Morning Edition: 13 November 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 13 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 morning, I'm never REATI manu and this is your morning.
Newspakesper Thursday, thirteenth of November. In this update, the young
woman at the center of the IPCA case looking at
the Gevin Mcskimming saga, is still facing prosecution in a
connected case. The original digital harassment charge she faced for

(00:24):
her emails complaining about the former deputy police commissioner were
only recently withdrawn by the Crown Court. Documents reveal in
August this year, she allegedly sent abusive emails to the
detective who investigated her and to their wife. She was
charged again under the digital harassment law, which carries maximum

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penalties of two years in prison or of fifty thousand
dollar fine. Twenty thousand new pages of documents have been
released from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. A number referencing US President
Donald Trump. At twenty eleven email from the late sex
offender to his associate Gillen Maxwell references Trump as the

(01:05):
dog who hasn't barked. It also claims a victim spent
hours at Epstein's house with Trump, something he denies. The
White House says the victim referenced in the emails is
the late Virginia Duffrey, who repeatedly said Trump wasn't involved,
concern we're sleepwalking towards another leaky homes crisis. In a

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letter shared with Newstalk ZB, the Window and Glass Associations
written to the Building Minister warning a growing number of
windows and glass doors aren't meeting the building coat, including
around weather tightness. ENZI Windows director Kevin Allam estimates around
one in ten products have questionable compliance. He knows the

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anguish a leaky home can cause. Allam says we're quick
to forget the people who save their whole lives for homes,
just to have them lost. The Reserve Banks temporarily closed
its Wellington headquarters after the discovery of asbestos. The toxic
mineral was found during a routine building wide survey, but
has been contained. Watercres paid Oyster Farmers in North Auckland

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a total of one million dollars in compensation after wastewater
contaminated the Mahudangi River and harbour. The issue, caused by
a power surge at the Walkworth pump station, has meant
an almost months long halt on harvesting. The Company's payout
to Aquaculture New Zealand will be distributed to ten impacted

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Oyster Farmers. Water Care CEO Jamie Sinclair says a power
search tripped the Walkworth treatment plants pumps and caused storage
tanks to overflow while the alert systems weren't operating properly.
Concern bad weather could extend closures of State Highway one
through Northlands Brian Duwin Hills. Today marks the first of

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two four day closures for resurfacing works. Lotto's Powerballs reached
a record breaking fifty five million dollars and it has
to be won this Saturday. The large prize is available
due to strong ticket sales, surpassing the previous record of
fifty million dollars. If no one wins first division, the
prize Paul rolls down to the next highest division. And

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in sport, the ninth placed breakers have delivered as salient
performance in basketball's anbl blitzing the eights ranked Bullets one
hundred and thirteen eighty four on the Gold Coast that
includes a sixty eight thirty six lead at the break.
Felix O j Aliasim has recovered from his set down
and survived a barrage of thunderbolt serves from Ben Shelton

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to earn his first victory at the ATP Tennis Finals
in Turin. England cricket captain Ben Stokes feels the Australian
verbal blows of meeting the ashes standard eight days from
the first Test in perse I'm never ready, Manu. That's
your latest news fix. Will be back with the next
update at midday from the newstalk ZB news room.