Afternoon Edition: 08 March 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 08 March 2025, 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 (00:04):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is NEWSFECS in
this update. Fire and Emergency New Zealand's enforcing an outdoor
fireban for the entire Northland region as it battles two
vegetation fires. Firefighters are working to put out the fire
atmong Akahir, which broke out yesterday and burned twenty five hectares.
It's also working on a blaze at Ottawa and monitoring

(00:26):
two other large fires. District Manager where Puddy Henwood says
the dry, hot, windy conditions make it too dangerous to
light any fires outdoors. The band will be enforced from
midnight to night until further notice. While Alfred has been downgraded,
authorities say Australia's East Coast is not out of the
woods yet. Brisbane has up to four hundred mills of

(00:47):
rain in the forecast across today and tomorrow. Senior Meteorologist
Dean Narramore says they could see a downpour over the
next forty eight hours. We could see heavy to locally
intense rainfall wi could lead to last liar and life
threatening flash flooding, particularly with any of those heavy thunderstorms
that may develop. The Government's being urged to address the
invisible problem of homelessness for women. Today is International Women's Day.

(01:12):
The Coalition to End Women's Homelessness research shows women represent
fifty percent of those experiencing homelessness in New Zealand. Project
director Victoria Crackford says women's needs must be included in
policy and funding settings for housing from the start.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
There is not enough homes of the right homes and
the right places for the people.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
That need them. Almost every New Zealand boating company is
in the city of Sales for this weekend's Auckland Boat Show.
Innovations from across the sector are on display. Maritime Industry
Association Chief Executive Peter Bussfield says the show is a
great indicator of the state of the industry. The one
hundred and twenty both borders in New Zealand and most
of the brands are at the show. There's over five

(01:53):
hundred brands of equipment and boats. Over three hundred boats
from small tenders to setting me the that's news. In
sport Moana pacifica captain Adi Savia has shared his rejuvenation
as part of his new Super Rugby Pacific franchise ahead
of tonight's game against his former Hurricanes team in Albany.

(02:14):
The All Black joined Moana during the off season after
ten years and one hundred and thirty one games for
the Hurricanes. Savia has no regrets over his move north.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
One of the fans asked me if I missed Wellington
almost being at the Canes in US, and I replied,
while I miss being somewhere when I'm home with my people,
so that's been pretty special being here. Mate.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Tom Walsh is keeping a duel for national bragging rights
in perspective ahead of his big month in the shot
put circle. He's renewed his rivalry with Jack O'Gill in
Dunedin today at the Track and Field National Championships. Walsh
says the nationals are at checkpoint for the World Indoor
Championships in Nanjing coming up later this month. That's sport.

(02:55):
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