Afternoon Edition: 16 October 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 16 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'mraelen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news Fox
for Thursday, the sixteenth of October. Parliamentarians of all political
stripes are marking the passing of New Zealand's thirty fifth
Prime Minister Jim Bolger, who's died at the age of ninety.
Bulger is being hailed as a true statesman during his
seven years as leader, standing for Venus and leading our

(00:26):
first MMP government. With New Zealand First Parliament flags are
at half mast and MP's assigning a condolence book this
afternoon in jet First Leader Winston Peters told the House
Jim Bolger saw every reason for communities to be strong together.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Jim's acknowledged for his pride in his illins independent national identity.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Pushback against proposed government changes to Marine and Coastal Area
Law an amendment bill to the Marine and Coastal act
As traversing the parliamentary process. Faced by significant opposition backlash,
the government says it wants to restore the legislation's original intent.
Labor and p Willie Jackson joined a demonstration outside Parliament

(01:09):
today as a petition against the bill was delivered.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
We don't want governments interfering in our Chica. We're sick
of this government and the way it attacks mildy rights.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Kayperta District's departing mayor has called an emergency council meeting
to seek approval to complain about the local election and
ask internal affairs to investigate. Final meyrial voting results are
expected tomorrow. The Children's Minister says allegations crying glory of
ailed children were having their noses and mouths covered are disturbing.

(01:42):
The heralds revealed police issued two formal warnings and thought
Unger Tummadi Key provided parenting techniques after the accusations. Barrister
Brian Henry has claimed the minister's allowing young people to
be harmed because Gloria Veil is still functioning. Karen Shaw
says she's confident O T is doing everything it.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Can lease in Audo Atmada Cake giving parents skills to
deal with behavioral issues with young people can't be a
bad thing. Is it going to fix the whole world's problems? No,
it's not, but it's a start.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
The Police Association is restarting the conversation on body cameras
at the annual conference in Wellington to be as Macintosh
is there.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Australian company Axon supplies cameras to officers across the ditch.
It says New South Wales has seen twenty five percent
fewer complaints against officers since implementing the cameras. The Police Union,
which has long advocated for body cameras, it will stop
people doctoring phone footage of their interactions with police.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
The Greens are criticizing the government demerging polytechnics and training institutes.
Treasury advice this year suggested undoing to Poukena may harm
the government going for growth agenda by pushing more people
onto job seeker benefits. The government set up a fund
to help instituteses adapt to the changes. Green spokesperson Francisco

(03:00):
hern Andez has given the advice pulling to pooking our
apart doesn't make sense.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
It's just really baffling into continuing with these reforms, which
is actually just going to make poitecks much worse for
the students, the learners, and the staff and communities that
they serve.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
In Sport Black Cat Russian ravenderer is thankful his recent
freak facial injury striking his head on an advertising hoarding
wasn't much worse, saying he could have lost an eye
or cut his throat. Auckland FC coach Steve Corriker's hopeful
the looming Football World Cup will inspire many of the
Black Knights players to new A League heights this season

(03:38):
and the Prima Formula three motor racing team a val
to maximize the potential of eighteen year old Kiwi Louis
Sharp switching to the team for his second season in
the Championship. That is your latest news fix. We'll be
back tomorrow morning with the next update from the news
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