Afternoon Edition: 04 April 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 04 April 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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From the news Talk Zebby newsroom. This is newsfix. In
this update, silence from the Trump administration since two American
aircraft were shot down by Iranian air defenses. US forces
are searching for a missing service member who had been
on board one of the fighter jets that went down
over southern Iran. CNN says there's been no posturing or
any public address from the White House, which is notable

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given all Donald Trump's talk of degrading Iranian capabilities. US
Representative John Guamendi says prisoners of war could be subject
to humiliation. We could see what actually happened in the
Iranian Revolution, where prisoners were displayed in an inappropriate way
as trophy. A New Zealand man's finished swimming from the

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top of the North Island to Wellington in an effort
to stop destructive fishing in Durant's. Athlete John O. Riddler's
broken a world record by swimming more than thirteen hundred
kilometers with only his togs, goggles and swim cap. His
dip was broken into segments, art in January and ending
in Wellington today, where he met the Minister of Conservation
to call for an end to bottom trawling. John o'riddler

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says endurance sport is his way of bringing attention to
our ocean's health. He says protecting our waters is a
cause that's important to him. A view the lack of
red tape around AI is hampering uptake in New Zealand.
Massy University researcher Attia Mattias warns that we have no
standalone AI law, dedicated regulator, or compliance regime. The European

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Unions put in place a sweeping AI Act with strict
requirements in areas such as transparency, human oversight and accountability.
Doctor Mattias says companies, particularly those dealing with sensitive data,
are nervous about using AI because of the lack of
rules around it. Shouldn't we then have proper guard rails
in place so that it helps boost the confidence of

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AI adoption and make things faster. Daylight saving ends tonight
clocks go back an hour at three o'clock in the morning.
The shift has health professionals warning the impact on our
sleep could affect our reaction time. That's news in sport.
Back to basics for the Chiefs ahead of tonight's Super
Rugby game. After starting the season with two victories, they've

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gone loss win loss win over the past four rounds.
Prop Oarlie Norris says last week's win over the Force
left them with plenty to focus on for tonight's game
against the Waratahs in Hamilton. They're a team that historically
starts pretty strong, so if we can shut them out
to start the game then it goes a long way
and getting us the victory. And I guess so just
a simple fundamentals that were probably they go over the

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last couple of weeks. Tying those things up. A big
breakthrough for the White Ferns in the third and deciding
Women's One Day Cricket International in Wellington moments ago, South
Africa one hundred and forty five for two after twenty
six overs chasing three hundred and seven to beat New Zealand.
That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to

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