Morning Edition: 31 October 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 31 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 Newspeaks for Friday, thirty first of October. In this update,
our warning Donald Trump's call for nuclear weapon testing to
begin immediately should not be taken lightly. The US President
posted on social media making the claim ahead of APEC
talks with China's Ggenping in South Korea yesterday. He says

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the US has more nuclear weapons in other countries, followed
by Russia and China. Geopolitical analyst Jeffrey Miller says this
social media outburst could have serious ramifications. He says the
US and Russia still have more than five thousand nuclear warheads,
and if they both begin testing, it'll be the first
time since the nineteen nineties. Christopher Luxen says Donald Trump's

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meeting with China's Ggenping can benefit us all. Following the meeting,
Trump announced a tariff reduction for China in exchange for
the nation making it easier for the US to acquire
rare earth minerals, among other agreements. Our Prime Minister says
he's positive about the pair's meeting and sees it as
a de escalation Fonterra's sale of brands like Mainland and

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anchor is expected to have ripple effects across the economy.
Farmer shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to sell off the dairy
co Ops consumer arm to French dairy giant luck Elise
for four point two billion dollars. It's expected to unlock
billions of dollars of additional spending into the economy. Chief
executive Miles Hurrell says Fonterra hopes to return about three

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point two billion to shareholders, equivalent to about zero point
seven percent of GDP. He says Fonterra will also be
investing a lot of the remaining money in the business,
which is also likely to flow through into the wider economy.
People vaccinated against measles can generally trust they'll be protected
for life. New Zealand's facing an outbreak, with two New

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Auckland cases yesterday, bringing the total to thirteen. A National
immunization Week starts on Monday to help bring it under control.
Vaccinologist Helen Petussus Harris says the vaccine protects about ninety
eight percent of people. She says it also prevents people
being able to transmit the virus, which is why we
see her immunity Men and Mardy continue to be overrepresented

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in New Zealand suicide stats. The Coroner's latest data shows
there was six hundred and thirty suspected suicides in the
last financial year, equating to eleven for every one hundred
thousand people. Three quarters were men, while Mary Men had
the highest rate of suspected self inflicted debts. National MP

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Andrew Bailey wants the public to know the truth about
his resignation from his ministerial roles. He gave up his
portfolios after allegations he placed his hand on a staffer
during what he called an animated discussion. It's been revealed
there was no complaint made, but Andrew Bailey says he
was led to believe to the contrary. He regrets resigning

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and is disappointed with what's gone on in sport. All
Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made three changes to his
run on side for the Island Test in Chicago on
Sunday morning. Ethan degroots, Boden Barrett and Caleb Clarke back
at loosehead prop verse five and left wing, respectively. Cameron Norri,
the latest recruit to January's ASB Tennis Classic, has lost

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in straight sets in the third round of the Paris
Masters and the first video posted on football striker Arling
Harland's YouTube channel has attracted more than five million views
and prompted debate about his consumption of raw milk. I'm
never reaty, Manu. That your latest newswks. We'll be back
with the next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.