Morning Edition: 11 May 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 11 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 ready MANU, and this is your
morning news fix for Monday, eleventh of May. In this update,
a new poll predicts the government will return to office
at the election and its margin of victory is growing.
According to the NZ Herald MOTSU Research poll of polls,
the probability of the coalition winning a second term is

(00:25):
eighty eight point three percent. The model shows it's extended
its lead over the opposition by two points in the
last twelve months. Despite National's vote declining, New Zealand First's
rise is partly made up for it. It's the opposite
for the left block, with the Green Party Anti Party
MAUDI shedding votes, meaning Labour's steady rise hasn't translated into

(00:48):
a polling lead. Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says he
assumes New Zealand First leader Winston Peters sought permission before
he released budget sensitive information. The New Zealand First leader
told news dog ZB on Friday the government scrapping the
free final year of tertiary study in this year's budget.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed the move and says she'll

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have more to say in due course. There's no clear
picture of how many students without visas are being allowed
into New Zealand schools. Ministry of Education data show there
were at least five hundred and twenty applications over the
past two years. The true national total is unclear due
to suppressed data. This system applies to school aged children

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without a legal right to be in the country, but
who can still be enrolled under a government policy. Mega
Ministry mb sought advice on working from home requirements for
public servants facing steep petrol prices. Mbzays it asked for
advice given Working from home was mentioned in the twenty
twenty four National Fuel Plan as a voluntary way of

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reducing demand. The Public Service Commission advised the move would
be unlikely to ease fuel supply or prices. The government's
cybersecurity spending increases have shrunk in the past three years.
Internal Affairs data released a Newstalk ZB shows forty seven
agencies spent more than one hundred and sixty nine million

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dollars on cybersecurity last year, just over two percent up
on twenty twenty four. In the years before, spending rows
about twenty two and eighty two percent. GCSB and NZSIS
Minister Chris penk says each agency prioritizes its needs and
submits budget bids. He says government agencies are working to

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broaden engagement with the private sector to increase cyber resilience,
with a range of initiatives underway. Repatriation flights have begun
for some of the passengers evacuated from a hand to
virus stricken cruise ship. The boat docked in Spain's Canary
Islands yesterday. The one New Zealander on board is among
the last to be evacuated and will board a flight

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to Australia. In sport, the Wellington Phoenix will face Melbourne
City for the A League Women's football title on Saturday.
Arsenal remained top of the Premier League after one nil
win over west Ham. Tim Price has produced his best
finish at the Badminton Horse Trials. He's come second on
seventeen year old Bay Golding. Falco leaders Penriths have beaten

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Canberra thirty eighteen to close out round ten of League's
NRL and All Blacks coach to Dave Ready has guided
Kobe to the top of the regular season. In Japan's
Rugby League one, i'm neva retty Manu that your latest
news fix will be back with the next update at midday.
From the news Talk zb newsroom,