Midday Edition: 13 October 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 13 October 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday news.
Figs for Monday, the eleventh of October. US President Donald
Trump's en route to Israel as a Gaza ceasefire begins
to take effect, Israel's pulled troops back to agreed lines
and is letting AID truck center and will tonight release
about two thousand Palestinians in exchange for the twenty living hostages.

(00:27):
Trump plans to meet the hostages and speak at Israel's
parliament before co hosting world leaders at a summit in Egypt.
He says, everybody from Israel to the Arab States is
very excited about this moment.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
This is the first time everybody is amazed and their
thrill and it's an honor to be involved.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
A The wait continues for election results from the weekend
for some parts of the country. Figures out this morning show.
Sophie Barker will become Dunedin's new mayor, winning over Andrew
Simms and incumbent Jules Raddick. The mayoral race in Northland's
Kaipit between Jonathan Larson, snow Tarney and Jason Smith is
too close to call. Preliminary results from the Westland by

(01:07):
election have narrowed the margin for the mayoralty. Eighty two
year old transgender businesswoman Jackie Grant is now just four
votes ahead of Helen lash And in Upper Hut, Perry
Zay has paid tribute to Wayne Guppy after she unseated
him as the country's longest serving mayor after twenty four years.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Wayne's dedicated a significant amount of his life a part
and she certainly needs to be acknowledged and celebrated for that.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
And in Hamilton, National Minister to Mcendo is promising a
collaborative approach as mayor.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
I'll be looking to harness the talent submer new council
team to best advantage. I want them to feel fulfilled
by sitting around the council table.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
A child has died in hospital after a house fire
that killed an adult in Canterbury's Require on Saturday night.
The fire is not thought to be suspicious and the
deaths have been referred to the coroner. The Prime Minister
is satisfied cuts to our twenty twenty five methane targets
between twenty four and forty seven percent lower than previous targets,

(02:08):
strike the right balance. Chris Likeson says, our farmers are
innovative and conscious of climate change.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
I've actually been making big improvements on breeding. This other
innovation that's going to be here in the next year
or two that's going to make a big difference, so
you can actually lower your emissions and increase productivity.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
The Health Minister believes there'll be staff to run new
diagnostic scanners. The government's delivering thirty two new and replacement
diagnostic scanners across the country as part of a one
hundred and eight million dollar upgrade. It will lift national
imaging capacity about six percent, specifically targeting areas including Northland,
Tarlenuky and Potty to It. Simeon Brown says the government's

(02:49):
diagnostic program also invests in the workforce.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
That's where training more clinicians, making sure that we're able
to recruit them into Health New Zealand. That's all part
of the plan to make sure that all New Zealanders
can have access to timely quality diagnostic services.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
To sport, Sammy Maxwell has clinched the UCI's Mountain Bike
World Series women's cross country title, the first New Zealander
to do so. A sporting clash has emerged in christ
Church This Saturday. Canterbury's NPC Rugby semi final against talks
By is scheduled at the same time as the opening
New Zealand England Cricket T twenty international. Former New Zealand

(03:25):
cricketer lou Vincent will address a Victorian Police Symposium conference
in Melbourne this week to talk about his involvement in
match fixing. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk zb newsroom.