Morning Edition: 14 May 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 14 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 (00:02):
Good morning. I'm Nevaretti Manu and this is your morning
news fix for Thursday, fourteenth of May. In this update,
an economist says the government's operating allowance for the budget
is now very tight. It's cut the allowance by another
three hundred million dollars to two point one billion. Economist
Cameron Banker says the government's trying to get back to surplus,

(00:23):
commit to infrastructure and maintain core services, but he says
it can't do it all, and he says that the
government prioritizes fiscal credibility and infrastructure, it will have to
cut spending on core services. Donald Trump's in Beijing for
his highly anticipated talks with Chinese President Jijinping on the
Iran War, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan. The

(00:45):
substantive part of the summit will happen later today when
the leaders hold by lateral talks and a formal banquet.
Ahead of that, China has been giving Trump a pomp
filled welcome following the arrival of Air Force One and
the Chinese capital Sir Kia is still fighting to stay
on as British Prime Minister, amid growing calls for his
resignation supporters of Health Secretary West Treating have been telling

(01:10):
the BBC they expect him to launch a leadership challenge
against Starma as soon as tonight. Four ministers and six
ministerial aids of now quit calling for Starma's resignation. Questions
are being raised about the oversight of home schooling. Following revelations,
Tom Phillips was authorized to homeschool his three children after

(01:32):
intervention from the on Boodsmen. The Ministry of Educations confirmed
certificates were granted before July twenty twenty one, allowing the
children to legally stay out of school. Regular Education Review
office checks were scrapped for children homeschooled in twenty ten,
with only a small number of families now reviewed each year.

(01:52):
Auckland University Professor of Education Stuart McNaughton says the inconsistency
is concerning, particularly as homeschooling numbers are hitting record highs.
Businesses will soon face tougher penalties for misleading pricing. A
bill's been introduced to Parliament that would increase the maximum
penalty for misleading prices from six hundred thousand dollars to

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five million dollars. Digital driver licenses will soon become a
reality under a new law change passed by Parliament. The
legislation will also allow for digital car registrations and warrants
of fitness that don't require stickers to be attached to
the windscreen. The digital licenses will give people a new
way of verifying their age without sharing their full name

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or address. Wellington's Ingrid Horres has won top prize at
this year's OKA New Zealand Book Awards for her short
story collection All Her Lives. Tina Maccretti won the General
Nonfiction Award for her book This Compulsion in Us. Naffer
Nouakursel won the top Poetry award. In Sport, New Zealand

(02:58):
rugby boss Steve Lancash has quashed the idea of going
alone for revitalized Supercompetition. The concept is in the spotlight
with the likely loss of the Muana Pacifiker franchise. England
have ended pace bowler Ollie Robinson's two year exile and
called up an uncapped trigo of opener Emilio Gay, keeper
batter James Rue and right arm quick Sonny Baker for

(03:21):
next month's Test cricket series against New Zealand Team New
Zealand's Blair Chok is pursuing an off water roll linking
the design and sailing groups for his fourth America's Cup campaign.
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