Afternoon Edition: 30 October 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 30 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'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the thirtieth of October. A pivotal foreign
relations moment in South Korea. As the US and Chinese
presidents meet face to face on the sidelines of the
APEX Summit. It's expected Donald Trump and She Jen Ping
will discuss the framework for an economic agreement. The bilateral

(00:27):
talk follows months of trade war as each slapped escalating
tariffs on the other's exports. They've now exchanged a firm handshake,
with Trump remarking they know each other well.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
We're going to have a very successful meeting. I have
no doubt. But he's a very tough negotiator. That's so good.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
A National Immenization Week starts on Monday, as the country
plunges further into a measle's outbreak. Health New Zealand's reported
two new infections in Auckland to a national total of thirteen.
One airs a close contact of a previous case, but
the other has no known links so far. Public Health
Service National Director Nick Chamberlain says next week is about

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boosting vaccine coverage. Is that is our best defense. Measles
is one of the most infectious diseases on the planet.
If you're in a room with someone with measles and
you're not immune, there's a ninety percent chance you'll get it.
The sale of Fonterra's consumer arm isn't quite yet a
Dune deal. Farmer shareholders are voted overwhelmingly in favor of

(01:30):
selling brands like Mainland and Anchor to dairy giant the
French company Lac Talis in a four point two billion
dollar deal, but chief executive Miles Hurrel says they still
need to separate officers and IT systems and get final
approval from regulators. He says they should have a clearer
timeline before Christmas. Is going to come out sometime in

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early December with a bit of an update as to
how that looks, but certainly in that first half of
twenty six is what I'm aiming for. The Defense Force
says it wants to hear the clang of prison gates
for a soldier convicted of attempt at spionage. Open Justice
reports he tried to share restricted military information with someone
he thought was a foreign agent. Jordan Dunn has more.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
The soldier has ongoing name suppression and in a court
marshal this year was sentenced to two years military detention.
At an appeal today, arguing on behalf of the NZDF,
the Ground said the sentence should deter similar offending. Lieutenant
Colonel Robert Gogul told the court the only available punishment
to achieve that is imprisonment. The court has reserved its decision.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Small businesses have had four straight months of sales growth
after harsh economic times. The Zero Small Business Insights Report
shows positive signals of improvement in the September quarter. The
South Island appears to be faring better than the North,
with Canterbury and Otago reporting the best sales. Zero economist
Louis south Hall says industries like professional services and manufacturing

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also grew consistently.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
That hasn't been the case for a sector like construction,
for example, which has been very soft in terms of
both sales growth and job's growth.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
More than fifty four thousand homes could be powered by
a new four hundred and eighty seven million dollar solar
project in Wakato. Genesis Energies and Arts plans to acquire
and develop a solar farm near Rangarderi two Sport and Netball,
New Zealand is under fire from within. Is Current and
former staff tell The Herald the organization is challenging and secretive,

(03:36):
putting pressure on the health of personnel. The football firms
have been outclassed by the United States and Missouri, losing
their friendly six knell, and the chances of rebel rugby
competition are three sixty. Attracting a marquee star have increased
majorly with news Melbourne Storm fullback Ryan Pappenhausen is a

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free agent being granted an early release from whose league contract.
That is your latest news fix. We'll have another update
for you tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom