Afternoon Edition: 08 March 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 08 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):
From the news Talk Zebbi newsroom. This is newsfix. In
this update, United States and Israeli bombs continue falling on Iran,
further destabilizing them. At least. The death toll inside Iran
has topped one thousand, with hundreds more killed in Israeli
air strikes on Lebanon. Tehran has apologized to neighboring states
for its retaliatory strikes and vowed it won't attack unless

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they hit Iran first. Australia is now considering offering military
aid to those countries. Former Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains
New Zealand support for the United States and israelis a disgrace.
Miss Clark says, as with Iraq in two thousand and three,
there was no imminent threat of attack, and she questions
what the past twenty years have achieved for the likes
of Iraq and Afghanistan. If you put a foot into

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the politics of the Middle East like this, I fear
it's not going to end well for anyone. Tragically, a
lot of people will be killed. A section of State
Highway one between Topol and Turangi is closed following a
fatal crash. Traffics being done diverted along the western side
of Lake Topour motorists to being asked to avoid the
area near Afira Road where the crash happened. A renewable

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energy source, green hydrogen, is being deemed too expensive to
help us hit the twenty fifty net zero greenhouse gas
emissions target. New modeling from Auckland University reveals electricity will
do the most for cutting our industry emissions because it
has adequate infrastructure and is affordable. Green Hydro, an alternative
renewable could carry some of the load, supplying more than

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ten percent of industrial process heating in some cases. However,
energy economist Professor Basil Sharp says its price point must
first find a way to come down. That's going to
come about by improvements in technology and scale. A weather
front is drenching parts of the South Island, bringing down
temperatures heavy rain Watchers cover for Audland and Southland, with

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downpaws possibly reaching warning levels in some areas. Met Service
forecasts are low to moderate chart of rainfall intensifying further.
That's news. In sport drama at the Australian Formula One
Grand Prix before lights out, local hope Oscar Pastre has
lost control in his McLaren and spun out on the
formation lap, forcing him out of the race. The race

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has just got underway with New Zealand's Liam Lawson starting seventh,
moving up one spot after Piastre's crash. It was to
all late in the game moments ago between Auckland FC
and Perth Glory in Football's A League. Black Caps all
round A Glenn Phillips believes it's part of his side's
DNA to ignore the odds and just play cricket. Ahead

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of the T twenty World Cup final against hosts India
tomorrow morning, he said the two domestic systems and talent
pools available show cricket has many different pathways to success.
First ball is at huff past two in the morning.
That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to
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