Afternoon Edition: 13 September 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's Edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs in
this update. Tens of thousands of people filled the streets
of Auckland, CBD today, marching in solidarity with Palestine. Protesters
paraded from Art Square to Victoria Park demanding the government
imposed sanctions on Israel. They were joined by representatives from Labour,
Tipati Mardi and the Green Party. Police say there were

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no major incidents despite a handful of counter protesters led
by Destiny Church. Organizers scrapped the original protest route over
the Harbour Bridge because strong wind warnings were in place.
Volunteer Marshal Bianca Ranson says they made the right call.
This was the right decision to put the safety and
well being of people first and as you can see,
it certainly did not stop people from turning out. Young

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artists are a key focus in Wellington's biggest community arts trail,
which is now underway. The South Coast Arts Trail runs
from orf heuro Bay to Berhumpoor, displaying the work of
eighty local artists, the youngest of whom is just three
years old. Artworks include paintings, sculptures and textiles, all now
on display. Event chair fran de Gregorio says arts being

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exhibited by students from local schools and early education centers.
Creativity is really important with young people. This is a
time that they can also go to all the galleries
and the studios and be inspired. Labour Party MP Phil
Twyford is endorsing Wayne Brown, despite a member of the
Labour Party being a rival candidate. Labour's ker and Leone

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is standing against mister Brown. Responding to a Facebook comment,
mister Twyford says he's voting for mister Brown. He says
the mayor may be a grumpy old man, but is
also a centrist with no credible opposition. Miss Leone has
responded saying mister Brown stands against Labour policies like Mary
Ward's and opposition to asset sales. A magnitude seven point

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five earthquake has hit eastern Russia, near the center of
July's eight point eight earthquake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
says that afternoon's quake was ten kilometers deep near Camchutka. Here.
NIMA says there is no tsunami danger for New Zealand.
That's news in Sport. The Hawks Bay Men's NPC rugby

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team can now claim to be the Bay. The Magpies
beat the host's Bay of plenty twenty four to twenty
one in golden point extra time. Today's All Black spring
Box Rugby Championship Games sees brothers Boden Scott and Jordie
Barrett playing their three hundredth Test match combined. Scott Barrett
says they'll look back on it later, but it is
quite something. Yeah, I think that it's pretty amazing, not combined, Yeah,

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appearance be pretty proud and you know, would certainly want
to make it a member one. The New Zealand Men's
Davis Cup tennis tires tied at one all after the
opening days singles in Palmerston, North. New Zealand's Tom Walsh
has qualified top for the men's shot put final at
the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.

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