Morning Edition: 08 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 08 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 (00:05):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning newsbooks for Wednesday, eighth of October. In this update,
all major banks of lowered interest rates ahead of this
afternoon's review of the OCR The Reserve Bank is announcing
its latest decision at two pm. The Central Banks expected
to slash the cash rate from three percent to either

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two point seventy five or two point five percent. Banks
are already pricing that in or lowering the advertised one
year fixed term home loan rates to four point four
to nine percent. Fresh concerns about postcode lottery and healthcare
when it comes to emergency departments. Figures released to our
newsroom show between the start of twenty twenty one and

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the middle of the year, voucher is worth more than
thirteen million dollars have been handed out to divert patients
to private urgent care clinics or telehealth. Association of Salaried
Medical Specialist executive director Sarah Dolon says some eds use
the system, but others don't. Rural communities could lose a
lifeline as New Zealand post is given more flexibility on

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its services its new agreement with mb lets. The state
owned enterprise reduce rural deliveries from at least five times
weekly to three. Other areas will drop to two days
a week, down from three. Almost four hundred postal outlets
will also be allowed to close. Rural Women Interim CEO
Nicola Eckleton says this will make things very difficult as

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people living hours from any shops rely heavily on NZ
post analytical supplies, animal supplies, food, clothing, machinery, garden supplies.
Student attitudes to school attendance is on the rise. A
new Education Review Office report shows students at taking school
more seriously than three years ago, with six and ten

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attending regularly back to pre COVID levels. Deputy Chief Executive
Ruth Schanoda says both the government's focus on attendance and
school's efforts have contributed. She says a student is five
times more likely to attend if they feel like they belong.
While clear expectations for parents and students have helped. The
Salvation armies calling for an urgent ban on buy now,

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Pay later alcohol sales. It warns the service as more available,
including at bottle stores, supermarkets and online alcohol delivery services.
By now, pay later allows people to purchase items with
a small or no upfront cost and pay off the
amount over time. Social policy analyst Naeka says it's limited
to a small number of retailers so far, but it's

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a clear issue. Just released texts have revealed former Cabinet
Minister Stuart Nash swore at the Trade Minister. Nash was
dumped from a US trade mission after making vulgar remarks
about women in an interview in September US talk zy
Beacon reveal. Nash wrote to Todd Maclay the day that
decision was made, saying WTF. In texts released under the

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Official Information Act. He wrote to the Trade Minister again
a week later saying he was quote so pissed off
with the statement Maclay made, which he called pretty expletive amateur.
In sport, speculation basketballer Lebron James was poised to retire
have proved unfounded. The forty year old was actually flogging
a brand of Cognac when he posted a video to

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social media with the caption saying a decision of all decisions,
who wants to be a millionaire? The Australian Tennis Open
will conduct what has been termed a single point grand
slam for such a purse involving ten amateurs and twenty
two professionals, England's cricketers vicked out a four wicket win
over Bangladesh at the women's fifty over World Cup. I've

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never ready Manu that your latest news folks. Will be
back with the next update at midday from the newstalk
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