Morning Edition: 14 September 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 14 September 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):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, nine people have been arrested in London.
There's a highly charged anti immigration protest became increasingly violent
and estimated one hundred thousand people attended the rally in
central London, with counter demonstrations also taking place in the
same area. Around fifteen hundred police officers were deployed to

(00:27):
try calm rising tension between the rival protests, which also
saw a number of offices assaulted. Charlie Kirk's widow says
the movement her husband built will not die. The conservative
activist was killed after being shot during an event at
Utah Valley University on Thursday. The twenty two year old suspect,
Tyler Robinson, is due to face charges of aggravated murder.

(00:50):
Kirk's wife, Erica, believes her husband's voice will remain. If
you thought that my husband's mission was powerful for you
have no idea back home and the rising cost of
healthy food is reportedly seeing many Kiwi families settling for
unhealthier options. A report from the Salvation Army reveals around

(01:13):
a quarter of households with children are regularly missing out
on the nutritious food they need. The report says New
Zealand exports enough food to feed forty million people overseas,
or many Kiwis are going without good quality food. Salvation
Army Food Security Manager Sonya Cameron says it's resulting in
health issues.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
As the cost of food is getting more expensive. What
we're seeing is that's contributing to poor health such as diabetes.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
And it may not feel like it, but summer is
on its way and Surf Life Saving is urgently seeking volunteers.
They're aiming to recruit one thousand new volunteers nationwide for
the twenty twenty five twenty six season. Surf Life Saving
Club representative Chris m It says there's a range of
reasons as why it's been particularly hard to attract people.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Sure of volunteering across New Zealand is currently changing. Volunteers
time commitments are becoming more precious and the cost of
living crisis they're currently going through with their volunteers and
is becoming more episodic.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's news. The sport and an All Black's disaster in Wellington,
The spring Box have handed the AB's their biggest ever defeat,
romping to a stunning forty three to ten win at
Sky Stadium. Coach Scott Robinson was at a loss. We'd
asked if he knew where it all unravels. Not right
at the moment, someone would never look at and obviously

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we're you'll find out pretty quickly with a big Beslow coming.
The Warriors have crashed out of the NRL playoffs, beaten
twenty four to eight by the Panthers at Mount Smart
and Tom Walsh has finished fourth in the main shot
put at the World Athletics Championships in Japan. That's sport.
I'm Diana Vesch. For more news, listen to news talks

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