Afternoon Edition: 03 March 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 03 March 2026, 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 (00:02):
Good afternoon. I'm Raelian Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
VIX for Tuesday, the third of March. Total disarray in
the Middle East, with US and Israeli aggression towards Iran
only growing more violent. The bombed more than twelve hundred
Iranian targets in three days and planned to double that
by tomorrow. Irans fired on multiple Gulf states in retaliation

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and has closed the Strait of Hormuz, strangling oil shipping.
Israel's also attacking Lebanon, killing more than fifty people in
attempts to stamp out Hesbala. Prime Minister Benjamin Nadnett and
Yahoo was claimed on Fox News. Iran bounced back from
its nuclear sites and missile programs being bombed last year.

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They started building new sites, new places underground bunkers that
would make their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb
program immune within months. The Justice ministers highlighting the merits
of another military style bootcamp program. News Talk said b
understands a second program starts on Monday with ten young offenders.

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Legislation allowing judges to order attendance hasn't been passed, so
attendees participate by individual and family choice. It's expected to
have greater EWE input and more time in the Youth
Justice facility than the pilot program. Paul Goldsmith says it's
a tool to deal with serious offenders. We've got a
range of options from a pat on the head and

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we'll see again next weekend through two juvenile facilities and
this is another option. A former staffer at Hut International Boys'
School has been sentenced to twelve months home to tention
for historical sex offending against children to Beis Macintosh reports.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Anthony Derek Francis appeared in the Wellington District Court today
charged with indecent acts on boys relating to victims aged
eleven and fourteen. While employed at the school, Francis sexually
abused two victims in the late nineteen nineties. A victim
found an old, handwritten letter from the man decades later
and realized had been groomed.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
The Education Minister insists there's progress on tackling a secondary
teacher shortage, although it's grown this year. The annual Ministry
of Education forecast shows a surplus of five hundred and
thirty primary teachers, but seven hundred and ten fewer secondary
staff than needed. That's up from last year's estimate of
five hundred and fifty. Eric Stanford acknowledges there are specific

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subject shortages, but.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
We don't have really good data on that just yet.
I've been pushing the ministry that we can get that
subject data. So I'm not concerned at this point because
schools are very resourceful and they will use teachers in
other areas.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
The High Courts refused to gain members challenge of his
Patch conviction. Open Justice reports Marna Brown was convicted and
discharge for wearing a no man's cap at a Wellington
community pool reopening in twenty twenty four. Brown argued it
was unfair and he should have been discharged without convictions.
Christine Greis disagreed the offending was harmless and said past

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offending was also a factor to sport in The boss
of New Zealand Rugby League is to stand down. Greg
Peters has tendered his resignation as chief Executive. A straight
bat from Tony Brown to the topic of future rolls
with the All Blacks is the spring Box gather in
Cape Town for their first alignment camp of the year.

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The spring Box attack coach and former All Black says
he's not thinking beyond the twenty twenty seven World Cup.
Each member of the Pakistan T twenty World Cup squad
has been slapped with a fine for missing out on
the semi finals of the tournament. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning. From

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the news Talk ZEDB news Roop