Midday Edition: 04 September 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 04 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 morning. I'm never ready, MANU and this is your
morning news box for Thursday, fourth of September, and this
update reassurance how justice system as a whole is working
as some issues slip through the cranks. Chief Justice Dame
Helen win Kalman has issued a stark warning in her
annual report. She outlines a justice system weighed down by

(00:24):
delays to few judges, safety concerns and a lack of funding.
New Zealand Law Society President Fraser Barton says, compared to overseas,
New Zealand's justice system ranks very highly. We mustn't be
complacent that there is still a lot of work needed
to make sure that we don't fall behind. The Education
Minister believes her government's initiatives are boosting interest in teaching.

(00:47):
Used doorg ZB can reveal there's been three thy five
hundred new domestic enrollments to initial teacher training so far
this year, thirty percent higher than the same time last year.
Eric Is Stanford says there's more positive talk about the
profession than negative, adding she's always talking up teachers. She
says people can see the amount of resource they're pumping

(01:07):
into the front line, whether it's maths, books, professional learning
and development or the new curriculum. A rift between National
and Act is emerging on Auckland Council's new density plan.
It would allow more intensification near transport corridors and see
parts of the city lose their special character status. David
Seymour told a public meeting last week that he and

(01:29):
supporters must impress on Housing Minister Chris Bishop that the
plan is not necessary. He's concerned intensification will take place
in areas without the required infrastructure. Citing Parnell as an example,
Bishop says the reality of the Council's proposal is much
less dramatic than critics claim. Nelson and Tasman May is
abanding together to push back the closure of a local sawmill.

(01:52):
Carter Holt Harvey is expected to deliver its final decision
on a proposal to shut its eas Valley sawmill today,
resulting in the loss of one hundred and forty two jobs.
Nelson's Nick Smith and Tasman's Tim King have written to
the manufacturing company, pleading with them to defer closure for
twelve months. Nurses around the country are set to begin

(02:13):
their second day of industrial action over unsafe staffing levels
in less than a week. More than thirty six thousand
nurses organization members employed by health en Z are repeating
Tuesday strikes and putting tools down from seven am to
eleven pm. Today, the National Cybersecurity Center urging businesses to
up their defenses against cyber criminals. Commissioned research from the

(02:36):
agency has found fifty three percent of small to medium
Kiwi enterprises have been exposed to a cyber threat over
the last six months. It's a jump from only thirty
six percent reported that been targeted in last year's survey.
Mission Enablement Director Mike Yagish says that businesses they need
to be preparing for a cybersecurity attack. In sport, Bronco's

(02:59):
coach Mike Pio m maguire has pooh poohed fallback Rhese
Walsh's decision to release a social media post of him
drinking from a toilet ahead of tonight's NRL League match
against the Storm and Brisbane. The Cadillac Formula One team
is named IndyCar's Colton Herter as their test driver for
twenty twenty six. Imane Khalif has appealed World Boxing's decision

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which bars her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing.
The Algerian will miscompeting at the World Championships starting tonight
in Liverpool. As a result, I'm never ready manho With that,
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