousand tons a day. We came very close to
running out of coal last winter, and so the six
hundred thousand con reserve just means that that won't happen
again in the future. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and

(02:01):
Employment is working its way through a backlog of delays
for its employment mediation services. The average wait time for
a mediation date offer to settle disputes between employers and
employees is currently almost seven weeks, down from eleven in February.
MB says the actual date depends on how quickly parties

(02:22):
agree on a suitable time. MB says it's prioritizing urgent
cases like industrial disputes and has temporary resources in place
to boost capacity. The Reserve Bank surveying New Zealanders again
to understand how people are using cash. The survey asks
how people prefer to pay for things and how often
people use cash and withdraw it. Reserve Bank Director of

(02:44):
Money in Cash Inn Wolford says they're redesigning the cash
system and want to effectively monitor it. He says the
survey results will ensure the Reserve Bank continues to meet
New Zealander's needs for banknotes and coins. The survey is
open from nowber ten In Sport, India have beaten England
by six runs in a thrilling conclusion to the fifth

(03:07):
and final cricket Test at The Oval in London to
take a two all series drawer. British and Irish Lion
sowker Dan Sheehan has been suspended for four matches for
a dangerous clear out in the final Test defeat at
the hands of Australia and Sydney. Novak Djokovic has withdrawn
from the Cincinnati Tennis Open for a second straight year.

(03:27):
He'll arrive at next month's US Open without any competitive
tennis between his loss in the Wimbledon semi finals and
the year's final major. I'm never retty Manu. And that's
the latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the news Talk zb news room