Morning Edition: 06 September 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talks head Been Newsroom. This is Newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, police are amping up their presence in
various parts of the country following gang activity. A gang
conflict warrant is in place across Hawks Bay, giving officers
special powers related to suspected gang members. Lochlan Renni has
more it's due.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
To two gang related incidents on Thursday injuring four people,
including leaving two youths fighting for their lives. Police are
also increasing their presence around christ Church after an unsuccessful
attempt to start a fire at a local gangpad on
Cuff's Road. It follows a spate of gang related tutings
in Palmerstan North and Levin.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Another blow for Nelson with Sea Lord proposing closing its
coated fish factory just days after eves Valley Sawmill confirmed
it's shutting down. Sea Lord will make a decision on
the proposal next month. With seventy nine jobs at Ree,
one hundred and forty two jobs were lost with the
closure of the Eves Valley Sawmill. It to National Secretary

(01:06):
Rachel Macintosh says it's terrible news for the community.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
There are workers at this factory who have relatives who
are working at Eves Salley, so it's like devastation upon
devastation for them and for their finmo owned communities.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Voters in the tamach Emaco though Mary electorate have until
seven to night to choose their new representative. Political reporter
Ethan Griffiths has more A.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
By election in the Auckland based seat was triggered after
the death of Tapati Maori representative taku Ta tash Kemp.
There are eighty four polling booths open across the electorate today,
which spans from Takdidy to the Harbor Bridge. Voting has
been opened for a fortnight, with just under five thousand
votes cast as of Thursday.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Results will be progressively available from seven pm, with ninety
five percent of votes expected to be counted before eleven pm.
And Buckingham Palace is anunce. The Duchess of Kent has
died at the age of ninety two. The Duchess was
married to Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, a first
cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth the Second. She was

(02:11):
a familiar face at the Wimbledon Championships, where she often
handed over trophies. That's news to Sport and can't we.
Tennis player Aaron Rutliffe and her Canadian partner Gabby Debrowski
have triumphed in the US Open Women's doubles final at
Flushing Meadows. They have toppled the top seeded pairing of
Taylor town Sead and Katrina Cineyakova and straight sets six four,

(02:34):
six four to win for the second time, and the
Warriors will head into the NRL Top eight playoffs off
the back of two losses after coming up short twenty
seven to twenty six against the Sea Eagles and Manly.
The Warriors started hot with the fastest try in NRL
history as James Fisher Harris scored in just nine seconds
from the kickoff. A daily Cherry Evans field goal proved

(02:56):
the difference in the five tries apiece contest. Coach Andrew
gibstaces it was chaotic, kept.

Speaker 4 (03:02):
Throwing punches all the way through, but they just wanted
the role ones at Toms Lot, you'd see we wanted
them probably overplaying and making it really hard for ourselves.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
That's sport.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
I'm Diana Visage.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
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