Morning Edition: 15 August 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 15 August 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 (00:05):
Good morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Friday, fifteenth of August. In this update,
a consensus the upcoming talks between US and Russian leaders
is potentially a win for Vladimir Putin, the Russian president's
meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska tomorrow and
their affairs. It could lead to a deal forcing painful

(00:27):
compromises for Ukraine. Here we photojournalist Tom Much told The
Herald's Front Page podcast, Ukraine is correct to call this
a victory for Putin.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
It also looks bad because Donald Trump and his advisors
don't seem to have particularly good grasp of the battlefield dynamics,
or the geography or the culture of the various regions
they're talking about.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Israel's Deputy Foreign Ministers denying her governments responsible for Gaza's
humanitarian crisis. In defending her, Prime Minister Sharene Haskells criticized
our Prime Minister Christopher Luxen was saying Ben Jamaettan Yahoo's
lost the plot. Hundreds of people are dying from starvation
and malnutrition. Haskell's accused the Yuen of handing out aid

(01:09):
to Hamas and says it hasn't sent the proper agencies
to the strip.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
That are capable, that has the logistics, the expertise to
deal in crisis, any humanitarian crisis night the World Food Organization,
UNICEF and World Health Organization.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
The scene examination will be carried out over the next
few days. After yesterday's police shooting in christ Church, armed
police flocked to the suburb of Brundwas on Wednesday night,
one of whom shot a man carrying a hunting knife
fearing he'd injure a woman. The officer then shot the woman,
killing her when she grabbed the knife and threatened officers.
Fendleton Community Board member David Cartwright says he feels for

(01:47):
the officer involved. The government's being advised to mobilize the
private sector in the fight against organized crime. It's put
together an advisory group on Transnational serious and organized crime.
Its latest report states the threat is rapidly evolving and
calls for a mature conversation about privacy settings. The group

(02:07):
highlights fragmented cross agency coordination and insufficient engagement with a
private sector despite its potential as a partner, and it
is also recommending developing a national information sharing framework and
improving sharing with s Pacific neighbors. The report says this
can be done without compromising privacy safeguards. Some big questions
ahead for Wellington City councilors on how to cover a

(02:30):
major budget blowout for its new sludge minimization facility. It
was originally expected to cost about two hundred million dollars,
it will now cost more than half a billion. Chief
Infrastructure Officer Jenny Chetwynd has told counselors officials are flagging
the issue as early as they can.

Speaker 4 (02:48):
This is fulfilling our commitment to you. As learned from
the town hall experience. I think I've learnt a lot
about what happened there to bring things to you as
quickly as possible so you can fulfill your role as
city leaders and make these decisions.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
In sport, Melbourne and Penrith have staged a Golden point
thriller to open round twenty four of the NRL League season.
Stormhawker Harry Grantz turned into Harry Houdini with a dummy
in front of the posts to score the try, which
won the match twenty two to eighteen. Netball New Zealand
is combating the loss of silver ferns to Australia's Super
Competition by allowing each A and Z Premiership franchise to

(03:23):
sign two imports instead of one. The first round draw
for tonight's New Zealand Darts Masters has been revealed, with
the top four seats pitted against local aerosmiths. I'm never retty, Manu.
That's your latest NEWSFORKS. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the news Talk zb News Roup.