Midday Edition: 18 October 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 18 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):
No the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, three patients have been airlifted to hospital,
two in critical condition after a boat capsized in Port
Waikatto this morning. Emily Ansel reports.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hellise say they received reports of a boat overturned north
of Sunset Beach around seven fifteen this morning. Saint John
says it was notified of a water related incident at
Lake Pouquetti a short time later. One person was taken
to Auckland City Hospital, the other to wycuts Or Hospital,
while a third is being flown to Middlemore in a

(00:38):
moderate condition.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Prince Andrew's daughters continue to weather the fallout of their
father's ongoing scandals. The royals given up his titles, including
Duke of York following discussions with King Charles. Like their father,
they'll remain in the line of succession. Vanety Fairs Katie
Nicholl told the BBC this has been an immensely difficult
period for them.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
They are indily close family and I think sometimes they've
been slightly overlooked in all of this because it can't
have been easy for them. But they will retain those
princess titles and I'm told the King is very fond
of his nieces concerns.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
A drop in due diligence measures is putting prospective home
buyers at risk. New research from the Real Estate Authority
finds only sixty percent of buyers spoke to a legal
expert before making an offer, leaving them vulnerable to costly surprises.
Only thirty seven percent obtained a land information memorandum. Real
Estate Authorities Belinda Moffatt says these numbers are down on

(01:33):
the previous year.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Through twenty three to twenty four, we saw an increase
of people undertaking these due diligence steps and that was
fantastic to see that. Unfortunately, this year we've seen a
bit of a drop.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
I view a lack of government technology policy around digital
assets like cryptocurrency is seeing us to lose out in
billions of dollars in potential export revenue to foreign markets.
Blockchain and Z sees most of New Zealand's nine billion
dollars in annual digital assets trading happens on offshore platforms.
Executive director Trevor Tofa says the government's done very little

(02:06):
in this space, so even signaling it's interested would be
a positive. Difference. That's news in sport. Frustration for Liam
Lawson after qualifying at the latest Formula One event in Texas.
The Kiber will start from fifteenth for tomorrow's sprint race
after having his qualifying lap voided for going too wide
around a corner. Lawson was forced wider due to another

(02:29):
car being on his inside and was incensed in the aftermath.
What and we also got truck limits at turn nineteen
oh maybe where the club is sitting in the middle
of the road. The Silver fans determined not to let
a fourth quarter lapse snowball following their heavy Constellation Cup
defeat to Australia Melbourne. New Zealand were beaten by seventeen goals,

(02:51):
magnified by a sloppy final period where they lost the
quarter twenty four to eleven. McCausland jury says they know
three good quarters doesn't count for much if they fall
away like they did that sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For
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