Morning Edition: 17 November 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 17 November 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'm never ready, MANU, and this is your
Morning NEWSWX for Monday, seventeenth of November. In this update,
Trade Minister Todd McLay says he'll continue to make the
case for removing more tariffs on more New Zealand products.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing tariffs
on a wide range of food imports. They include New

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Zealand beef, prepared meats, off all Kiwi, fruit berries, avocados
and certain fresh fruit. Todd mclay' says exports will now
be able to recover to pre tariff levels, but tariff's
on products like lamb should also be lowered to The
country appears to be split down the middle on its
stance on a capital gains tax. The New Zealand Herald

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Cantar poll shows a dead heat between supporters and opponents
of Labour's capital gains tax, with both sides having thirty
nine percent of respondents behind them. All but one of
the country's regions, Auckland, were generally in support of the policy.
Concern New Zealand's facing a scam epidemic, with a record
three billion dollars lost over the last year. The latest

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state of scams in New Zealand. Report finds twenty three
percent of kiwis have lost money to scammers, with the
average victim losing more than three thousand dollars. It notes
Gmail and Facebook are the top platform scammers are using,
with shopping scams the most common. Police have confirmed four
people died in a house fire involving children in mn

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o Watu, Sanson, with one body still not found. Emergency
services were called to the property southwest of the town
on State Highway one about two thirty pm on Saturday.
The bodies of two children and an adult were recovered
from the scene yesterday. Police say investigators will focus on
finding and recovering the third child today and will complete

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a thorough scene examination. They say they aren't seeking anyone
in relation to the fire. Health authorities are working to
limit the spread of a superbug at christ Church Hospital.
There are two outbreaks of antibiotic resistance superbug VANKA mycen
resistant enter akokeye or VRE at the hospital. Health insens

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doctor Sarah Burger says there's currently fewer than ten patients
in christ Church Hospital with VRE, but the outbreak is
linked to a larger cluster in Auckland disappointment from Health
New Zealand over the Nurses organization's decision to strike during
mediated bargaining, More than thirty seven thousand members, including nurses,

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midwives and healthcare assistants, are beginning two week partial strike
action today. Artificial intelligence is playing an increasing role in
the retail sector. Most retailers now use AI. According to
a survey of two hundred and fifty Kiwi retail decision
makers commissioned by software company Monday dot com Weaver, most

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retailers don't trust AI to manage the whole customer experience.
Larger operators see AI is helping them level the playing
field with global giants like Amazon, Shean and Timu, but
smaller operators have more reservations and In sport, New Zealand
have won the opening One Day Cricket International against the
West Indies in Christchurch by seven runs. Golfer Daniel Hillier

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has missed qualifying for the USPGA Tour by two spots
after finishing in a share of sixteenth at eleven under
par in the season finale at Dubai. England have reversed
the score line from the opening netball Test against New
Zealand winning sixty one fifty eight in the second to
keep the three match series alive. I'm never ready manuvu

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lated's news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at midday from the newstalk ZB news group