Morning Edition: 03 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 03 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 morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news weeks for Friday, third of October. In this update,
two people have been arrested following a deadly attack at
a synagogue in Manchester, where police shot the attacker dead.
Police in the northern England city say the suspects identity
is known but can't be confirmed due to safety reasons.

(00:25):
At the scene, they say the man drove his car
into members of the public outside a synagogue before attacking
people with a knife, leaving two dead and four others injured.
UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer has thanked police for a
quick response, as the attacker was shot dead within seven
minutes of the first emergency call. The attack can much

(00:46):
to this morning is absolutely shocking and all of our
thoughts with those affected. Taparty Maudi is offering reassurances to
its members after allegations of problematic and dictatorial leadership. It's
held meetings online overnight ahead of an announcement on a
planned reset next week. The Toyitu Tetetiti movement behind last

(01:07):
year's treaty Principles Hekoi, has cut ties with the party
over concerns about its direction. Senior political correspondent Barry Sooper
says TE Party Mardi is in a difficult position. The
party is not going along as smoothly as what it
should do and remind me a bit of the time
when the Alliance Party was falling apart in two thousand
and two. A local councilor says the community will ramp

(01:30):
around those affected by the fatal house fire at Auckland's
Buckland's Beach. The Murveile Drive property went up in flames
in the early hours of yesterday, killing two people and
injuring three one seriously. Police are working to figure out
what caused the fire. Howard Counselor Morris Williamson says people
have been reaching out to the family and friends of

(01:50):
those affecteds. Roughly six hundred transitional housing places are sitting
empty in New Zealand as concerns for homelessness rise. Figures
released to our newsroom show transitional housing vacancy consistently fluctuated
around ten percent between October and June. The data is
recorded on the last day of each month, so can't

(02:12):
show the accommodation's use across the whole month. The government
uses transitional housing to temporary shelter people experiencing or at
risk of homelessness. It's hoping to get occupancy closer to
one hundred percent by reallocating available housing. Auckland bea. Wayne
Brown's campaign is defending his decision to tell a ratepayer

(02:33):
lobby group to f off. Brown's made the comment in
a reply to an Auckland Ratepayers Alliance mass email asking
if Brown was planning a rates blowout. The campaign says
Brown wanted to be unambiguous. School Board elections are seeing
an increase in candidates, but most parents aren't casting a vote.
U data shows less than one in three parents vote.

(02:57):
In sport, the coaches of the All Blacks and Wallabies
are playing down the specter of R three sixty as
a kickoff looms for the Rebel League next year. They
say none of their charges, to their knowledge, are involved.
Holly Robinson secured silver in the shot put F forty
six final at the Para Athletics World Championships in New Delhi,
with the best throw of twelve point eight six meters.

(03:19):
Black Caps white ball captain Mitch Santana remains content with
leaving potential D twenty cricket cash on the table to
lead his country. I'm never ready, Manu that your latest
news mix will be back with the next update at
midday from the news Talk ZB newsroom