Morning Edition: 22 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 22 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 news fix for Wednesday, twenty second of October and
this update, homes have been evacuated as fire cruise battle
multiple blazers around kai Korda and Southern Hawks Bay in
kai Korda District, State Highway one is closed and homes
have been destroyed. Thousands of homes in central regions have

(00:26):
spent the night without power, and flooding has been affecting
the Lewis Pass and several other South Island roads bent surfaces.
Another system of severe weather is on its way, and
a plea from Fire and Emergency for people to avoid
lighting any outdoor fires this week. Much of the country
has been ravaged by strong winds in the past two days.

(00:48):
These winds, combined with warm temperatures and low humidity, will
increase fire danger, especially along the east coast of both islands.
It's been revealed Treasury advised Nika Willis governors of the
Reserve Bank should not have a place on its board.
This followed the resignation of former Governor Adrian Or. Newly

(01:08):
released government documents showed the Finance Minister sought urgent advice
on improving oversight of the Bank. They show Treasury was
appalled by the bank's request for a fifty percent funding boost,
also an issue that played into Or's departure. It suggested
governors should not hold a board position to draw a
firm line between management and strengthen accountability. Health New Zealander's

(01:31):
warning of an escalating risk of a national measle's outbreak.
Four unlinked cases have been confirmed in Auckland, munu Witu
and Nelson. The agency says there could be undetected community
transmission and its trying to identify locations of interest. The
government is celebrating reaching a youth offending milestone four years early.

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It set out last year to reduce serious and persistent
youth offenders by fifteen percent. Children's men are to Karen
Chaw says they hope to achieve that by twenty thirty,
but they're already there. She says it's come down sixteen
percent from one thousand and eighty and mid twenty twenty
three to about nine hundred and ten. Chaw is attributing

(02:14):
the success to greater interagency coordination and innovative community programs.
Retirees may need less in their kiwisaver than most people think.
The retirement expenditure guidelines from Massi University and Finned Center
aims to give more Kiwis confidence when entering that next
stage of life. It suggests Kiwi Saver only sets people

(02:36):
up for retirement if people continue regularly contributing after using
it to buy their first home. Report author Associate Professor
Clear Matthews says her estimates for retirement are far below
the one million dollar figure thrown around. She says a
couple can have a comfortable retirement lifestyle with one million
dollars between them. In sport, the standoff between Silverfern's coach

(03:00):
Dame Nolen Todur and Netball New Zealand has brought the
government and opposition off the bench, calling for the impass
to end. The under twenty week long Super Rugby tournament
has been scrapped as part of a review into pathways
across the men's game. Nottingham Forest have appointed Sean Diish
as their new Premier League football manager. Lu Lusun's tennis

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form has continued in China. She's ousted the top seed
in straight sets to advance to the second round of
the Guangzhou Open. I'm never ready Manu that your latest
news faks. We'll be back with the next update at
midday from the newstalk Zebbee news Room.