Afternoon Edition: 14 November 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 14 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):
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your Afternoon News Fox.
For Friday, the fourteenth of November. At least five early
learning services add two schools are temporarily closing because of
potential asbestos contamination from sand. The products EC Rainbow Sand
one point three kilo and Creatistics Colored Sand one kelo

(00:26):
are being recalled. Courtney Winter has more.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
The Ministry of Education say is so far seventy two
early learning services and fifty five schools have been in contact.
More than half have the recalled brands on site. Parents
and caregivers should contact Healthline if they consume their children
may have come into contact with the product.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
The Police Commissioner says the events of this week are
appalling into a kick in the guts. An IPCA report
came out earlier in the week revealing senior police staff
had failed to properly investigate a plaint against then Deputy
Commissioner Jevin Mcskimming. The report implicated the former Commissioner of
Police Andrew Costa and other senior leaders. Commissioner Richard Chambers

(01:10):
is promising to put recommendations in place and refresh the
senior leadership team. I want to move on focus on
going forward and and put that individual and the things
that he got up to behind us. People are being
urged to take shelter indoors as severe thunderstorms roll through
the central and eastern North Island. Warnings have been issued

(01:32):
for Central Hawks Bay, Hastings or porta Quay, Western Bay
of Plenty and Fakatane. These thunderstorms are expected to bring
torential rain, hail and frequent lightning, and a severe thunderstorm
watch remains in force for Bay of Plenty, Coe, Poor
Gisbon and Hawke's Bay. The Prime Minister is again talking
about raising the retirement age. Chris lucks And supports raising

(01:56):
it to sixty seven gradually, but he hasn't been able
to impl meant it, largely due to pushback from New
Zealand First. Luckson says lifting the retirement ages financially sensible.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
We should have that kind of conversation because otherwise we're
talking again tens of billions of dollars we don't get
to spend helping Kiwi ski ahead.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
A takeover bid at New Zealand's largest Manuka honey producer,
is now dead in the water after not garnering enough
shareholder support. Comvita received an offer of eighty cents per
year in August from Florins. It's the subsidiary of christ
Church Mark Stuart's Masthead Limited. Business Desk reports it couldn't

(02:35):
meet the seventy five percent threshold it needed to sell
at today's special meeting in Auckland. Now it's back to
the drawing board for Conveta, which faces economic pressures and
a sixty seven point four million dollar debt net debt.
That is, the government's investing two million dollars to transform
Dunedin into a premier cycling destination, announcing funding to extend

(02:59):
a cycle trail linking Dunedin to Mosgiel, using two historic
railway tunnels to sport and departing. Black Fern's mentor, Alan
Bunting insists New Zealand Rugby support of the team was
more than enough. Zee bars out of the role he's
held for three years. Tong And rugby league international Aliktoa

(03:21):
is set to be shifted from an Auckland hospital to
one in Melbourne as he continues as recovery following brain surgery,
and Pakistan has deployed army and paramilitary forces to protect
Sri Lanka's men's cricket team after a suicide bombing in
Islama Bard raised security issues during their white ball tour.

(03:41):
That is your latest news fix. We'll have another update
for you tomorrow morning from the News Talk sed B
newsroom