Afternoon Edition: 30 September 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 30 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 Rayleen Ramsey. This is your afternoon. Use
fixed for Tuesday, the thirtieth of September. The governments are
asking the public health sector to promote technology, potentially including
surgical robots. It's announced health end Z and Farmac will
both be able to procure medical devices, ending a long
running debate on responsibility. Farmac's tasked worth more technical equipment

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and health Z can bulk by other items. Associate Health
Minister David Seymour says using more tech is the way
to reduce waiting lists and manage and aging population. Surgical
robots can actually ensure that a surgeon can operate on
more patients per week. Intense debate is expected within Humas
on a US lead peace plan for Gaza. The deal

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would end the war see hostages returned, is Raeli troops
pulled out of Gaza, and an interim government led by
Donald Trump. Arab Gulf States Institute scholar Hussein Ebesh says
Hamas will face pressure from countries like Cutter and Turkey.
He told the BBC its leaders may have mixed feelings
like to try to find some way to see yes

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to this, and the problem is it looks like uncunnational
surrender on their part, The Health Minister is urging families
country wide to immunize children with measles popping up in
Northland and Queenstown. The South Island case was confirmed yesterday,
likely linked to international travel contacts and exposure sites are
being identified. Health New Zealand says no links have been

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found with four recent Northland cases. Simeon Brown has one message,
your children immunized. It's the best protection against measles. Is
a range of opportunities and of course healthies and we
look at what further opportunities can you make. Things have
turned to custard for Tamaru dessert company den Heath. A
liquidator's report reveals the family owned manufacturer owes more than

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six hundred and fifty thousand. It's famed for its custard squares,
but's led into liquidation in August sighting COVID, economic conditions
and export issues. Its products sell in dozens of costco
outlets here and in Australia. Career in Japan. A number
of buyers have expressed interest in the business. Auckland Police

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are reassuring anyone with information relating to the death of
US student Kyle Warrell. In April, he was attacked in
meadow Bank and a sixteen year old's been charged with murder.
Police are forensically testing a machete found yesterday at a
nearby reserve. Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin's promising coming forward is simple.

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Any safety matters we're happy to address with them. Some
people struggle with coming to police, but I can assure
them that we will do our best to make that
process as comfortable as we can. A persons died suddenly
near the McDonald's in Graymouth. Police were called just after
midday to Sport Alan Bunting isn't being drawn on whether

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he'll continue as Black Fern's rugby coach. The bronze medalists
are back from the Women's Rugby World Cup in the UK,
turf dart at the semi final stage by Canada. Cautious
optimism within the black Caps environment about the prospect of
a new Zealand team in Cricket's Big Bash T twenty
League across the Ditch, and a balancing act for all

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Whites coach Darren Baisley and selecting just two A League
players for next month's international football friendlies against Poland and Norway.
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