Afternoon Edition: 04 March 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the fourth of March. It's uncertain how
Ukraine can fare against Russia as the US pauses military aid,
stopping all equipment destined for Ukraine. Europe's been scrambling to
pick up the pieces since Donald Trump began talks with Russia.

(00:24):
Diplomacy took a turn for the worst of the weekend
during Trump's White House meeting with Volodimir Zelenski C and
n Zorn. Lieberman says a question remains of how much
is left from aid promised by the Biden administration, given
the reliance on US weapons and military equipment, as could
be felt potentially very quickly. The governments announced more medical

(00:47):
school placements, boosting places at Auckland and Otago universities by
twenty five people from next year. It's also promising to
fund up to fifty graduate doctors to move into primary care.
The Health Minister says they can serve communities from the
day they start training. The Minister for Rail who's promising

(01:08):
more details on government cook straight ferry plans soon. Winston
Peters met Hyundai representatives in South Korea on Friday this
government can the last government's contract with Hyundai two years ago,
blaming cost. Peters believes another approach will save billions and
says he'll have a framework before.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
April aftering four years of wasted time and I'm bet
about four weeks to sort it out.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
If you take out of Christmas, don't worry it helps
on this way. A comparison of the gang Patch legislation
to Nazi Germany. Open Justice reports Patch nomad Marna Aarpeti
Brown is appealing his conviction at the High Court in Wellington.
Courtney Winter has more.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
It's believed this is the first appeal heard by the
High Court against the law introduced in November. Council CCTV
footage was reported to police in December showing the nineteen
year old wearing a nomad's cap and lower Hunt lawyer
Chris Nichols says lessons from history should serve as a warning.
He says when the Nazis came to power, they didn't

(02:10):
like the way Jews dressed and presented themselves.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Labour says the government's not properly thought through changing name suppression.
Justice officials and legal groups worry plans to give victims
the veto on name suppression for their abuser could cause
wider harm. Ginny Anderson says it's important victims are central
to the justice system. I'm really concerned about young victims.
There's no specification as age that puts a lot of

(02:35):
pressure on a victim going through already an incredibly traumatic
process too. Australia and Victoria is trying to claw back
residents working in emergency services. In New Zealand and the UK,
its police are trying to fill more than one thousand vacancies.
They're waving the entrance exam for paramedics, fire fighters, defense
for staff and those with certain tertiary admission scores at

(02:59):
apply to residents who studied or worked in Australia, the
UK and here in recent years to sport and a
shock recommendation out of the review into the men's side
of the national game, The New Zealand Herald reports one
of the key recommendations is to merge the five founding
super rugby franchises with the respect of provincial unions where

(03:22):
they are predominantly based, into one entity, a blow for
Auckland FC, with all whites forward Max Matter sidelined until
after the upcoming international break a New Zealand Football are
finally advertising for a new coach of the national women's side,
almost six months after Yitka klum Kova resigned from the role.

(03:43):
I'm Railean Ramsey and that is your latest news fix.
Will be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
the news Talk zb newsroom