Afternoon Edition: 05 March 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 05 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 Raylen Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for a Thursday. Yes, it's Thursday, the fifth of March.
Conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran doesn't look to
be slowing down anytime soon. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
said this morning strikes will accelerate rather than slow down.

(00:24):
The US Senate has also rejected legislation which would have
weakened Donald Trump's ability to continue military action without congressional approval.
Israel's continuing to attack both Iran and Lebanon while Iran
continues it strikes on multiple golf countries. You and General
Assembly president Anna Lena Beerbach told the BBC there needs

(00:46):
to be de escalation.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
We need in these time a common understanding that the
negotiation table is the place where we have to solve
the difficulties and the dispute.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
The Green says social media ban for under sixteen's isn't
the way forward, as a parliament committee endorses it. The committee,
made up of a mix of cross party MPs, calls
for the ban alongside an Internet regulator and a ban
on apps that can create unconsensual sexual images of people.
It also suggests Further work could be needed on regulating VPNs,

(01:22):
which allow people to get around certain online restrictions. Green
MP Tamitha Paul says people don't think the ban will work.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Prohibiting things and restricting access to things doesn't always mean
that it stops the harm that we're trying to prevent.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
A payroll failure, so roughly half of the y Cultural
Hospital workforce that's around five five hundred staff go without
pay yesterday. Joey Dwyer reports.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Health New Zealand spokesperson says the error occurred and the
rostering system used to calculate payment. It's confident the issue's
being resolved and everyone will be paid by tonight. However,
the Public Service Association wants the organization to conduct an
urgent review, saying the impact for workers living paycheck to
paycheck is immediate and real.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
A Patch Black Palm members being charged after allegedly assaulting
two people in a road rage attack in Waikato. Two
people were left with serious injuries after trying to speak
to the occupants of a Ford Falcon doing noisy burnouts.
Three occupants got out and assaulted the victims on Matangi's
Mary Church Road about eight pm last Saturday. More arrests

(02:29):
are likely David Seymour's fighting back against Auckland Mayor Wayne
Brown's war of words on housing density. Brown claimed on
Newstalk zb the act leader in EPSOM MP was trying
to screw him over his opposition to mass intensification. He
then seemingly threatened to put more homes in Seymour's own suburb.

(02:51):
Seymour says the city deserves more decorum from its mayor.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
I was a bit disappointed, no matter who the mirror is,
to hear the mayor of our largest city talking the
way that he was almost yelling.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Women are falling behind on retirement savings far earlier than expected.
New ANZ investments KEI we save A data shows by
the age of twenty, women are already falling behind. In sport,
Jamie Joseph believes the man that pipped him to the
All Blacks job will lead them to success. Joseph says

(03:23):
the first message he got after he missed out was
from Dave Rennie and he believes he's a quality coach.
Former Protears captain of Fath Duplasic is lauding the record
breaking display from Finn Allen that launched the black Caps
into the final of Crickets T twenty World Cup. The
men's fifteen hundred meters at the National Track and Field

(03:43):
Championships in Auckland is now a straight final after two
time Olympian Sam Tana was forced to withdraw with injury.
That is your latest news fix. We'll have another update
for you tomorrow morning from the Newstalk z B newsroom.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
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