Afternoon Edition: 02 October 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 October 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the second of October. Forensic police investigators
are at a fire raised house in Auckland's Buckland's Beach
that's killed two people. Three others were injured after the
home went up in flames overnight. The heralds Rafael Frank
says police have just erected a second forensic tent. Police

(00:27):
have taken two plastic orange stretches into the cordon. Now
they have just been left outside the cordon at this stage.
The oppositions asking the government to do all it can
to help New Zealanders on a Gaza Barn flotilla intercepted
by Israel activists say three Kiwis have been detained. In fact,
won't confirm that, but says New Zealanders should be treated

(00:49):
in accordance with international law. Labour's Chrisipkin says our government
should go into bads.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
Israel's actions almost certainly a contrary to international law and
intercepting a flotilla that was an inter national.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Waters Police have confirmed the evidence isn't strong enough to
initiate a serious fraud investigation into polling issues at Malare
wa Marai. I've looked into allegations that Maria used census
data for electioneering, your senior political reporter Azaria Howell.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Police say investigations find insufficient evidence to establish criminal culpability
for corruption. The Serious Fraud Office has agreed after independently
reviewing the police finding. The Office of the Privacy Commission
is still inquiring into potential breaches and engaging with the SFO.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
A seventh person has been charged in relation to the
fatal stabbing of fifteen year old Kaya Karadia in Napier
in May. A seventeen year old girl charged with intent
to injure is due on the district court next week.
Of three teens already facing murder charges, two have pleaded
not guilty, the third is yet to enter a PLEA

(01:56):
change at Tapatimi and a prominent activist group has severed
ties toy Tu Teteri t spokesperson Edu Kappakinghi claims the
party has a dictatorship decision making model. His mother, Mariammanuel
Kappa Kingi, was recently demoted as party whip. Speaking about

(02:17):
the demotion, she told Tehiku media, despite some party dysfunction,
she's still part of the team. I feel disappointed and
I said it I think when I was first caught
in an interview, and I still call the same way,
though I think there are things changing. Lawyers for mushroom
murderer Aaron Patterson say they plan to appeal her guilty verdicts.

(02:38):
The fifty year old has a life sentence with thirty
three years non parole for killing three in laws with
a beef Wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms. Sky News correspondent
Jack Nihoff says appeal documents aren't lodged yet. They have
twenty eight days from the initial sentence which it's set
to expire that window to launch an appeal. Monday mid night.

(03:00):
Just Sport and Injured black Caps white ball captain Mitch
Satner has confirmed he's tracking well after surgery for a
sports hernia and will be available to tackle England on
their upcoming white ball tour. Hwe MMA exponent Dan Hooker
has been chosen to headline UFC Fight Night and Cutter
in late November, fifteen months after his last bout. Whitefern's

(03:24):
veteran Lea to Huhu believes operating more effectively in the
batting and bowling power plays are key work ons for
Mondays fifty over World Cup clash against South Africa. That
is your latest news fix. There'll be another update tomorrow
morning from the news Talk z B newsroom