Afternoon Edition: 06 March 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 06 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 railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the sixth of March. Speculations mounting Prime
Minister Chris Luxon is considering his future after a disastrous
poll result. National has had twenty eight point four percent
in today's Taxpayer's Union Caurier poll, its lowest level since

(00:23):
Luxon became leader in twenty twenty one. Why do National
Party staff have received invitations to drinks in the Beehive tonight?
National Deputy leader Nicola Willis says it's not been a
good week for the Prime minister. The risk if we're
polling at that level is most importantly and I do
sincerely think this is worth considering, is that there could

(00:44):
be a change of government. Sky City is facing a
class action lawsuit targeting sixty four point five million dollars
worth of online gambling revenue. Business Desk reports the proceedings
apply to sky City, sky City, Auckland Holdings and SILVERI Entertainment.
That's the Malta base platform that has led operation since

(01:05):
twenty twenty. It relates to money lost between February of
twenty twenty in February this year, and seeks to test
the lawfulness of the online gaming operations. SkyCity hasn't revealed
who's behind it, and says it will actively defend the proceedings.
War is continuing to spell over the Middle East as

(01:25):
the US and Israel accelerate their bombardment of Iran. US
forces are dropping two thousand pound bombs and along with Israel,
have killed more than twelve hundred people. Iran still firing
retaliatory strikes, but at about ten percent of the intensity
we've seen in the past few days. CNN's Clarissa Ward
says Iranian Kurdish forces are readying themselves for a potential

(01:49):
ground defensive.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
They are facing some really stiff resistance from within Iraqi Kurdistan.
The leadership does not want to get involved with this.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Foreign Minister to Winston Peters is defending US action against Iran.
President Donald Trump has faced criticism from our opposition parties
and others like former Prime Minister Helen Clark. Peter says,
the Iranian regime carried out decades of oppression and terrorism
support and they've got away with it because everybody says,
will you now We're going to hold the rule of

(02:20):
law consequence of better courses of one day, someone has
to enforce the rule of law. Where to be meding
for and progressive, Wellington's Deputy mayor believes a new savings
package shows how serious the Council is about change. It's
revealed a proposed multimillion dollar savings package which includes fifty
cost cutting and revenue raising recommendations. If voted through, it

(02:45):
would bring rates increases down two percent to a seven
foot point four percent rise in the twenty twenty six
twenty seven year. Deputy Mayor Ben McNulty says residents have
been wanting to see what change looks like.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
They wanted to see it Council. It's competent and on
top of the finances and I hope this is the
first sense that Wellingtonians conceive it. We're really committed to
doing that and restoring and building that trust and faith
of the wider.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Public to sport. In the Formula one season's revving into
life in Melbourne as the Ferraris and Red Bulls set
the early pace at the Australian Grand Prix. Local golfer
Nick Voke is right in the mix heading into moving
day at the Japan Australasia Championship in Auckland after a
blemish free six hunder pass second round, and Olympic and

(03:32):
World champion Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr is opted for
an intensive training block on the Gold Coast over competing
at this month's Indoor World Champs in Poland. That is
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update tomorrow morning from the news Talk seat B Newsroom