Morning Edition: 30 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, thousands of ae Bus A three twenty
planes are returning to business as usual after being grounded
due to a warning that solar radiation could interfere with
on board flight controlled computers. More than one hundred flights
across their New Zealand and Jetstar services were canceled yes
today due to the issue. EBUS says about six thousand

(00:28):
planes were affected globally, with most requiring a quick software update.
Jetstar has warned of some flow on delays or cancelations
today as the network recovers. Some severe weather conditions are
forecast for parts of the South Island today. Met Service
issued a heavy rain watch for Tasman, Westland, Canterbury's headwaters
as well as for Judland, while Wellington, parts of Canterbury,

(00:51):
are Tago and Southland are under a strong wind watch.
Meteorologist Alex Holden says the week we'll see mixed conditions.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
That's going to be seen this week of being nice
for a little bit and then got diving straight back
into showers.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Ran paid lifeguard services will start in Tailanngo this week,
a week early due to increased demand. From tomorrow, the
service will get at Mount Monganui, Omanu and Papamoa beaches.
On Thursday alone, there were three rescues in the area,
while a man died after being pulled from the water
unconscious at a Mount Monganui beach. Eastern Region Life Saving

(01:27):
manager Chas Gibbons Campbell says some people are tricked by
the deceptively calm water we are.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
With that swell having a lot of rip currents and
at the moment there's a lot of big rips and
really deep inshore holes which are catching a lot of
people off guard and.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Concerns for Christmas holiday workers. With new figures showing casual
work hours plummeting, research from Employment Hero shows casual work
hours are down by almost nine percent compared to a
year ago. Managing director Neil Webster says staff aren't getting
more hours due to low employer confidence.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
Also, they're thanks for the one to two shifts and
whereas they'd be wanting to do three four, five six.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
That's news. The sports and the triumphant spring Box Northern
Tour has ended under a cloud. A seventy three Niel
Pasting of Wales and Cardiff has been blighted by a
straight red card for Locke Eban Etizabeth dismissed for eye
gouging with his thumb. The Wellington Phoenix have moved into
sixth on the A League table thanks to a two

(02:28):
to one win over Adelaide in the Capitol, but coach
Giancarlo and Taliano is disappointed with how the next ended
the game.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
I felt a two nil will cruising and we had
plenty of opportunities to finish off the game score third
or fourth, and I felt as though we let them
come back into the game, very basic goal that we conceded,
and then we made it a difficult game in the end.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
And the New Zealand men's hockey team has lost five
to one to Belgium in their final pool match in Malaysia.
It is Sport. I'm Diana.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
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