Morning Edition: 20 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 20 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 (00:05):
Good morning, I never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning NEWSWEX for Monday, twentieth of October. In this update,
more hurdles lie before those wanting to keep their income support.
With two new sanctions in place, the governments now requiring
beneficiaries to report on at least three job search activities
a week and participate in four weeks of training courses.

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But Child Poverty Action Groups Isaac Gunson says sanctions don't
solve poverty, they just make it harder for families to
afford food and rent. New data out this morning is
expected to show inflations reached or surpassed the Reserve Bank's
upper limit stats, and z is releasing its latest quarterly
CPI update at ten forty five. Most expectations are around

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three percent. Concerns The ceasefire in Gaza is on the
brink of collapse, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
As Raleigh Defense Force is now striking targets into southern Gaza,
alleging hamas fired and anti tank missile and gun fire
toward troops. Her Master denies the allegations and accuses Israel

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of breaking the deal. Israeli media are reporting Israel will
suspend the delivery of aid into Gaza. Graduate nurses say
they're not being offered enough work to cover bills and
they're struggling to get second jobs. Under Health New Zealand
employment changes, Health and Z is employing more nurses, but
only offering part time positions between twenty six and thirty

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two hours a week. Health Minister Simeon Brown says he's
been advised thirty two hours, or eighty percent of a
full time equivalent contract, is considered full time in nursing,
but chair of the nurses Organization's student unit, Bijanker Grimmer disagrees,
saying it's not full time hours and people aren't able
to pay rent or buy food for their families. The

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family of the late Virginia juf five Ray has urged
King Charles to strip Prince Andrew of his princeship. Giuffrey's
brother Sky Roberts commended King Charles but said there was
more that he could do. Andrew announced at the end
of last week he would stop using his remaining titles
and honors amid renewed controversy surrounding his role in the

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Jeffrey Epstein scandal and fresh scrutiny over alleged contact with
a suspected Chinese spy. However, he remains a prince as
a matter of birthright that could be changed only if
a letter's patent was issued by the King. An advocacy
group is pushing the government for more clarity when it
comes to sexual consent laws. The Consent Law Reform Campaign

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is sending open letters to ministers later today. It's seeking
more modern policy, including a statutory definition of consent, ruling
out questioning miners about consent. The hunt continues for the
thieves who stole priceless jewels in a heist at the
Louver Museum in Paris. The world's most famous art gallery

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is closed after a group of thieves used a ladder
and small chainsaws to enter the Apollo Gallery. They escaped
on scooters with items of incalculable value. It happened about
nine thirty in the morning, just as the museum had opened.
In Sport, coach Stacy Jones as lording the Kiwi's defensive
resilience in their twenty four to eighteen Pacific Championships League

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win over tor Samour. England have beaten India by four
runs to guarantee the third semi final place after posting
two hundred and eighty eight for eight at the Women's
fifty over Cricket World Cup. New Zealand and India will
determine the fourth spot at the rain afflicted tournament. Golfer
Daniel Hillier has finished in a share of ninth, pocketing

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one hundred and forty seven thousand dollars at the European
Tourist India Open. I'm never ready many that your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
midday from the newstalk ZB news room.