Afternoon Edition: 25 September 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 25 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 Raylen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the twenty fifth of September. Fon Terra's
boss admit some farmers have reservations about selling off iconic
Kiwi brands like Mainland and Anchor. The dairy co ops
confirmed a record high final milk payout of ten dollars
sixteen for the past season. Farmers are due to vote

(00:26):
in five weeks on whether Fonterra should sell off its
consumer arm to French dairy giant Lactalis. Chief executive Miles
Hurral says farmers generally support the sale, but some have
mixed feelings. A lot of if that time has gone
unless he's gone on to investing in those brands.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
There are some clearly it's pulling on the heartstrings a
little bit terms of the nostalgic attachment to those brands.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
And we understand that no question.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
A second New Zealand has been detained in a United
States immigration detention facility. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trades says consular officials are providing them assistance. It follows
a Kiwi mother who was detained the Canadian border after
a visa mishap while trying to return home to Washington State.
The Foreign Minister is brassed off he couldn't make a

(01:10):
dinner hosted by the US President, but is taking responsibility.
Winston Peters was invited to the event hosted by Donald
Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in
New York, but traffic jams meant he missed it. He says.
The area around the UN headquarters is awful, but he
should have made it.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
In this game, with the experience, you get very good
at one oh one. You don't let things go wrong
and it was avoidable. But when you've got out of
traffic jams, you might think that's an excuse. But my book, no,
you had to get there. No, it just didn't make it.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
It's the second time Peters has missed the event after
similar problems last year. Former Green MP Gorres Garaman says
she still feels a deep sense of shame as she
opens up about the abuse she faced during her time
in parliament. Garaman was convicted on four counts of shoplifting
last year and had to leave politics. Speaking on The

(02:02):
Herald's Elephant podcast, she says she faced seven years of
serious threats that became increasingly violent. She says she spiraled
from not coping with earlier trauma. It did begin with shame.
Had I been able to identify that most difficult of
emotions to sit worth, I probably wouldn't have spiraled. The

(02:23):
Secondary Teacher's Union is hoping a new policy will halt
rising extremism at schools. PPTA members have voted to make
addressing online extremism an official policy, allowing the union to
push for government action e Citing the spread of misinformation,
disinformation and xenophobia in a toxic online culture of masculinity.

(02:46):
Delegates say a bigger focus on the issue is the
first step. The biggest issue is the need for ongoing support.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
I want this to be part of my daily life,
absolutely not, but it is whether I want it or not.
Hatred and extremism a quickly escalating out of hamd and
we know the government is not going to do much
of substance.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
In sport, All Black's coach Scott Robinson says he's gone
for impact and experience on his bench for Saturday's Blederslow
Cup Test against Australia, with six of the seven players
sporting more than ten caps. Crusaders Super rugby champion James
O'Connor has been named at first five for the Wallabies,
with prop James Slipper selected for his one hundred and

(03:27):
fiftieth test. Team Europe has been using virtual reality headsets
ahead of the Rider Cup against Team USA in New York,
with images of the BEF Page Black Course overlaid with
audio of crowd heckling and abuse. That is your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update tomorrow

(03:48):
morning from the News Talk se'd be Newsroom.