Morning Edition: 19 August 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never Rettimanu and this is your morning
news books with Tuesday, nineteenth of August. In this update,
Ukraine's President Voladimore Zelenski has been meeting with US President
Donald Trump at the White House. They've been discussing the
conflict between Russia and Ukraine following Trump's meeting with Russia's
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Other European leaders are also there.

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Zelensky says there needs to be pressure on Russia to
end the war. Trump says substantial progress is being made.
Councils say a revamped building consense framework provides better balance
the government's proposing a new liability model that holds parties
responsible only for their share of work. It's also allowing

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councils to voluntarily consolidate their building consent authorities. Local Government.
New Zealand Vice President Campbell Barry says consents will likely
be processed more quickly because counsels won't be as risk averse.
We still want those standards to be held high, in
expectations to be held high, but there won't be counsels
and ratepayers at the end when things do go wrong,

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which is the current case. A soldier who admitted to
espionage has revealed more details about his connections to far
right groups. The court martial continues at Munawatu's Linton Military
Camp today after he admitted trying to pass on critical
and classified information to who he thought was a foreign agent.
The soldier had links to the Dominion Movement and actions

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of Landier, but maintains they were a positive support for him.
Open Justice reporter Jeremy Wilkinson says many case details are
being kept out of the public eye. He says journalists
of being excluded when sensitive information is discussed. An apology
from Public Service Minister Judith Collins as teachers prepare to
strike over pay. Last week, Collins twice claimed a secondary

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teacher with a decade's experience earned one hundred forty seven
thousand dollars, but she since confirmed just four hundred and
fifty teachers, less than two percent of the workforce, earned
that much. The PPTA says most teachers with the decades
experience earn one hundred and three thousand a year. Colin
say she's sorry for mixing the message. Brewers could soon

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make beer faster. An Otago University study has discovered playing
white noise can reduce the fermentation process by up to
thirty one hours without significantly affecting the flavor. Fermentation can
take on average five to seven days. Associate Professor Graham
Airs says these findings could have a substantial impact on
the beer industry. Time is money, so any time you

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can shave off a fermentation is good news for brewers.
All trains in the Capitol will be replaced by buses
during off peak times today due to a union meeting.
The Rail and Maritime Transport union meet annually and Metlink
says it fully supports its union members in attendance. Buses
will run on all lines between nine am and three pm.

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In Sport, Auckland FC have signed nine cap all White
Ollie Sayle. The twenty nine year old goalkeeper replaces Alex Paulson,
who's headed back to Bournemouth. Australian driver Oscar Pastre will
have a grand stand named after him at the Albert
Park Formula one circuit in Melbourne next March. Gailmond Feest
will return to Auckland as the thirty eight year old

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looks to defend his ASB Classic Tennis title. In January,
Finn Fisher Black and Dion Smith have been selected to
ride the Walta ar Espanya Grand Cycling Tour starting Sunday morning.
I'm never retty, Manu. That your latest news Fox. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB news room