Morning Edition: 08 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 08 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 news fix for Tuesday, eighth of April, and this
update that government's promising to spend big in areas of defense,
including improving its fleet in the air and on the
land and sea. The long awaited Defense Capability Plan was
released yesterday afternoon, with twelve billion dollars worth of public

(00:26):
spending across four years, nine billion of which is deemed
new spending. It includes plans to bring defense spending up
to two percent of GDP with procurement for maritime helicopters,
vehicles and a replacement plane fleet. Defense Minister Judas Collins
is pointing to the importance of New Zealand's relationship with
Australia on defense. I think people need to get over
themselves and realize that we're not playing tiddleywinks here. It's

(00:48):
a tough world out there and the Australians are best
friends and we need to get on with them. Meanwhile,
veterans are being called on to recognize Anzac Day commemorations
by boycotting Veterans Welfare group known uf wants soldiers to
make their absence known at services with politicians to protest
the lack of progress on veterans issues. It comes after
Witty Apiatta's decision to return his Victoria Cross to Veterans

(01:12):
Minister Chris Pink until the definition of a veteran was changed.
The Justice Minister says he's considering ways to improve the
criminal reparation process as millions of dollars remain unpaid. Jordan
done his more.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
Figures released under the Official Information Act showed ten thousand,
six hundred and thirty of just under twenty four thousand
reparation payments ordered are over due across all district and
High courts and others. In puting the Youth and Employment Court,
over one hundred and five million dollars is owed. Paul
Goldsmith says they must be paid, but the rate in
which it's happening is unacceptable.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
There have now been nearly sixty cases of a brutal
and highly contagious parasitic bug in the wider Wellington region.
Cryptosporidiosis started spreading in the Hut Valley a few weeks
ago with links to swimming pools. Central Region Medical Officer
of Health Stephen Palmer says he's been fifty nine confirmed
cases in wider Wellington as of Saturday, it's now leaked

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to Wellington Pottader Company and Winded Upper. A fresh campaign
for stronger lobbying regulations. Health coalition alteri at Always launched
the bid alongside the Helen Clark Foundation and Transparency International.
They're asking for a public register of lobbyist meetings, a
calling off period to prevent ex ministers immediately becoming lobbyists,

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and a lower limit forcing someone to disclose political donations.
Co chair Boyd Swinburne told Andrew Dickens those with vested
interests have too large an influence in public policy, and
those groups that are pushing for the common goods for
social outcomes, health outcomes, environmental outcomes, we don't get us saved.
Caution across the housing market means little has changed in

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pricing for the start of the year. The national average
property price rose zero point two percent in the March
quarter to almost nine hundred and four thousand dollars. Just
fung at A, Rottadua, Nelson and christ Church saw growth
above one percent and Sport two thousand. Green jacket winner VJ.
Singh will missus first Master's golf tournament in thirty one years.
When the eighty ninth edition starts overnight Friday. The sixty

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two year old has been forced out with injury. Southampton
have confirmed the end of Evon Yurich's spell as manager
after the football club's relegation from the Premier League. With
seven matches to spare. The Breakers basketball club have reportedly
made their first signing under new ownership, securing guard Isaiah
Leaffa on a two year deal. I never ready, Manu

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and that Chulanta's news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the news Dog ZB newsroom