Afternoon Edition: 09 November 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 09 November 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):
From the News Talks Heatby Newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, rope Whose mayor has described a blanket of
black smoke over Tongariro National Park. Fire and Emergency New
Zealand crews continue battling the art of controlled scrub fire.
Now some sixteen hundred hectares in size local facilities have
been evacuated. Ropey Who's Western Curtain and Topau's John Fernell

(00:27):
have flown over the affected area to assess the damage.
Mister Curtain says there is a window of opportunity with
rain forecast overnight.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
The fuel that burns for the fire is running out
in that could well be bro savior if you like,
but it's a horrific fire and certainly damaging our dock estate.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
The government's beefing up methamphetamine support services as part of
a newly unveiled action plan to tackle the drug. Meth
consumption in New Zealand doubled last year to fifteen hundred kilograms.
Mental Health Minister Matt Doosey today announced a thirty million
dollar boost services in the hardest hit communities, including Northland, Rough, Thruer,
Gisbon and Hawk's Bay. Mister Doosey says the priority is

(01:07):
to stop people taking the drug and to help them
stay off it.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
That's while we want to get more money out of
Wellington to the front line, to grassroots organizations already delivering
in their communities so they can scale up and make.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
A real difference. Auckland's main Department of Conservation, Permitted Native
Bird Hospital is in for a busy season. Sudden hot
weather after an influx of windy, stormy days means the
Bird Care Arterra Hospital is already at capacity. A penguin
and shag chicks of the latest patients. Bird Care fundraising
manager doctor Rushi Parker says they're seeing both natural and

(01:43):
human caused injuries.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
We need people to know the reality of what happens
when we're not too careful. We really want people to
think more consciously about how we interact with the environment.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
A Safer Farm scheme aiming to make farm vehicles safer,
has had resounding success with discounted crush prov engined devices
for quad bikes. More than one hundred and thirty farm
businesses have now installed the devices. Say for Farm's ultimate
goal is to design the harm out of farming. That's
news in sport, Kiwi's halfback here and four and expect

(02:15):
to sold out Combank Stadium in Parramatta to be blown
away by the forward battle Internight's Pacific Championship decider. Bronco
star Payne has leads the salmons with three other state
of origin representatives for support, but foruns pleased he's playing
behind the Kiwis pack headed by James Fisher, Harris and
Joseph Tappinay.

Speaker 5 (02:34):
They've been a late forwards in front rowers for their
club sides for some time now and they come into
the international space and they deliver on the big stage
and you know we'll be looking for them to do
the same again.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Kickoff just over an hour away. All Black's assistant coach
Gott Hansen has conceded there's still work to do in
the disciplinary area after the New Zealanders survived three yellow
cards in the twenty five seventeen winnover Scotland at Murrayfield.
That's Sport. I'm Joe gilfil For more news, listen to
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