November 24, 2025 • 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never Readymanu, and this is your morning
news fix for Tuesday, twenty fifth of November. In this update,
the Cook Islands flag has been flown over one hundred
oil tankers accused of illicitly trading Russian and Iranian oil.
A Herald investigation has looked into a twenty twenty four
peak of one hundred and fifty tankers on the shipping
(00:26):
register of private company Maritime Cook Islands Starboard. Maritime intelligence
analyst Mark Douglas says fifty seven were suspected of transporting
Russian oil in breach of sanctions and seventy four of
doing similarly for Iran. Nearly half have been formally sanctioned since.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the shipping registries alarming and
(00:49):
has factored into decisions to withhold aid funding to the
Cook Islands. The government's being challenged to go further on
its building consense reform. It will make home warren tees
mandatory for buildings three stories under and for renovations costing
more than one hundred thousand dollars. It's designed to proportion
liability out to those responsible for mistakes architectural designers New
(01:12):
Zealand Chief executive Karen Davis says people shouldn't have to
rely on building organizations for the guarantees. The job market
remains tough. Latest data from job ad platform Seek shows
job ads have risen one percent for the fourth consecutive month.
Job ads are up seven percent year on year. The
(01:32):
growth is across most regions and industries. However, applications per
job remain at record highs. Fire crews have been battling
ablaze on a property in Wayuku, southwest of Auckland. Fire
and Emergencies says that the fire has been burning plastic
that was set to be recycled, and has been asking
locals to keep windows and doors shut if possible. Revelations
(01:56):
arise in top grades at university may not be down
to New Zealander getting smarter. Analysis by the New Zealand
Initiative reveals A grades have increased from twenty two percent
to thirty six percent of all grades since two thousand
and six. Senior research fellow James Kirston says they couldn't
find any evidence students are getting better or smarter, but
(02:17):
believe it's in the academic's best interest to give out
higher grades. The heartbroken mother of the three young children
who died in a house fire at Sampson wants their
funeral to be filled with brightness. August Hugo and Goldie
will be honored at a private service for friends and
family in Palmston, North today. Attendees at the celebration of
(02:38):
life are urged to wear bright colors. Legendary reggae pioneer
Jimmy Cliff has died aged eighty one. The singer was
known for hits like Wonderful World, Beautiful People, and his
career searched again with his nineteen ninety three remake If
I Can See Clearly Now for the Call Running soundtrack.
Cliff was one of only a few musicians alongside Bob Marley,
(03:00):
to receive Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit in sport. England
have opted against playing their top team in a pink
ball warm up match against a Prime Minister's eleven in
Canberra ahead of the second Ashes Cricket Test against Australia
and Brisbane starting December fourth. Tom Treboievich has been named
the Manly Sea Eagles new NRL League captain in the
(03:22):
wake of Daily Cherry Evans heading to the Sydney Roosters.
Manchester City football manager Pep Guardiola has apologized for ripping
off at cameraman's headphones and bellowing in his ear after
the sides lost to Newcastle on the weekend. I'm never
retty Marnu that your latest news fiks will be back
with the next update of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good morning. I'm never Readymanu, and this is your morning
news fix for Tuesday, twenty fifth of November. In this update,
the Cook Islands flag has been flown over one hundred
oil tankers accused of illicitly trading Russian and Iranian oil.
A Herald investigation has looked into a twenty twenty four
peak of one hundred and fifty tankers on the shipping
(00:26):
register of private company Maritime Cook Islands Starboard. Maritime intelligence
analyst Mark Douglas says fifty seven were suspected of transporting
Russian oil in breach of sanctions and seventy four of
doing similarly for Iran. Nearly half have been formally sanctioned since.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the shipping registries alarming and
(00:49):
has factored into decisions to withhold aid funding to the
Cook Islands. The government's being challenged to go further on
its building consense reform. It will make home warren tees
mandatory for buildings three stories under and for renovations costing
more than one hundred thousand dollars. It's designed to proportion
liability out to those responsible for mistakes architectural designers New
(01:12):
Zealand Chief executive Karen Davis says people shouldn't have to
rely on building organizations for the guarantees. The job market
remains tough. Latest data from job ad platform Seek shows
job ads have risen one percent for the fourth consecutive month.
Job ads are up seven percent year on year. The
(01:32):
growth is across most regions and industries. However, applications per
job remain at record highs. Fire crews have been battling
ablaze on a property in Wayuku, southwest of Auckland. Fire
and Emergencies says that the fire has been burning plastic
that was set to be recycled, and has been asking
locals to keep windows and doors shut if possible. Revelations
(01:56):
arise in top grades at university may not be down
to New Zealander getting smarter. Analysis by the New Zealand
Initiative reveals A grades have increased from twenty two percent
to thirty six percent of all grades since two thousand
and six. Senior research fellow James Kirston says they couldn't
find any evidence students are getting better or smarter, but
(02:17):
believe it's in the academic's best interest to give out
higher grades. The heartbroken mother of the three young children
who died in a house fire at Sampson wants their
funeral to be filled with brightness. August Hugo and Goldie
will be honored at a private service for friends and
family in Palmston, North today. Attendees at the celebration of
(02:38):
life are urged to wear bright colors. Legendary reggae pioneer
Jimmy Cliff has died aged eighty one. The singer was
known for hits like Wonderful World, Beautiful People, and his
career searched again with his nineteen ninety three remake If
I Can See Clearly Now for the Call Running soundtrack.
Cliff was one of only a few musicians alongside Bob Marley,
(03:00):
to receive Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit in sport. England
have opted against playing their top team in a pink
ball warm up match against a Prime Minister's eleven in
Canberra ahead of the second Ashes Cricket Test against Australia
and Brisbane starting December fourth. Tom Treboievich has been named
the Manly Sea Eagles new NRL League captain in the
(03:22):
wake of Daily Cherry Evans heading to the Sydney Roosters.
Manchester City football manager Pep Guardiola has apologized for ripping
off at cameraman's headphones and bellowing in his ear after
the sides lost to Newcastle on the weekend. I'm never
retty Marnu that your latest news fiks will be back
with the next update of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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