Afternoon Edition: 19 November 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 19 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 railing Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
Fix four Wednesday, the nineteenth of November. The Rail Minister
says our two new rail enabled Fairies will cost less
than two billion dollars and arrive in twenty twenty nine
under budget. Winston Peter says the total estimated taxpayer contribution
for the new inter island of vessels will come in

(00:26):
under one point seven billion. The Fairies are being built
under a five hundred and ninety six million dollar fixed
price contract between Ferry Holdings and Guangzhou Shipyard. Each vessel
can carry about fifteen hundred passengers and are designed to
last at least thirty years. Winston Peters says the ferries
long term future has been safeguarded for all New Zealanders,

(00:49):
preserved rail on the straight and save the taxpayer billions.
In fact, we have saved the taxpayer two point three billion.
Serious injuries likely after a two vehicle crash just before
three on State Highway seventy three in Canterbury Sheffield, New
Zealand could kill two birds with one stone by leaning

(01:10):
into sustainable energy options available to us. Boston Consulting Group's
new report finds although gas supply could have in the
next five years. Targeting supply specifically isn't the best approach,
It suggests focusing on slowing the decline and building up renewables.
Managing Director Kelly Newton says our hydro geothermal, wind and

(01:32):
solar resources can drive economic growth if prioritized. We view
it as very important to both retain the businesses that
we have, but more importantly thinking about the businesses that
would align with our comparative advantage. The party Marti's co
leaders are not listening to Horner Hurowerda's advice on healing
party rifts. The former Marti Party MP, who went on

(01:54):
to found the Mana Party, thinks two MPs expelled this
month should be invited back and discussions begin. Kolider Raweri
Waititi says they're focusing on having an effect on who's
in government next election. He's not exploring reversing the expulsion.
It's done. It's done. It's done. The National Council of
made a decision. We stand by that decision and it's

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time to move on. Hasard Is drinking rates across the
country are down. At the same time vaping has increased.
The twenty twenty four to twenty five. New Zealand Health
Survey reveals one in six adults were classified as a
hazardous drinker in the past year, down from twenty one
point three percent from five years ago, but vaping rates

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continue to rise, with almost twelve percent of New Zealand
adults now daily vapors. That's more than a triple the
three and a half percent rate in twenty nineteen. Twenty twenty,
the days of emergency housing motels are officially over. Furthero Tarua,
after peaking at more than two hundred and forty households
across thirteen sites, referrals and to motels, stopped mid June,

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with agencies working since on getting families permanent homes. Associate
Housing Minister Thama Portaka says Rutudua became the poster child
of a broken system. In sport. Clearing the mind and
freshening the legs after an arduous season are the Silver
Fern's objectives ahead of tomorrow morning's a year ending finale

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against England and Manchester. Blockbusting winger Caleb Clark trusts the
All Blacks coaches and senior players to lead the underfire
outfit out of the inconsistent patch that has seen three
tests loss this year. Legendary Australian Sir for Stephanie Gilmore
as returning to the World Surf League full time after

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a two year sabbatical, hunting a ninth world title at
the age of thirty eight. That is your latest news flex.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
the news Talk said Be Newsroom.