Morning Edition: 04 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never reaty Manu and this is your
morning News Fox for Thursday, fourth of December and this update.
The Public Service Commissioner has laid out the next steps
for a social investment agency following Chief Executive Andrew Costa's resignation.
The former Police Commissioner has quit after accepting responsibility for

(00:24):
shortcomings highlighted in an IPCA report on the handling of
complaints against his former deputy Jevin mcskimming. His final payout
will near one hundred and twenty four thousand dollars. Sir
Brian Roach says they will keep the acting Chief Executive
and work with the Minister Responsible Nicola Willis on the
way forward, which will become public towards the end of January.

(00:47):
The government's announced its first wave of major events, the
fruit of a seventy million dollar investment. They include Lincoln
Park in Auckland, Ultra Music Festival in Wellington and six
sixty in Symphony HEADLININGTICKA first major music event in christ
Church in May. Air New Zealand says strike action plan
for Monday is off for many staff after agreements and

(01:09):
principle were reached with unions cabin crew on regional turboprop
and wide body aircraft will no longer strike, but about
half of the crew working on narrow body aircraft plan
to continue with industrial action that will potentially impact air
New Zealand's domestic jet, Tasman and Pacific schedules. An urgent

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hearings expected today between an ousted Teparti Maldi MP and
the party president, Maria men Or. Kappa Kinghee filed for
an interim injunction set down for the High Court at
Wellington today against John Tomahete. It comes after Kappa Kinghi
was expelled from the party alongside MP Takuta Feris following

(01:50):
weeks of disagreements with other members. Former staffer and activist
Edu Kappa Kinghey, the son of Maria Menor, has previously
confirmed had been in g aging legal counsel over the matter.
A teenager is expected to appear in Auckland Youth Court
today the second person accused of murdering US student Kyle
Warrel in April. The thirty three year old was fatally

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attacked at a bus stop in Auckland's Meadow Bank. One
seventeen year old already has a trial date next year
after pleading not guilty in May to murder an aggravated robbery.
Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin says a renewed police focus has
resulted in changes against the second team. A thirty three
year old woman pleaded not guilty this year to two

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counts of being an accessory after the fact to murder.
Businesses around Auckland's new Ikea store feeling some apprehension about
the store's opening. Motorists are being told to expect significant
delays this morning with a mega retailer opening its stores
at eleven a m. Penrose Business Association chair Peter Lamberton
says one business is offering staff to work from home

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for the rest of the year. He says Sylvia Park
is already a nightmare around Christmas. In sport, the All
Blacks and Wallabies have been drawn in the same pool
for the twenty twenty seven World Cup, but a quarter
final showdown against the spring Box looms. The Breakers have
returned from basketball's international break with a ninety five ninety

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A and bl victory over the Sydney Kings and Hamilton
bowler Jacob Duffy has returned figures of five for thirty
four to help put the black Caps in a commanding
position after two days of the opening Test against the
West Indies. Nine New Zealanders tee off in the Australian Open,
starting at Royal Melbourne this morning. I'm never reaty Manu

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that you later's news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.