Afternoon Edition: 19 September 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 19 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 afternoon. I'm Wendy Petre and this is your afternoon
news fix for Friday, the nineteenth of September. The labor
leaders blaming the government for economic doom and gloom. GDP
data shows the economy shrunker point nine percent in the
June quarter, a more significant dip than the point three
percent forecast by the Reserve Bank and similar figures from

(00:24):
most economists. Government ministers are putting some of the issues
down to global trade tariffs and inheriting poor results from
the last government. Chris Hipkins is accusing them of being
all about excuses. Government spending cuts are one of the
reasons we're in this mess. Meanwhile, a display of support
from former Prime Minister Sir John Key to the Minister
of Finance and Economic Growth. He is endorsing the current

(00:47):
government's approach to spending and the person behind it.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Nikola Willis, is by far in the whole lineup, the
best person too. Bemanster of she worked for me. I
know Nikola very very well and she's outstanding.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Alf New Zealand says it's making good progress in bargaining
with the nurses union. More than thirty six thousand nurses
walked off the job for two full days earlier this
month over staffing shortages. Lachland Renny has more.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Interim Chief HR Officer Robin Shearer says they've met with
the New Zealand Nurses Organization for two days of formal
bargaining this week. She says they had constructive conversations on
outstanding issues staffing matters, support for graduate nurses in terms
and conditions. Sheer says they're now working to agree to
dates for further bargaining.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
Windy and wet spring weather is welcoming the school holidays
this year, and the wild weather is expected to continue
for most of Altairoa, with eastern parts of the country
seeing the least rain. More than a million people are
expected to travel through Auckland Airport over the next two weeks.
At Service forecaster Heather Keats says it's a seesaw kind
of weather.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
Best travel is probably today and tomorrow before things kind
of pack and again on Sunday. It's going to be
very unsettled, especially next week, so the North Island's going
to see the bulk of the rain next week.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Self help author and podcaster motivational speaker Mel Robbins has
announced she's bringing her international tour to New Zealand. The
fifty six year old is kicking off her twenty twenty
six Let Them tour in Auckland on March twenty before
heading to Australia, the US and Canada. It's the first
live ticketed event to go on sale at the New
Zealand International Convention Center, which opens in February. Her latest book,

(02:34):
The Let Them Theory, sparked a movement on social media
and is ranked among the highest selling books of the
year to Sport Now and Silver Fern's veteran Karen Berger
is empathetic towards her teammates who are taking issue with
Dame Nolen Todou's environment. The coach remains stood down from
the Tiny Jamison series after up to seven players reportedly

(02:58):
voiced concerns about feeling UNSA. Australian wicket keeper Josh Ingalls
has been ruled out of next month's T twenty series
against the Black Caps with a calf's train and Victor
Radley's hopes of playing for England in the upcoming Ashes
Rugby League series are still alive despite being caught up
in the Brandon Smith drug charge. I'm Wendy Petrick. That's

(03:21):
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update tomorrow morning from the news Talk Zby Newsroom.