Morning Edition: 30 September 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 30 September 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'm never Retti Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, thirtieth of September. In this update,
the Property Council says a reset to quake prone building
standards will prevent buildings from being left empty. The government's
news system only captures buildings genuinely posing a risk to
life in medium and high seismic risk zones. It'll see Auckland,

(00:29):
Northland and the Chatham Islands removed from the regime. Coast
of Otago including Dunedin, will be classified as a medium
seismic hazard area and will remain within the earthquake Prone
Building system. It'll mean nearly three thousand buildings will no
longer be considered earthquake prone. Chief Executive Leoni Freeman says
the current rule saw many owners choosing abandoning their buildings

(00:53):
instead of strengthening.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
The analogy I can think of is like for car engines,
and a rule came in which said every ten years
you've got to reply car engines, regardless of whether you
need to, whether it's rundown or whatever. That's what we've had.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Concern over what's being forgotten in our health system to
meet government targets. It's set targets around cancer treatment access,
childhood immunization rates, ED stays, and wait times. The later
stats show child immunizations are up five percent to eighty
two percent, while shorter ed stays have improved by just
over two percent. Former Health en Zent chair Rob Campbell

(01:29):
told Ryan Bridge there will be some things lapsing in
order to achieve these.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
The task for our public health system is really not
so much to hit specific targets, but can we rebuild
our health system into something which across the board is effective,
efficient and resilient.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
The Reserve banks conceded earlier or more aggressive OCR hikes
may have reduced inflation sooner. It's been reviewing its response
to the recent three year period of high inflation. Chief
economist Paul Conway says this central bank was also required
to maintain maximum sustainable employment. It had limited data and

(02:05):
less accurate forecasts due to COVID uncertainty. The Prime ministers
trying to convince his political foe not to bring back
the oil and gas ban. Christopher Luxen has written to
Labour leader Chris Hipkins saying the countries in the unenviable
position of importing vast quantities of coal to keep the
lights on. Luxen's letter told Hipkins the possibility of a

(02:28):
future Labour government choosing to reinstate a ban for offshore
gas exploration may pose a barrier for some investors. The
PM asked for Labour to commit to supporting offshore exploration
for natural gas for at least the next decade. It
appears other countries are still thirsty for our wine. The
New Zealand Wine Grower's twenty twenty five annual report states

(02:50):
exports are sitting at more than two billion dollars per annum,
fueling investment in forty two thousand hectares of vineyards. The
US remains the major export market despite a three percent
drop at seven hundred and sixty two million, and newer
Asian markets are doing well. In sport, former Silver Fern's
netball Coachy vonn Willering has questioned the silence from the

(03:12):
Players Association amid the continued absence of incumbent mentor Dame
Noline Todour. Men's tennis world number one Carlos Alcaraz has
beaten Caspar Rude in three sets to reach the Japan
Open final, where he will meet second seed Taylor Fritz
for a chance to claim his eighth title of the year.
Grammy winning rapper Bad Bunny has been offered a musical

(03:36):
Carrot has been confirmed as a headline act for next
year's Super Bowl halftime show in Santa Clara, California. I'm
never retty Manu that your latest news vix will be
back with the next update at midday from the newstalk
ZBE newsroom