Morning Edition: 25 May 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 May 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):
From the news talks had been newsroom this is newsfacs
in this update. An Israeli air strike has reportedly killed
nine children from one doctor's family. It's understood the children's
mother was working as a doctor at Nassau Hospital when
her home was hit and nine of her children killed.
One child and her husband were injured but survived. Doctor

(00:27):
Tanya ha Hassan, who's worked in Gaza, told the BBC
about the moment the children were brought into the hospital.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Doctor Alat's colleagues who went with her were all in tears.
My colleague said she needed to faint. She was passing
out just from the image of her friend and colleagues
children in front.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Of herm Israel's military says its aircraft struck a number
of suspects operating from a structure near IDF troops, and
says civilians in the area had been evacuated. Nearly two
thirds of New Zealanders believed surcharges should be banned. MasterCard
has recently released a survey showing seventy five percent don't
believe surcharges are fear and forty four percent feel retailers

(01:07):
should absorb the costs. MasterCard New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Country Manager Rufe Rivere says the Commerce Commission needs to
do more.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
Their own research shows that payment costs are at about
one percent and surcharging is at about two percent, but
I think all of us have experienced surcharges well in
excess of two percent.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
The Commerce Commission says businesses should not be surcharging customers
more than the costs to them of accepting a payment.
Strong dairy commodity prices could be good news for farmers
this season. Rubobank says it expects the opening farmgate milk
price of around nine dollars and fifty cents a kilo
of milk solids, depending on the exchange rate. Rubbobanks Senior

(01:46):
agricultural analyst Emma Higgins says New Zealand dairy products have
a wide appeal.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
We've seen really broad based demand so far for our
dairy products and that's really set that strong elevated pricing.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Floors across the country will be buzzing with emergency messages tonight,
an annual nationwide test of the emergency mobile alert systems
happening between six and seven o'clock this evening. That's News
to Sports, and Auckland FC coach Steve Corica has blasted
the officiating after their semi final exit in Football's A League.

(02:19):
Melbourne Victory have won two to one on aggregate after
a two nerl second league win in Auckland. The hosts
were denied what would have been a tie equalizing goal
because the cross was deemed to have gone out. The
Chiefs have moved back to the top of Super Rugby
with a eighty five to seven win over Mowana Pacifica
and Hamilton. Meanwhile, a try after the extra time siren

(02:40):
has given the war Retarz a twenty two to seventeen
win over the Force. And Dokovic has broken his form
slump ahead of the French Tennis Open. He's clinched his
one hundredth ATP singles title with a three set win
over thirty first ranked Polish player Herbert Hercatch at the
Geneva Open. That sport Unda a visit. For more news,

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