Morning Edition: 17 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 17 October 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 newsweeks for Friday, seventeenth of October. In this update,
a push to give teachers more AI literacy as the
technology becomes commonly used for marking. The Ministry of Education
is advising teachers to use AI to increase marking efficiency
in some assessments, but with human oversight. Last year's guidance

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told staff to avoid using it. Canterbury University Associate Professor
of Digital Education, Catherine McCallum says the focus should be
on using AI for feedback. She says no one should
never give a mark that isn't human, as we can't
be confident in the process. Meanwhile, what's thought to be
a unique incentive is being offered to improve attendance at

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a Christchurch primary school. Rowley's School is promising free stationary
uniforms next year to students who attend more than eighty
percent of this term. It's thought to be a national
first and will be funded by anonymous donors. Fire and
Emergency is warning about potential delays as career firefighters go
on strike for an hour today. They will strike from

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noon to one pm after a deal failed to be
struck between them and fire and emergency. Kuiperta's incumbent district
council will meet again in Mungifi this morning to discuss
whether to seek a formal investigation into the district's local elections.
Final results from those elections are expected today. Were three

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mayoral candidates currently neck and neck Outgoing Mayor Craig Jebson
called an unprecedented council meeting last night, which is set
to resume at nine am. The whole purpose of this
meeting is because I have seen irregularities in the way
this process has been operated. Happy with it. I want
to see the new Zealanders easy to have a fire
process and an eighty two year old transgender businesswoman has

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narrowly missed out on becoming the new mayor of Westland.
Incumbent Helen Lash has pulled ahead of Jackie Grant in
the final vote count, winning by eight votes. Rumors on
TikTok wrongly claiming that Matt Mowbray is the member of
a wealthy Kiwi family convicted of having extreme child abuse
material has been labeled false, baseless and damaging. A Mowbray

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family spokesperson told The Herald neither Matt nor any member
of his family had ever been charged with, convicted of,
or suspected of a crime. A Ministry of Justice document
provided to the Herald confirms Matt Mowbray had no convictions
on his record. Advice for grab one customers is the
online deal's website enters liquidation. The company says it won't

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refund unredeemed vouchers, and customers should contact individual sellers. Some
say they'll honor refunds, but others aren't sure they can.
Consuming New Zealand communications manager Jessica Walker says they encourage
customers to try two different sellers to get their money
back as soon as possible. They can try contacting the
cellar like grab one suggests, or getting in touch with

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their bank to try and get a charge back. In sport,
to a rebirth of rugby touring ties with South Africa,
the All Blacks will play the spring Box in a
four test, four provincial game series next year. Golfer Shane
Lowry leads the European Tourist Indian Open after negotiating blaring
traffic horns and a ravenous looking dog on the eighteenth

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to shoot an eight hunder pass sixty four in the
opening round at Delhi. Daniel Hillier as five strokes back
and sixth seed Lulu son Is through to the semifinals
at the Gene and Tennis Open and China after defeating
the top seed in straight sets. I'm never reaty, Manu
than your latest news fakes. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom