Afternoon Edition: 24 September 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 September 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 ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Wednesday, the twenty fourth of September. Another glass
ceiling broken in New Zealand. Sweden's Anna Bremen has been
named our first female Reserve Bank Governor, starting in the
role in December. Finance Minister Nikola Willows says Bremen was
chosen because of her technical expertise and leadership experience, not

(00:28):
just because she's female. But Willis says she's glad to
be raising her children in a time where women are
filling top jobs.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Certainly makes a difference when young women and girls can
see that there is no office that cannot be occupied
by a woman.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Senior doctors have picketed outside government minister's officers as they
continue their forty eight hours strike. Around six thousand Association
of Salaried Medical Specialist members walked off the job following
failed pay negotiations. Emergency physician Tanya Willon is outside Nikola
Willis's Wellington office.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Day in, day out. All of the services that I
work and or work with have got limited capacity to
see patients, not because of the financial decision making a warning.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
A portfolio of policy changes is likely necessary, including a
potential superannuation shakeup. Treasury's long term fiscal statement suggests the
cost of SUPER could be kept stable as a percentage
of GDP by increasing payment rates in line with inflation
rather than wages. His senior political reporter Azaria Howell.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
It's found steadily increasing the eligibility age to keep costs
proportionate to GDP would require the superage to be seventy
two by twenty sixty five. Means testing at relatively low
levels of non super income could also be an option
to keep stability. It's expected healthcare expenditure proportionate to GDP
and SUPER costs may rise due to the aging population.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
An Auckland woman who supplied local growers with pickers has
been sentenced to home detention for evading nearly one point
five million dollars in tax at Talagasiako Marvailli appeared in
Pukacoe District Court after pleading guilty to four charges of
tax evasion. Courtney Winter reports.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
The income tax files were not filed for four consecutive years.
GST returns were either not filed or false returns were
filed over a three year period. She was sentenced to
nine months home detention and ordered to pay a reparation
of six and a half thousand dollars.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
A passionate plea for counselors to pass Auckland's housing density plan.
It would allow two million homes to be built with
more zoning near transit hubs. There's been criticism of the plan,
with heated exchanges in the Council Chamber. Policy and Planning
Chair and Councilor Richard Hill says, while it's not a
perfect plan, it is important it passes and I.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
Hope that we can be sensible about the future allow
young people in the Sea to feel that they can
have a house.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Two Sport and men's single scholar Logan Olric is through
to the semifinals at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai
after finishing second in his quarter final race. Former wannabee
Phil Kerns believes a beta forwards platform is behind Australia's
success and development this season, with the keyw Mike Cron

(03:27):
crucial in strengthening their scrum. Melbourne Storm winger Xavier Coats
is confident half back Jerome Hughes will stand up to
the riggers of Friday Nights preliminary Final against the Sharks
despite only playing one match in the last two months
due to injury. And that is your latest news fix.
We'll have another one for you tomorrow morning from the

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news Talk z B newsroom.