Midday Edition: 14 October 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 14 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the fourteenth of October. National MPs
are criticizing Labour's leader for not rolling out working with
Taparti Mali after its emailed members documents containing serious allegations.
They relate to former staffer Eru Kappakinghi and also point
to a one hundred and thirty three thousand dollars overspend

(00:27):
at MP Maria Meno Kapa Kinghi's office. Eru has recently
publicly criticized the party's leadership and decision making. Recent polls
suggest Labour would need to work with Taparti Maori to
form a coalition government. National Studith Collins describes Taparty Maori
as a mess. I read it and I thought while

(00:47):
Chris Hopkins has got a lot to deal with his
NY Roads are closed in many North Island parts, lashed
by wet weather orange rain warnings supply to Waititomo waikotal
south of Raglan and Cambridge and also eastern Bay of
Plenty Ranges. State Highway three is closed north of New
Plymouth between Mako and Piopio, with flooding and slips stranding

(01:10):
some vehicles Highway thirty is closed south of Tekwiti, thirty
one is closed east of Uporo, four is impacted north
of Huanganui, and closed north of Tomarnui, while tom Or
Mayor John Robertson says the heavy rain follows a wet
few days. Figures like seventy millimeters of rain in the

(01:30):
last twenty four hours and most of that occurred in
the early hours of this morning. The mood is heavy
across Israel and Occupied Palestine as prisoners and hostages are swapped.
About two thousand Palestinians have been freed and Tamas has
returned twenty Israeli hostages. Mediating countries have signed the ceasefire paperwork.

(01:51):
CNN's Nada Bashir says Israel warned Palestinians not to take
part in any celebrations under threat of detention or other penalties.
Speaking to Israeli as we've been hearing from them that
this is a heavy price to pay, but of course,
in their eyes, at acceptable price given the release of
those is really hostages. Labour is not letting the government
take sole credit for new literacy stats. Results from the

(02:15):
New Phonics program show fifty eight percent of students are
at or above expectations. After twenty weeks, more than forty
percent exceeded expectations in term three. Labour's Chris Hepkins says
these results come from the Structured Literacy Project introduced under Labour.
So yes, I think it's a good announcement. It's good
to see progress, be good to see teachers back in

(02:36):
the classroom rather than on strike, and so I think
maybe that should be rick A Stanford's number one priority.
No slow down in the increasing cost for seeing a GP.
The GP Owners Association's annual survey shows small improvements to
some practices, finances and patient numbers, but eighty five percent
confirmed that fees had recently increased or would soon. Association

(02:59):
chair dot com to Angus Chambers says twenty three percent
are financially worse off. The two sources of money are
government funding and patients, and unfortunately patients are bearing the
brunt of at is proving a barrier to access for
a lot of people. Patrick twey Polotu in sport is
out of the All Blacks Grand Slam Tour and could
be gone from the game for six months after surgery

(03:21):
on a shoulder injury. He's been replaced by Sam Dowry.
Gail Parta has resigned as Silver Fern selector and a
show of support for what she considers the poor treatment
of estranged coach Dame Nolene Todour. An historic day for
Cape verd Off the coast of Africa. Their football team
has beaten s Witeni three nil to secure a maiden

(03:43):
spot at a World Cup next year in North America.
I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk ZB newsroom.