October 29, 2025 • 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 30 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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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good morning. I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning NEWSWEKS for Thursday, thirtieth of October and this update.
Donald Trump and Christopher Luxen have met in person. Overnight.
The two world leaders met face to face at an
APEC leader's dinner after accepting invitations from South Korea's President Lee.
Trump described New Zealand as a beautiful place and joked
(00:27):
Christopher Luxan had beautiful hair before the duo and a
number of world leaders got chatting. Luxon says New Zealand
and the United States have a strong relationship, and today
the pair met to talk about how we can make
it even stronger. The Prime Minister has also spoken in
a Chief Executive Summit, a majorly significant economic and international
affairs summit, the government's expanding its sanctions across Russia's oil
(00:51):
industry and shadow fleet. Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced
the new round of sanctions while meeting with the Nordic
Five Foreign ministers in Sweden Stockholm. The sanctions will target
sixty five shadow fleet vessels and actors from Belarus, Iran
and North Korea involved in moving, refining and facilitating Russian oil.
(01:12):
Peters says this is new Zealand's thirty third round of
Russia sanctions. He says now is not the time to
ease the economic pressure on Russia wherein this for as
long as it takes plenty at stake for Fonterra farmers
as they weigh up whether to sell the co Ops
consumer brands. A final vote on whether to sell Anchor
and Mainland to French company Luck Deleise for four point
(01:34):
two billion dollars is happening today. If the deals approved,
it's likely to go through in the first half of
next year. Fonterra will keep about a billion dollars to
reinvest in the business, with the remaining three point two
billion being returned to farmers. Demand for generators in support
and weather hit communities is slowing. Southland and Kluther remain
(01:55):
under a state of emergency where thousands is still without power.
Safety continue to be a concern for poweronnet Cruise due
to the large number of down power lines, broken polls
and trees tangled in lines. Clothe The district Councils added
one hundred thousand dollars to its Mural Relief Fund for
recovery efforts. Two student editors of Auckland University's Crackham magazine
(02:17):
have been locked out of its website because of a
story they published. Editors Lewis Creed and Lee Lee revealed
Students Association Chief executive David Fulton was in line for
annual payments of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Crackham Administration Board locked out the pair and pulled
the article from the publication over concerns it breached Media
(02:40):
Council principles. Lewis Creed has lodged a complaint with the
Media Council over the board's decision. Here We singer Marlon
Williams says won the Silver Scroll Award for his song
Oha Toadar. He was given the top prize at a
ceremony in christ Church last night. Williams says this song
is a mournful lament about isolation and was an inspired
(03:00):
by nineteen sixty's Mardi Show Bands. In Sport, the Silver
Ferns have lost Netbors Constellation Cup to the Diamonds. In
an extra time series decider twelve eleven at Christchurch, New
Zealand won the fourth Test sixty two fifty seven. New
Zealand have won the second one day Cricket International against
England and Hamilton by five wickets to clinch the three
(03:22):
match series two nil with a game to spare. Blair
Tickner returned figures of four for thirty four in his
first od IS since May twenty twenty three. Cam Norri
will return to play the ASB Classic Tennis tournament in January.
I'm never atty Manu that your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good morning. I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning NEWSWEKS for Thursday, thirtieth of October and this update.
Donald Trump and Christopher Luxen have met in person. Overnight.
The two world leaders met face to face at an
APEC leader's dinner after accepting invitations from South Korea's President Lee.
Trump described New Zealand as a beautiful place and joked
(00:27):
Christopher Luxan had beautiful hair before the duo and a
number of world leaders got chatting. Luxon says New Zealand
and the United States have a strong relationship, and today
the pair met to talk about how we can make
it even stronger. The Prime Minister has also spoken in
a Chief Executive Summit, a majorly significant economic and international
affairs summit, the government's expanding its sanctions across Russia's oil
(00:51):
industry and shadow fleet. Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced
the new round of sanctions while meeting with the Nordic
Five Foreign ministers in Sweden Stockholm. The sanctions will target
sixty five shadow fleet vessels and actors from Belarus, Iran
and North Korea involved in moving, refining and facilitating Russian oil.
(01:12):
Peters says this is new Zealand's thirty third round of
Russia sanctions. He says now is not the time to
ease the economic pressure on Russia wherein this for as
long as it takes plenty at stake for Fonterra farmers
as they weigh up whether to sell the co Ops
consumer brands. A final vote on whether to sell Anchor
and Mainland to French company Luck Deleise for four point
(01:34):
two billion dollars is happening today. If the deals approved,
it's likely to go through in the first half of
next year. Fonterra will keep about a billion dollars to
reinvest in the business, with the remaining three point two
billion being returned to farmers. Demand for generators in support
and weather hit communities is slowing. Southland and Kluther remain
(01:55):
under a state of emergency where thousands is still without power.
Safety continue to be a concern for poweronnet Cruise due
to the large number of down power lines, broken polls
and trees tangled in lines. Clothe The district Councils added
one hundred thousand dollars to its Mural Relief Fund for
recovery efforts. Two student editors of Auckland University's Crackham magazine
(02:17):
have been locked out of its website because of a
story they published. Editors Lewis Creed and Lee Lee revealed
Students Association Chief executive David Fulton was in line for
annual payments of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The Crackham Administration Board locked out the pair and pulled
the article from the publication over concerns it breached Media
(02:40):
Council principles. Lewis Creed has lodged a complaint with the
Media Council over the board's decision. Here We singer Marlon
Williams says won the Silver Scroll Award for his song
Oha Toadar. He was given the top prize at a
ceremony in christ Church last night. Williams says this song
is a mournful lament about isolation and was an inspired
(03:00):
by nineteen sixty's Mardi Show Bands. In Sport, the Silver
Ferns have lost Netbors Constellation Cup to the Diamonds. In
an extra time series decider twelve eleven at Christchurch, New
Zealand won the fourth Test sixty two fifty seven. New
Zealand have won the second one day Cricket International against
England and Hamilton by five wickets to clinch the three
(03:22):
match series two nil with a game to spare. Blair
Tickner returned figures of four for thirty four in his
first od IS since May twenty twenty three. Cam Norri
will return to play the ASB Classic Tennis tournament in January.
I'm never atty Manu that your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB newsroom.
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