Morning Edition: 02 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 02 April 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 never ready Manu and this is your
morning NEWSBOKS for Wednesday, second of April. In this update,
the government's latest health and safety regulatory reforms are being
viewed as a win for hunters. A new change makes
clear landowners won't be responsible if people are injured on
their site while doing recreational activities. Fault will lie with

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the organizations running them. Dear Stalker's Association Chief executive Gwynn
Sourlo told Andrew Dickens it's a return to personal responsibility.
He'says landowners we're becoming hesitant and shutting gates to hunters.
Big farms and excess wise are now not just owned
by mum and dad farmers who you knew years ago.
Down the road. To speak to Steve and he'll let

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you win at crowd a bureaucracy Belisa carrying out post
mortems today after the death of two people at a
home in Wellington's Roseneath. Neighbours say a British couple believed
to be in their late thirties or early forties lived
in the house with the homeowner. Herald reporter Melissa Nightingale
says it's come as a shock to neighbors in the

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affluent suburbs up one of those classic windy Wellington hills
runned by trees and bush and reviews of the harbor. Meanwhile,
Amans jew and Court accused of driving into three police
cars and another car in Lower Hut's EPUNI last night,
and police will be out in force today investigating yesterday's
unexplained death. In Wellington's Northland, a team of senior clinicians

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has been deployed to Nelson Hospital to assess the situation,
which has been labeled a healthcare crisis. Senior's staff have
spoken out with concerns about the levels of care at
the hospital. Health Minister Simeon Brown says a team of
specialists is meeting with senior doctors and medical staff to
understand the hospital's weightless data and what is needed to
quickly improve the situation for patients and staff. And a

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report shed light on the dire state of healthcare in
a growing Otago region. Health Action Wonikers found these significant
unmet needs in Upper Kluther following consultation with the community.
Its report shows young people are being turned away from
mental health services, while elderly impregnant residents are having to
travel to Dunedin due to a lack of local facilities

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and Staying with Health are pushback from midwives over a
draft bill which would see post natal hospitals stay expectations
extend to three days. As elect Committee is hearing submissions
this morning on whether the seventy two hours stay proposal
should be made law. But New Zealand College of Midwives
Chief Executive Allison Eddie says hospitals don't have capacity and

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they'd like to see resources for other services considered instead.
Could be looking at social supports or meal services, neppy
services that supports family than that really early weeks after
they have a baby being that might be a better
return on investment. Dairy prices have risen another one point
one percent at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction. The
price of whole milk powder has dipped down zero point

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one percent, and in Sport four Time America is cut
when a Brad Butterworth is bewildered by Team New Zealand's
claim the government's unwillingness to invest seventy five million dollars
was behind a failure to host the thirty eighth edition
In twenty twenty seven, Former All Black Hoskins Stutu has
responded to reports linking him to Northern Hemisphere clubs and

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a possible international switch from November. He says his agent
is exploring options. The Panthers welcome back half back Nathan
Cleary for Friday's NRL League game with the Cowboys after
a spell with concussion. I'm never ready, MANI. When that's
your latest news fix, We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.