Morning Edition: 05 May 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 05 May 2026, 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 (00:03):
Good morning. I'm never Retty Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, fifth of May. In the
south date, the US says its military ships and other
cargo vessels have been sailing through the Strait of Hamus. Yesterday,
President Donald Trump vowed to escort ships through the crucial waterway,
calling it a humanitarian gesture. However, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

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says any claims ships is sailing through the strait are baseless.
At a European leader's summit, French President Emmanuel Macron repeated
the message the US and Israel are on the front
line of this war alone. He says France won't participate
in a forceful operation in a framework which isn't clear.
The prime ministers eyeing up more bilateral deals similar to

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the one struck with Singapore. It's agreed to protect our
fuel supply and New Zealand to keep food flowing in
return during economic shocks. The two countries have also pledged
to not impose export restrictions on each other. Christopher Luxen
says he discussed with his Singaporean counterpart what other countries
might be up for such a deal. He says some

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of the sixteen small countries in the future of investment
in trade partnership could be interested and will be hosted
at a meeting in July. Two people have died and
twenty two others injured after a car drove into a
crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig. Please Say.
The car's drivers struck several people in a central square

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before leaving the scene and was later arrested. Only about
forty percent of Auckland households that received a food waste
bin correctively using it. About sixty two thousand tons of
food waste from Auckland curbsides has been converted to renewable
energy and fertilizer in the two years since the scheme started.

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Auckland Council says the initiative helps build energy resilience at
a time when global supply chains are under strain. Pressure
is building on the government to provide funding for universities
in this year's budget. The Tertiary Education Commission warns funding
may not cover all domestic enrollments next year, with seven
of our eight universities reporting enrollment growth. A temporary four

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percent funding increase was also recently scrapped. Labour's Tertiary Education
spokesperson Shannon Halbert says it's the second year the government
has failed to fund enrollments. If you're waiting for a
pay rise, you might be out of luck. New research
by SEEKH has found eighty three percent of workers expect
to get one in the next twelve months, but only

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half received one last year. Just over forty percent of
New Zealanders are happy with their current salary. Seeks Rob
Clark says at the moment employees most need relief is
when employers can least afford it. He says that's why
there needs to be plenty of dialogue around business performance
and where the organization is at financially. In sport, former

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hybrid flanker wing Eric Rush believes lester Fanga Anuku has
displayed the skill set required to fill the role for
the All Blacks. Former Silver Fern's Coachy Von Willering claims
the A and Z Premiership netball returns of forty eight
year old Leana Dubray and forty year old Casey Kopoor
with special cases rather than indicating a lack of defensive

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depth in New Zealand's game. Nottingham Forest, the home of
All Whites captain Chris Wood has taken a further step
towards Premier League Football survival by beating Chelsea. I'm Nevaretti
Mano and then your latest news fix will be back
with the next update at midday from the News Talk
z B newsroom