Afternoon Edition: 08 November 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 08 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):
From the news Talk's Edby newsroom. This is Newsfex. In
this update, a circus lay performers in hospital in a
moderate condition after falling at this afternoon's Auckland show. An
audience member says the show paused for about half an
hour while medical staff attended to the performer, who was
taken off in a stretcher. There are two more shows
scheduled today. Off Site Manufacturing is set to deliver hospital

(00:27):
wards in record time. The governments announced one hundred and
forty new beds will open across Middlemoor, Wycuto, Wellington, Nelson
and Hawk's Bay Hospitals next year. Construction firm South Base
has been awarded the contract to build the wards. North
Island manager Marcus Beddis says they'll use repeatable designs. When
we combine sort of the program approach to procurement, you

(00:49):
know where we do multiples at once, we get great
efficiencies in time and cost. The United States Supreme Court
has allowed the Trump administration to temporarily block a court
order to fully fund and food aid payments. A pair
of federal judges had ruled the government must pay for
the Snap initiative, which helps people on lower incomes purchase
food during the government shutdown. However, the Associated Press reports

(01:12):
the Supreme Court's emergency appeal will allow partial payments to
continue until an appeals court rules on a more lasting pause.
Residents in some states have already received funds, but this
development could prevent other states from initiating the payments. Police
issued dozens of infringement notices relating to a two hundred
strong car meet in Lower Huts Queen's Gate last night.

(01:34):
They say the group eventually dwindled to fifty and made
several attempts to set up another locations across Wellington. Jordan
Dunn reports.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Acting in speak to Gareth Barnes, says their officers were
once deepeheered every time and the night went off without
a hatch. He says notices were issued for speeding and
license breaches. About ten pink and green stickers were given
out and one car was seized. Police say fireworks that
were being shot from a sun rooms were also surrendered.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
That's news In Sport Auckland FC plans to avoid getting
caught up in the emotion of tonight's a League football
derby with the Phoenix in Wellington. New English striker Sam
Cosgrove is well aware of how important bragging rights are,
having been in Yorkshire and London. Derby's Cosgrove says it's
a fine line between sticking to a game plan and

(02:22):
getting caught up in the hype.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
Is that extra added atmosphere, in the excitement that you
get just because of the rivalry, But then you've got
to kind of calm those nerves as well. And we're
there to win a game of football and the game
of football isn't bult on emotion or won on emotion.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
The game kicks off at seven o'clock tonight. Bowden Barrett
has addressed the team over why Scotland should be feared
tomorrow morning. Despite having never beaten New Zealand, Barrett has
played Scotland in three tests, all decided by eight points
or fewer. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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