Afternoon Edition: 18 November 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 18 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 Rayling Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the eighteenth of November. The PSA is
giving a stern warning cutting Wellington Hospital it staff could
directly impact patients' safety. It says Health New Zealand's help
desk is so understaffed it's relying on contractors to fill

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the gaps. The Unions found the single hospital Clinical portal
is experiencing delays and system crashes when clinicians can't access
X rays and scans. National Secretary Flurfitt Simons says it's
forcing doctors to make decisions without access to critical patient information.
We want to see the government invest in data and

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digital specialists and understand that our health system needs more investment,
not this senseless cut. Meanwhile, Nelson Hospital's recruiting for twenty
eight emergency department roles after expanding the depart this month.
A July report found significant staffing issues Health New Zealand's
advertising roles, including senior doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, orderlies and administration.

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Three senior medical officers will also be hired for general medicine,
obstetrics and Gynecology and ED debate over who should have
a say in sex education courses, parents or school boards.
Are bills before Parliament to give the government more say
on the curriculum. It also reminds parents they can withdraw

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their trial from the Sexuality Education Segment Act. Leader and
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says they should be consulted.
I think generally speaking, bringing some control back to central
government is a good thing because we've had very questionable
curriculum for a long time. Turmoil within the UK Labor

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Party as the country's Home Secretary tamps down on immigration
Ubarna muckmood sweeping changes scrab asylum seekers support and make
it harder for refugees to permanently settle. It's getting approval
from the Conservatives in Reform UK, but condemnation from the
Liberal Democrats and MP's and mcmood's own party. Labour's Brian

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Leishman suggests it looks a lot like the far right playbook,
removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who would
be otherwise destitute as as far away from Labor Party
principles and values as we can get. New Zealand's been
publicly shamed in front of Global Partners for our recent
rethink on climate goals. The Government last month lowered our

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methane cutting target from twenty four to forty seven percent
of emissions to just fourteen to twenty four now. NGO
Climate Action Network Internationals awarded US the Fossil of the
Day award at the un COP thirty Global Global Climate Summit.
Greens Cold Chloe Swarbrick says We've been here before at
a night show. It's just the latest and a long

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line of embarrassment on the international stage, particularly prompted in
this instance by the Government winding back our meyfnemissions target.
In sport, Australian Rugby League chairman Peter Velandi's won't back
down from putting NRL players contemplating a move to the
rebel R three sixty rugby competition on notice. It comes
after the Eels granted wingers Zat Lomax a release from

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his contract. European Tour members Daniel Hillier and Kazuma Kabori
and PGA Seniors Tour player Steve Alka have been confirmed
for February's New Zealand Golf Open. The number of countries
qualified for the Football World Cup is up to thirty
four after Germany and the Netherlands book their places at

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next year's tournament. That's the latest news fix. We'll have
the next update for you tomorrow morning from the news
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