Morning Edition: 28 May 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 28 May 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 Nevaretti Manu and this is your morning
news fix for Wednesday, twenty eighth of May. And this
update renewed warnings that people are rolling the dice with
their life when partaking and run at straight style games.
Ryan Sattathwaite has died after a private version of the
game in Palmston, North. The nineteen year old suffered a

(00:25):
serious brain injury on Sunday and died in hospital on Monday.
Aut Human performance professor Patria Hume told Ryan Bridge, It's
not like the game Bullrush, as that involves people trying
to avoid each other. In this case, you've got two
people who are purposely running at each other. Was very
high impact, there was a very high risk of injury

(00:47):
confidence The Reserve Bank will make a twenty five basis
point cut did the official cash rate this afternoon. The cut,
priced in by financial markets and widely expected by economists,
would take the OCR to three point two five percent.
The Central Bank will also release its first full set
of revised forecasts since February. Enz Ad Herald Business Editor

(01:08):
at large Liam Dan says Acting Reserve Bank Governor Christian
Hawksby faces a difficult balancing act. He says has been
good export numbers from the food and fiber sectors, but
gloomy construction figures in our big cities. A feeling the
government's motives to extend the length of prescriptions is more
political than practical. From next year, people will be able

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to get prescriptions for twelve months if it's clinically safe
to do so. It's expected to save patients up to
one hundred and five dollars a year in GP fees.
In an open letter to patients general practitioners, aldi at
Are warns the extension sounds like a one on the surface,
but could lead to misdiagnoses and preventable suffering. Chair Buzz

(01:52):
Burreal says doctors hardly prescribed for three months, let alone
a year. Out of a thousand prescriptions, I would write,
I can think of about two which would qualify for that.
New data shows most new homeowners and needing to call
a trade back to deal with the defect The brands
Built Insights suggests new homeowner satisfaction is dropped from eighty

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nine percent in twenty seventeen to eighty one percent in
twenty twenty three. It shows eighty six percent of people
moving into a new build have to call a tradesperson
to fix something. Half the time. It's painters who are needed,
followed by carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Glaziers, tilers and roofers
are the least likely to be called to fix their work.

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Police have been granted an extension to question the man
arrested for driving his car through a massive crowd in Liverpool.
A fifty three year old British man has been charged
on suspicion of attempted murder, as well as for dangerous
driving and driving while on drugs. Eleven people remain in hospital,
all in a stable condition. Merseyside Police Constable Jenny Simms

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is applauding the public's help stopping yesterday's attack by running
toward and surrounding the car despite the obvious danger. In sport,
second seed Coco Goff has generated guffors at the French
Tennis Open when she arrived on center court to play
Olivia Gideki without her rackets. Goff eventually won in straight sets.

(03:18):
Warriors co captain Mitch Barnett has been named to back
up from tonight's state of origin duty to play Sunday's
NRL League game against the Rabbito's in Sydney. Warren Gatland
will advise the Uruguay and rugby team Penyrol in his
first job since leaving Wales during the Six Nations. I'm
never ready, Manu, and that your latest news fix. We'll

(03:39):
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB news room