Midday Edition: 12 November 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 12 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
newsfix for Wednesday, the twelfth of November. The Police Commissioner
says his predecessor needs to answer for his handling of
complaints against jeven Mcskimming now awaiting sentencing on a different issue.
The Police Complaints Authority has released her report finding some
of our highest ranking police didn't deal properly with a

(00:25):
woman's anonymous complaints against the former Deputy Police commissioner. She
was instead prosecuted for harassment. It found then Commissioner Andrew
Costa was among those aware of the issues and didn't act.
Richard Chambers says there was no honesty at the highest
level of police.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
People will take from that what they will.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
I've certainly got a personal view.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's an absolute disgrace.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
It's lacking a leadership, it's lacking integrity. Meanwhile, Police Minister
Mark Mitchell says he's disappointed that emails with the allegations
against Mcskimming were blocked. From his view, it was a
protocol that was put in place that is really consistent
with the bad behavior that we've seen bought Ford and
highlighted in the IPCA report. And when the complaints were
eventually investigated, child sexual exploitation and bestiality material was found

(01:12):
on mc skimmings's work devices and he's awaiting sentencing on
that after pleading guilty. A thirty eight year old has
pleaded not guilty to murdering a father and son in
Auckland's Buckland's Beach in a house fire last month. He's
accused of killing thirty six year old young Sup Lee
and his eleven year old son high Il. The judge

(01:32):
has ordered a three week trial in February twenty twenty seven.
The government says its education shakeup puts students first. It's
Pastor Bill, allowing tougher enforcement from truancy offices and requiring
schools to publish attendance plans. It removes Treaty of White
tonguey requirements from school boards and forces universities to create

(01:53):
free speech policies. Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmons says treaty
requirements weren't appropriate.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Instead, the Government believes that it is the Crown's responsibilities
to support Maori educational success, and we currently do this
in education through a range of different initiatives.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
A second a rugby player has been sentenced in Dunedin
for secretly filming a woman in bed and sharing the video.
Otago Daily Times reports Oliver Irving Budgen was sentenced in
the District Court yesterday to nine months supervision and must
pay an emotional harm payment of three thousand dollars. The
Green Island rugby club player has been refused to discharge

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without conviction. Co defendant and teammate Thomas Ryan received an
identical penalty in recent weeks for almost identical crimes. The
judge says they're part of a culture of misogyny running
rampant in New Zealand. New Zealand's standing in terms of
interference from the tobacco industry has plummeted from second best

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out of one hundred and twenty twenty three to fifty
third this year. The worst level of deterioration and shifts
in the housing market have seen first home buyers capture
a record market share at almost to twenty eight percent
of nationwide purchases. That's up from twenty six point nine
percent last year. To Sport, New Zealand have beaten Scotland

(03:15):
eighty to forty eight in the second Netball test at Glasgow.
The Silver Ferns won the series two nil. It's now
on to three Tests against England and the next World
Test Championship cricket cycle from twenty twenty seven to twenty
nine is likely to feature all twelve full members in
one division after plans to split into two tiers were

(03:36):
stumped early. 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.