Morning Edition: 25 March 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 March 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 Fixford, Tuesday, twenty fifth of March, and this
update concerns new planning laws will have a detrimental effect
on the environment, despite government assurances it's scrapping the Resource
Management Act and replacing it with two acts focusing on
land use and environmental protections. Irimay Reform Minister Chris Bishop

(00:26):
says that the new legislation will get things done more
easily while protecting the environment. Auckland University Architecture Senior lecturer
Bill McKay says building is the real priority.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
We've seen that with your amendment to the Public Works Act,
We've seen it with the FasTrak Act, so I think
the environment will be the loser.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
The Prime Minister is concerned about a spike and meth
amphetamine use in New Zealand and says it's why the
government is cracking down on gangs. An annual review of
drugs in Wastewater shows a ninety six percent increase in
death consumption last year compared to twenty twenty three, jumping
from seven hundred and thirty two to fourteen hundred and
thirty four kilograms. Christopher Luxen says transnational crime has also

(01:11):
been a topic of conversation across the Pacific.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
I've actually asked missus Gootsmith and Mitchell to say what
else can we be doing? But it is underscores.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Exactly why we need to be incredibly tough on gangs
who are actually driving a lot of that drug trade.
An independent commission is set to announce which electorate could
be abolished today. Population changes mean one voting area is
for the CHOP in the North Island, likely to be
in either Auckland or Wellington. The Representation Commission will today
outline its proposed changes, including redrawing boundaries. Pressure is mounting

(01:41):
on ordering a Tamidi key to open up about its
solution to privacy leaks. A newly released review has highlighted
nine representative privacy breaches, with at least one leading to
a mother being abused after her address was shared to
her child's father. So the Children Advocacy director Jackie Southey
told Andrew Dickens the failure of ch children's rights to
privacy is unacceptable.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
The report does describe a plan that has input together,
but we'd like to understand more about how that plan
is progressing and the way that it will support children
and filo to greater safety.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Whinston, Peters is promising no nonsense infrastructure and ships to
serve people and freight. The deadline for further details from
the Minister for Rail around replacement into islander ships is
the end of this month. In other words, next week
Peters has met with the Marlborough District Council Mayor and
chief executive about the fairies. New research suggests giving rivers
space to rome could have more benefits than increasing flood

(02:37):
infrastructure to control them. The Canterbury University study has identified
flood management has prioritized human safety at the expense of ecosystems.
It's found large floods are worsened by man made confinement
of floodplain river systems. Associate Professor Jonathan Tomkins says councils
are already starting to think of the benefits. In sport,

(02:59):
a trip to next year's Football World Cup in North
America awaits the All Whites as the tournament expands from
thirty two to forty eight teams. New Zealand had beaten
New Caledonia three nil in the Oceania qualifying final. Wellington
batters Nick Kelly and Mohammad Abas have earned maiden call
ups for the Blackcaps One Day International cricket series against

(03:21):
Pakistan starting Saturday. Napier and Manly captain Daily Cherry Evans
has reportedly told the NRLV club he'll be leaving at
the end of the season. I'm never ready, Manu that
your latest news fix will be banked with the next
update of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.