Morning Edition: 18 October 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 18 October 2024, 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 Friday, eighteenth of October. In this update,
Chloe Swarbrick is confident the Green Party has met the
threshold to oust former MP Darlene Tanner from Parliament. The
co leaders have written to the Speaker informing him delegates
have voted to trigger the Wucker jumping law in a
late night zoom call. It's now down to Jerry Brownlee

(00:27):
to decide if Tanna's resignation from the party but not parliament,
affects the proportionality of the House. Swarbrick says about three
hundred and thirty thousand cast the vote for the Greens
at the last election.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
We now have fourteen members in our caucus and do
not have the resources but also the proportional allocation of
questions and otherwise speaking slots in the House.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Concerns the world has developed a case of collective global
amnesia about COVID nineteen. A medical journal article raises concerns
about readiness to deal with the future pandemic, with a
warning that we risk falling into a site of panic
and neglect. It says future pandemics need to be seen
as more than just a health issue. Co author Professor

(01:06):
David Murdoch says COVID proved this by affecting economic and
societal functions. He says pandemics and national security issues and
need to be managed as such. The government is triggering
mandatory trade negotiations with Canada in a bid to resolve
a dairy scrap that's dragged on for years. A panel
of arbitrators last year ruled Canada is not meeting requirements

(01:27):
to open its market to dairy exports under the CPTPP
trade deal. Political reporter to Malsa Jackson has more.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Trade Minister Todd McLay says the Canadian government's failure to
comply has forced New Zealand to escalate this to the
next step. Negotiations must begin within fifteen days, and if
they fail, New Zealand could begin applying tariffs to Canadian
goods entering the country. McLay says he estimates New Zealand
has lost a couple hundred million dollars worth of exports

(01:55):
over several years.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
It's understood Hama's leader Yaya Sinoa is Sky News is
reporting Israeli Foreign Minister Asrael Katz has confirmed Sinwa's death.
Kats Is calling the Hama's leader's death a great military
and moral achievement. He says it creates an opportunity for
the immediate release of hostages and a new reality in Gaza.
A big day for workers at Timidou's meat Works. Alliance

(02:19):
Group will confirm the future of at Smithfield plant today,
following last month's proposal to shut it down. Employees have
been called to a nine am meeting. A marketing expert
says it's not just price that's attracting people to online
site Timu. Tearfund research shows one in four adults have
recently used the site. That's despite the website getting a
zero from the twenty twenty four Ethical Fashion Report, meaning

(02:42):
there's no way to identify which policies a company has
in place to protect workers. Massa University marketing professor Bodo
Lang says apart from the low prices, Timu offers products
that can't be found at New Zealand bricks and mortar
retailers and in sport, the Black Caps have skittled in
Dea for forty six, their lowest total at home. On
the second day of the first cricket test, New Zealand

(03:03):
a one hundred and eighty for three in reply, and
South Africa have beaten defending champions Australia by eight wickets
chasing one hundred and thirty five with sixteen balls left.
In the T twenty Women's World Cup semi final, golfer
Lydia Coe was tied for eleventh, three shots off the lead,
after carting a five hundred pass sixty seven in the
opening round of the latest LPGA tournament. I'm Nevaretti, Manu

(03:25):
that your latest news Fox. We'll be back with the
next update of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.