Morning Edition: 01 December 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 01 December 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 weeks for Monday, first of December. In this update,
a relatively warm reception for Labour as it takes on
staffing issues and funding problems. In its latest policy announcement,
party leader Chris Hipkins says, if elected, his government would
offer low interest loans to doctors and nurse practitioners looking

(00:26):
to set up a practice. He says it will announce
policy on how it aims to staff said practices before
the election. General Practice Owners Association chair Angus Chambers says
it will be particularly helpful for getting young doctors to
buy into a clinic. He says it's an issue when
fewer doctors own practices and the spaces are filled by
corporate bodies. Councils are expected to spend almost forty eight

(00:50):
billion dollars on water infrastructure over the next decade. The
estimate is based on council's water reform plans. The government
officially replaced Labour's three War with Local Water Done Well
in August, giving councils until September third this year to
submit their plans for water delivery to date. Sixty two
of sixty eight councils have had their plans excepted, and

(01:13):
more than forty different water entities are expected to emerge
from the reforms. Jetstar and Air New Zealand flights should
be scheduled as normal today after remedying a software issue
which grounded six thousand Airbus A three twenty aircraft globally.
Air New Zealand had twenty seven cancelations across the weekend

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before returning all aircraft to service yesterday afternoon. Around ninety
Jetstar flights were canceled, but services have since resumed as planned.
Board of Airline Representatives Executive Director Cath O'Brien says all
airlines responded swiftly. She says they were moderating aircraft and
quickly applied the required updates. Smoking and vaping appears to

(01:53):
be increasingly unpopular with young people. Action on Smoking in
Health has released the results of its survey, which asks
more than thirty thousand year ten students about their smoking habits.
It shows seven point one percent of the age group
vape daily, down from eight point seven percent last year,
and just over one percent smoke daily. Scrutiny Week at

(02:16):
Parliament is kicking off today. Government Agencies Chief executives and
ministers will all be under the microscope this week as
select committees pick apart different topics and look closely at
spending and outcomes. Auckland's Franklin Rode Christmas Lights are back
on for another year. The lights will be on from
seven pm to ten pm each night until Christmas Eve.

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Coordinator Eric Wilson suggests families checking out the lights should
come earlier in the months if they want to beat
the crowds, and he also recommends taking public transport and
enduring the street on foot. In sport, double delight for
the New Zealand men's and women's seven's teams at the
season opening World Series event in Dubai, both winning their
respective finals over US Astralia. Auckland FC coach Steve Coriker

(03:02):
is demanding an immediate response after his side's first defeat
of the A League season to Newcastle. New Zealand has
suffered defeat in a tense Sale GP Championship Grand Final
in w Dhabi. Great Britain won a tense final. Nick
Vogue has finished the best of the New Zealanders at
Golf's Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland. I'm never retty

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Manu that your latest news fakes. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the Newstalk ZB newsroom