Midday Edition: 04 November 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news Fix.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Four.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
Tuesday, the fourth of November a big day for Ta
Party Maldi after the Ewee Chairs Forum has called key
figures to a hui to talk through in fighting issues.
Party president John Thomaherdes criticized MPs Mariyamno Kapakinghi and Tarker
to Ferris and said they should step down. It was
in response to a petition calling him to quit launched

(00:29):
by tet Taitonga Electorates. Executive political commentator Lara Greaves says
it's not a good look for the party.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
The problem is is they kind of can't take a pause,
go quiet, go out of the media, sort their stuff
out when they've got this escalation of tit for tat
in the media.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Meanwhile, Labour's leader says to party Malori is too busy
fighting internally to fight for voters. Chris Hepkin says his
goal is to grow Labour's vote, including taking it from
to Party Malti.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
We're cerently going to be contesting the Mardi scenes very
vigorously in the next election. Labour's won them all before
and we'll be aiming to do that again.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Meanwhile, Chris Hopkins says he wants to know why a
treaty requirement for school boards was considered threatening. Education Minister
Ericas Stanford has confirmed plans to Scrappa Rule, which requires
school boards to reflect local te kung of Maori in
the curriculum and offer Todayo Maori instruction. She says it
hasn't improved outcomes for students, but Labour's leader says school

(01:25):
boards have a responsibility in lifting Maori achievement and ensuring
that young people learn the country's history.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
The Treaty of Whitehangi is part of our understanding of that,
just as the Bill of Rights is, just as some
of our colonial history is also important for us to
learn about.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
A man who broke into a denedin student flat and
violated a young woman could now face an open ended
prison term. Keith Andrew wix Kens has pleaded guilty to
charges of burglary and unlawful sexual violation. Jamie Cunningham reports.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Wix Kens had previously denied a final charge of but
the ODT reports he's changed his dance today after the
Crown dropped a strangulation charge. The thirty six year old
now faces the possibility of preventive detention without a defined
end to his prison term because of his history of
sexual violence involving crimes against young girls.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Wix Ken's will be sentenced in March. A fire and
emergency manager believes public fireworks sales should be banned as
Guy Fawkes looms. It's currently restricted to just four days
a year this year from November two until Guy Fawkes tomorrow.
It's one of the busiest periods of the year for
firefighters who have already had about twenty fireworks related callouts

(02:39):
in the past forty eight hours. Community Safety Manager Adrian
Nacy says he supports restricting firework displays to organized events.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
The refurther measures that could be put in place to
restrict the use of fireworks to the public, then we would.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Support that ACC's cutting ties with Water Safety New Zealand.
It's ending its long standing partnership with the Drowning Prevention
Group from the end of March, pulling about one million
dollars a year in funding. And rain forecast for the
Melbourne Cup means this afternoon's race is expected to be
on the slower side to further sport and knee injury

(03:14):
has ruled striker Chris Wood out of the All Whites
for the Football Internationals against Columbia and Ecuador in the
United States this month. Former Blacksticks men's hockey captain Blair
Tarrant is called time on a fifteen year, two hundred
and seventy two cap international career featuring three Olympics, three
World Cups and three Commonwealth Games. And New Zealand wicket

(03:36):
keeper batter Tim Seifert will miss the T twenty cricket
series against the West Indies with a broken right index finger.
Mitch hay replaces him. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
five pm from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.