Morning Edition: 01 September 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 01 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 never Readymanu and this is your morning
news fix for Monday, first of September. In this update,
a call for more online restrictions to reduce sexual violence.
The latest New Zealand Crime and Victim survey shows an
increase in sexual assaults in the past two years, despite
other forms of crime dropping. The government's putting more foot

(00:26):
patrol cops in Auckland, citing increased police presence as an
effective crime deterrent, but called away to monarch or. Spokesperson
Russell Smith says we also need to address the influence
of the internet. If we don't get ahead of it,
we're allowing the internet to educate our people and reinforce
and write culture. The number of applications granted for emergency

(00:49):
housing nationally has plummeted as the government titans restrictions. Data
obtained by our newsroom shows applications have dropped significantly, but
the number being declined to continue to rise. More applications
are being declined than granted in Auckland, concern tertiary students
are having to choose extra work over studying to keep

(01:10):
up with increasing living costs. More than thirty four million
dollars in hardship funds has been given out by institution
since twenty twenty. Victoria University Student Association spokesperson Aidan Donahue
says things haven't improved much since COVID, and he says
they received nine hundred and forty applications for their winter
Energy grant this year compared to two hundred and sixty

(01:32):
five two years ago. Just to put those perspectives, every
application is limited to one per address and so that
nine hundred and forty households. An Auckland plant nursery is
racing to save stock after a major fire and says
rebuilds could take up to a year. A fire, which
broke out just before ten pm on Saturday destroyed parts

(01:53):
of the major cut Flower and Exotic Plant nursery in
qmu van Lear. Nursery's owner, Harry van Leer says the
fire ripped through seven thousand square meters of sheds, and
he says a full recovery could take up to twelve
months and time is rapidly running out to salvage any
unspoiled plants. Fire investigators were on site yesterday but still

(02:14):
haven't been able to indicate how the blaze began. A
swing into action with recent trepidation about the rapid spread
of H five N one bird flu worldwide. Biosecurity Minister
Andrew Hoggards developed to deal with the poultry industry and
egg producers to prepare and respond to any exotic poultry diseases.

(02:34):
It recognizes industry bodies as decision makers and sets out
cost sharing between taxpayers and the industry. Hoggard says an
uncontrolled outbreak could affect the supply of eggs into our supermarkets.
He says as a food security issue, it's important whereas
prepared as we can be so people can avoid that cost.
In sport, the Black Ferns have secured a World Cup

(02:56):
Rugby quarter final birth beating Japan sixty to nineteen at Exeter.
Thirty four year old winger Porsche Woodman. Woodcliffe becomes the
first New Zealander to score fifty test tries. McLaren's Oscar
Pastri has taken control in the Formula One Drivers Championship
by winning the Dutch Grand Prix. Teammate and closest rival

(03:16):
Lando Norris pulled out with mechanical issues. The Dolphins have
beaten the Titans thirty six thirty to wrap up the
penultimate round of NRL League. I'm never Retty Manu in
that your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the news Talk zb news
room