Morning Edition: 11 September 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 11 September 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 Retti Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Thursday, eleventh of September and this update.
An urgent injunction preventing the media from publishing certain details
related to the Tom Phillips case will be heard in
the High Court at Wellington today. The Maddelkopper fugitive died
on Monday after a shootout with police. His children and

(00:26):
now in state care. Media police and ordung A Tambadiki
aren't able to publish certain details covered by the injunction,
which was granted on Monday. The interim order was set
for forty eight hours and the matter will be called
in the High Court today. The government's new shoplifting offenses
weighing public safety against individual rights. The Justice Minister's newly

(00:48):
released Cabinet paper relates to a series of his recent announcements,
including about coward punchers, attacks on first responders and low
level shoplifting. In cases of shoplifting, it proposes the burden
of proof should fall on the suspect to prove their innocence.
A big commitment from Jetstar at its parent Quantus, as

(01:09):
both airlines make big moves to expand roots. Jet Stars
adding new roots from Brisbane to Queenstown and Hamilton to
christ Church and increasing capacity on five domestic and trans
tasmin routes. Quantus is also expanding roots and will begin
flying state of the art A TOO twenty aircraft between
Wellington and Brisbane from February. Board of Airlines Representatives Executive

(01:33):
Director Kath O'Brien says the New Zealand markets had a
slow recovery post pandemic. We've really been working on growth
and this is a real commitment to really grow markets
out of New Zealand and on the Tasman. Some households
with solar panels are making thousands of dollars each year
and they'll soon be tax free. The government's making electricity

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that solar equipped households sell back to the national grid
exempt from income tax. Our newsroom can reveal it came
after Inland Revenue advised the government most households don't pay
it anyway. Revenue Minister Simon Watt says the change will
ensure it there's no confusion and no compliance costs for taxpayers.
The decision to extradite kim dot Com has been ruled

(02:16):
legal by the High Court. The mega upload millionaire had
challenged the Justice Minister's decision to surrender him to the
US earlier this year, arguing the charges against him are
politically motivated. In twenty twelve, the US requested dot Com
be extradited on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and
wire fraud. Hospitality leaders say the cancelation of Tartanuki's Woemn

(02:39):
festival is a huge loss for the region. The three
day music festivals been a new Plymouth institution since two
thousand and three, but announced yesterday it's taking a break
in twenty twenty six. Hospitality in said Tutanuki Branch president
J sh Bala says the cancelation is devastating news. The
festival is expected to return in twenty twenty seven. In sport,

(03:01):
former Silver Ferns mentor Yvonne Willering has denounced Netball New
Zealand's decision to stand down coach Dame Noline Todour for
the series against South Africa's starting Sunday week. Olympic fifty
meter freestyle swimming silver medallist Ben Proud has joined the
Enhanced Games movement that allows athletes to use banned substances.

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Australia's Davis Cup tennis captain Leyton Hewitt has been handed
a two week suspension at a thirty three thousand dollars
fine after being found guilty of pushing a sixty year
old doping control volunteer. I'm Nevaretti Manu, and that your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.