Morning Edition: 12 August 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 12 August 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 never ready manu and this is your morning.
Newswix with Tuesday, twelfth of August. In this update, a
belief recognizing a Palestinian state's merely symbolic, but it would
send a message. New Zealand bats its formation. The government's
confirmed it will make a decision over the next month,
following allies such as Australia moving to launch recognition with

(00:26):
the UN. It comes as Israeli Prime Minister ben Yamanetta
Yahoo pushes to seize Gaza. International relations expert Stephen Holdley
says recognition would put us in the mainstream by recognizing
in advance the Poestinean state. They are hoping that such
a thing will come into existence, that Israel will accept it.

(00:49):
Our Prime minister says Ukraine needs to be part of
the peace process. US President Donald Trump will meet with
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the
war later this week. There's been no confirmation of a
White House invitation for Ukrainian President Voladi mu Zelenski. Christopher
Luxen says Ukraine, as a sovereign nation who has been

(01:12):
attacked in an unjustified war, you cannot agree what's going
to happen in Ukraine without Ukraine being involved in it.
That's a pretty simple thing. The Resources Minister is looking
at gas rationing for struggling industrial users. A survey by
energy management company Optimer and Business en Z reveals almost
half of industrial and commercial gas users have reduced operations,

(01:35):
increased prices or cut staff. Shane Jones is seeking advice
on whether the government has or should have the power
to ration gas supplies to ensure some businesses can keep operating.
Major Gas Users Group spokesperson Len Howers says Jones faces
a dilemma. If he does nothing, you risk could be
industrialization if you then decide instead to intervene your accues

(01:59):
of being handed belief that our trans Tasman friends are
keeping tourism strong in Queenstown. Skyline operators who run the
luge and gondolas have seen international luge rights increase by
thirty two point six percent from seven point four to
six million in the last year to close to ten million.
Gondola rides have also risen more than twenty one percent.

(02:22):
Queenstown mere Glynn Lewis says they're crossing the ditch. Numbers
surprise optimism in the construction sector amid a lengthy downturn.
A survey by Kennart's Higher reveals more than ninety percent
of construction industry leaders feel confident about the next five years. However,
ninety four percent say they've been impacted by issues like

(02:43):
international shipping costs and trade regulations over the past year.
New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster could provide answers on how
to manage future pandemics. Otaga University academics, alongside international researchers
from the UK and Germany, are being funded to complete
the first digital analysis of the nineteen eighteen influenza pandemic.

(03:06):
It killed about nine thousand people in six weeks. In
sport interviews to determine the next Silverfun's Netball Captain will
take place next Friday, with applications due this Thursday. Former
Warrior Motutoni believes the return of hooker weighed Egan is
critical in turning the NRL top four aspirations around and

(03:27):
All Blacks halfback Noah Hotham is hopeful of recovering from
a high ankle sprain suffered against France to play at
the back end of the Rugby Championship. I'm never Attimanu,
and that your latest news fix will be back with
the next update of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom