Morning Edition: 06 March 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 06 March 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 ready, Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Friday, sixth of March, and this
update Feeling unsafe to fly because of the Middle Eastern
conflict won't cut it for insurance cover. Most travel insurance
policies exclude cover for anything that arises from war directly
or indirectly. The Insurance and Financial Services on Woodsman Karen

(00:26):
Stevens says insurance is only for things that are unexpected
or that people don't know about. She says someone canceling
because they don't want to go doesn't qualify because the
traveler initiated that process. A cyber safety experts on board
with a social media ban for under sixteens, but says
there will be challenges. A Select Committee report endorses the

(00:49):
policy after conducting an inquiry, although the Greens inact aren't
fully in support. It also calls for an online regulator,
banning apps that create unconsensual naked images, and regulating social
media algorithms and ads. John Parson says the biggest challenge
will be identifying what actually classifies as a social media platform.

(01:12):
The foreign buyers ban is set to loosen today and
the government's aiming to speed up overseas investment. Investment requirements
for the Active Investor plus visa dropped from fifteen million
to as low as five million last year. From today,
overseas investors can buy or build homes of more than
five million dollars if this is met. The government's considering

(01:33):
giving the green light to reducing medicinal cannabis exporting regulations.
A Ministry of Health briefing sent to Associate Health Minister
David Seymour shows exports have risen significantly, with more than
one ton sent overseas in twenty twenty four. In a statement,
Seymour says he's looking at further improvements to speed up
processing and is open to looking at improving regulation domestically

(01:57):
as well. A med Safe spokesperson says it's viiking a
balance between maintaining requirements and allowing businesses to operate realistically.
Teaching in principal vacancies have searched in the past two months,
nearly doubling nationwide. The Education Gazette lists more than eight
hundred and thirty vacancies nationwide, up eighty five percent on

(02:19):
mid January's four hundred and fifty. That includes forty four
principle in senior leadership positions covering assistant and deputy principles.
Transport groups are calling for driver training to be integrated
into secondary schools. Seven organizations, including Transporting New Zealand, have
written to ministers requesting more support for the growing pool

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of unlicensed kiwis, which totals more than one million. The
group is also calling for boosting funding for low income
learners to access free programs. Transporting New Zealand's chief executive
Don Calascy says the investment would pay off in the
long term. In sport, coach Craig Bellamy's record in the
opening NRL League round since taking over the Storm in

(03:03):
two thousand and three is now twenty three straight wins
after they beat the Eels fifty two to four. High
jumper Hamish Kerr will miss the Indoor World Championships in
Poland this month for an intensive training period on the
Gold Coast. Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones claims Dave Rennie's
absence from New Zealand rugby since twenty seventeen before taking

(03:25):
up the or Black's job as a positive because he's
perceived as coming in with few player loyalties. I'm never
reaty man. Who in that your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
Newstalk ZB newsroom.