October 13, 2025 • 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 13 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Monday, the thirteenth of October, warnings the planet
has reached its first catastrophic moment. The Global Tipping Points
Report by one hundred and sixty researchers suggest dangerous warming
thresholds have been crossed sooner than expected. Jordan Dunn has more.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
The report says coral reef die off is now almost irreversible,
risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. It
suggests they will not remain in any meaningful scale unless
global heating reduces to one point two degrees celsius as
fast as possible. It also warns the Amazon rainforest will
collapse if global temperatures continue to rise.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Twenty Israeli hostages held by Hamas will start being released
from six to night. Two groups will be freed at
separate locations and a third and hour later at another site.
Once they're in Israel, hundreds of Palestine and prisoners and
detainees will be driven into Gaza, including nearly two dozen children.
The education ministers applauding government moves towards structured literacy, saying
(01:10):
achievements risen a senior political reporter Azaria how.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Fifty eight percent of students are at or above phonics
expectations after twenty weeks at school, up from thirty six
percent in term one, and forty three percent of students
exceeded expectations in term three, more than double the first
term rate. Numbers of those needing targeted supporters significantly down
between terms one and three.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Education Minister Ericus Stanford says this is proof the government
structured literacy reforms are working. Participation in local elections may
not increase until it becomes easier to vote. Ten Out's
been higher in rural areas where some mayoral races are
still too close to call. It was much lower in
big centers when Mere's swept to decisive victory. Otiger University's
(01:59):
Andrew Getti says local voting is much harder than for
central government.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Even though your ballot paper gets posted out to you
have to return it either by finding a postbox what
are those or going to one of a smaller number
of drop off places.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
An expert says millions of teens, including Keywiz, are having
romantic relationships with AI chatbots. Waikato University senior lecturer Dan
Veyers says a US survey of ten thousand teenagers shows
eight percent of those using chatbots are romantically involved. He
says AI friends and romantic partners remain largely hidden because
(02:35):
of this stigma.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
The reasons that young people use AI companions to get
answers to important questions is because they're worried they're going
to get judged by humans if they ask humans about
these things.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Tourism arrivals of reach ninety two percent of pre COVID numbers.
Stats n Z says more than two hundred and thirty
thousand people arrived in August. That's up sixteen thousand on
the year before, led by more than eight thousand Australians.
Numbers from China, Taiwan and Japan have also risen. To
sport and All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has confirmed Boat
(03:10):
and Barrett's shoulder injury won't stop and being available for
the first test of the Grand Slam Tour against Ireland
and Chicago early next month. The All Whites won't be
facing Irling, Harland and Wednesday morning's football friendly against Norway
with a goal scoring machine returning to Manchester City after
scoring a hat trick against Israel on the weekend, and
(03:32):
Kiwi's wing Ronaldo Mulitalo believes International League should be played
at the same time as state of origin to minimize
the drama caused by eligibility rules. That's your latest news fix.
We'll have another one for you tomorrow morning from the
News Talk z B news room.
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Monday, the thirteenth of October, warnings the planet
has reached its first catastrophic moment. The Global Tipping Points
Report by one hundred and sixty researchers suggest dangerous warming
thresholds have been crossed sooner than expected. Jordan Dunn has more.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
The report says coral reef die off is now almost irreversible,
risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. It
suggests they will not remain in any meaningful scale unless
global heating reduces to one point two degrees celsius as
fast as possible. It also warns the Amazon rainforest will
collapse if global temperatures continue to rise.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Twenty Israeli hostages held by Hamas will start being released
from six to night. Two groups will be freed at
separate locations and a third and hour later at another site.
Once they're in Israel, hundreds of Palestine and prisoners and
detainees will be driven into Gaza, including nearly two dozen children.
The education ministers applauding government moves towards structured literacy, saying
(01:10):
achievements risen a senior political reporter Azaria how.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Fifty eight percent of students are at or above phonics
expectations after twenty weeks at school, up from thirty six
percent in term one, and forty three percent of students
exceeded expectations in term three, more than double the first
term rate. Numbers of those needing targeted supporters significantly down
between terms one and three.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Education Minister Ericus Stanford says this is proof the government
structured literacy reforms are working. Participation in local elections may
not increase until it becomes easier to vote. Ten Out's
been higher in rural areas where some mayoral races are
still too close to call. It was much lower in
big centers when Mere's swept to decisive victory. Otiger University's
(01:59):
Andrew Getti says local voting is much harder than for
central government.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Even though your ballot paper gets posted out to you
have to return it either by finding a postbox what
are those or going to one of a smaller number
of drop off places.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
An expert says millions of teens, including Keywiz, are having
romantic relationships with AI chatbots. Waikato University senior lecturer Dan
Veyers says a US survey of ten thousand teenagers shows
eight percent of those using chatbots are romantically involved. He
says AI friends and romantic partners remain largely hidden because
(02:35):
of this stigma.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
The reasons that young people use AI companions to get
answers to important questions is because they're worried they're going
to get judged by humans if they ask humans about
these things.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Tourism arrivals of reach ninety two percent of pre COVID numbers.
Stats n Z says more than two hundred and thirty
thousand people arrived in August. That's up sixteen thousand on
the year before, led by more than eight thousand Australians.
Numbers from China, Taiwan and Japan have also risen. To
sport and All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has confirmed Boat
(03:10):
and Barrett's shoulder injury won't stop and being available for
the first test of the Grand Slam Tour against Ireland
and Chicago early next month. The All Whites won't be
facing Irling, Harland and Wednesday morning's football friendly against Norway
with a goal scoring machine returning to Manchester City after
scoring a hat trick against Israel on the weekend, and
(03:32):
Kiwi's wing Ronaldo Mulitalo believes International League should be played
at the same time as state of origin to minimize
the drama caused by eligibility rules. That's your latest news fix.
We'll have another one for you tomorrow morning from the
News Talk z B news room.
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