Morning Edition: 14 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning News Fox for Thursday, fourteenth of August. In this update,
no love lost between David Seymour and Chris Hipkins over
the fallout from the scrapping of the second part of
the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID labor. Leader Hipkins
and former ministers Dame deer Cinda r Dern, Grant Robertson

(00:27):
and Aischeverril decline to appear at next week's public hearings.
They've since been called off as they've already cooperated giving
evidence in private. The ACT parties launched a petition calling
for them to appear, with leader David Seymour saying their
decision erodes public trust. He says if they cared about
the country and the next pandemic response, they would front

(00:49):
up and tell their story. But Hipkins is rejecting this,
saying ACTS made allegations about matters that aren't covered by
the inquiry terms of reference, which they themselves set up.
Unionized secondary school teachers are holding firm claiming the government's
payoffer doesn't meet their needs. They're striking across the country
on Wednesday, rejecting a three percent pay increase over three years.

(01:13):
Public Service Minister Judith Collins Is called the move a
publicity stunt, claiming the PEPTA hasn't put the offer to
its members. PPTA President Kris Aba Crombie says teachers are
asking for an eight percent pay rise for the first
year and four percent for the next two. We believe
is what we need to meet the needs. We know.
We have an increasing shortage of teachers, we have an

(01:34):
increasingly complete work environment, and thousands of planned procedures and
appointments will face delays due to further industrial action by
nurses and midwives. In three weeks, Nurses Organization members will
walk off the job on Tuesday September second and Thursday
September fourth. Former social media drug buyers claiming criminals are

(01:56):
using code words to sell handguns, shotguns and assort rifles
on private groups. The man says the number of private
Facebook groups offering illegal items is taken off. He says
code words like hairclip or bunny are often used to
discuss firearms online to avoid detection from police and social platforms.
Detective Senior Sergeant Kepel Richards says police are aware of

(02:19):
firearms being sold on social media prior plans mean no
Parliament for Chloe Swarbrick today, even if she hadn't already
been removed from the House. The Greens co leader was
again kicked out by Speaker Jerry Brownlee yesterday for failing
to apologize after saying MPs with a spine would support
sanctioning Israel. Swarbrick see she's heading north to deal with

(02:42):
other issues in her Auckland Central electorate, something typically expected
of MPs on a Thursday. Judges at this year's Book
Awards for Children and Young Adults were impressed by the
diversity on display. The awards ceremony took place in Wellington
last night, with Ross Calman's book The Treaty of Waitangi
winning the Margaret Mahi Book of the Year award. In sport,

(03:05):
Auckland FC have advanced to the quarterfinals of football's Australia
Cup knockout tournament with a three nierl win over South Melbourne.
Forty five year old Venus Williams has received a wild
card to play the women's singles at the US Tennis Open,
which starts Sunday week. The Highlanders have added thirty five
year old All Blacks prop and Gustaval to their ranks

(03:26):
for the net Super Rugby season. Cricket Australia Chief executive
Todd Greenberg has predicted some nations will go bankrupt if
they continue to play tests. I'm never retty Manu that
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