Midday Edition: 03 November 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 03 November 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 fixs for Monday, the third of November. A public
relations expert says New Zealand Netball has suffered serious reputational
damage over its handling of Silver Ferns coach Dame Noline Todoer.
She was stood down in September over player concerns and
is now being reinstated. Speaking to Newstalks edb's Mike Hosking

(00:25):
in her first interview since being stood down, Toto says
the suspension period has been horrific. PDPR founder Debra Peed
says if Netball New Zealand was a business, shareholders would
be demanding answers. I have no doubt that sponsors are
asking questions and the board and the CEO have a
lot to answer for with the way this has been

(00:45):
handled and the way it's been played up. An eyewitness
has described a suspect tasered after eleven people were stabbed
on a UK train bound for London yesterday morning. A
thirty two year old British national is the only suspect
and it's not considered to be a terror attack. One
victim hailed as a hero for trying to stop the
attack is in critical condition. Varel Tarika told the BBC

(01:09):
armed police converged on a man. He was surrounded very
very fast and put down very very fast, like prompt
reactions from the police. She was asking to be killed
when he was surrounded by the police. Kill me, kill me,
kill me, kill me. Meanwhile, in the US, a potential
Isis inspired Halloween terror attack has been foiled in Michigan.
Two suspects have been arrested and three others are being questioned.

(01:32):
TV and Z will be hoping changing of the six
PM guard won't disrupt the status quo. Long time presenter
Simon Dello is handing over to Melissa Stokes at One
News next month. She has more than twenty years at
the broadcaster, including as a weekend newsreader. Spinof's Duncan Grieve
says the six pm audience is held up well. The
best case scenario is a the rating sappudge that there's

(01:55):
no negative feedb TV and ZEB is a change that
hopefully leads to no other changes. More calls to ban
selling fireworks to individuals now available until Guy Fawk's on Wednesday.
In twenty twenty three, three hundred and forty one acc
claims were lodged for fireworks related injuries, with about sixteen
hundred calls to police. Veterinary Association head Kevin Bryant says

(02:19):
vets have to treat many animals harmed by fireworks and
euthanize some. They develop a lot of stress and anxiety
in relation to the noise in the bright lights that
fireworks create and they'll often try and flee during fireworks.
Rapid builds won't stop the need for future health infrastructure redevelopment. Middlemore,
Wycott or Wellington and Nelson Hospitals are getting new wards

(02:41):
next year, built off site. A new ward will also
open at Hawkes Bay Hospital. Prime Minister Chris Luxon says
their standardizing wards similar to classrooms. Journalist and broadcaster Guyon
Espiner is returning to Midday Report on RNZ next year,
replacing Charlotte Cook to sport. The availability of injured all

(03:03):
blacks Scott and Jordy Barrett for this weekend's Test against
Scotland and Edinburgh will be decided overnight. India have won
the maiden women's fifty over Cricket World Cup, beating South
Africa by fifty two runs in the final at Mumbai,
and Yarnick Sinner is back at the men's will as
world number one tennis player. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your

(03:23):
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the newstalk zb newsroom.