Afternoon Edition: 10 May 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 10 May 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 Zebby newsroom. This is Newsfix. In
this update, medical teams awaiting at Spain's Canary Islands, where
the cruise ship tied to Hunter Virus will anchor. The
vessel is set to arrive off Tenerief tonight and passengers
will be tested then flown back to their countries. The
World Health Organization says three deaths and six cases have
been linked to the ship, but there are no symptomatic

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passengers currently on board. Epidemiologist doctor syrah Madodd told the
BBC the risk for the public is low with crews
on site working to contain the virus.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
It's a remote location and they emphasize all the key
points in terms of the process that's going to be
taking place in terms of the embarded process as well
the repatriation.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
A boost to flood planning in the Taranaki region thanks
to a new Council funded forecasting tool. They're looking to
improve response times near the flood pro northern waterways of
the Waiitara and the Waiwakai ho rivers, which are known
to rise quickly. Rivers Manager Chris Vickers says that they
can predict about three or four hours ahead at the moment,
but new technology could change that to several days. Mister

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Vickers says if they know what's coming through forecasting data,
they'll have more time to prepare, especially over a weekend
or a holiday period. An increasing need for aid funding
in Somalia with ours about to end. Save the Children
says Somalia is on the brink of another famine, as
aid funding slashed fifteen percent from fifty eight percent two
years ago. New Zealand's provided over eight hundred thousand dollars

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since twenty twenty three, but that ends next month. Country
CEO Heather Campbell says more money is needed. We've seen
over three hundred clinics have been closed just in the
past year that used to treat malnourished children, and the
ones that are open are often open only one or
two days a week. This is the final Mother's Day
for Hawks Bay's largest flower supplier, closing after six decades

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in operation. Flowerland and Clive has supplied some thirty florists
across the East Coast and central North Island from their
more than twenty glasshouses and a shop open to the public.
Owners Dick and Joe Tripp, are retiring. That's news. In sport,
the Wellington Phoenix and Brisbane Row have gone through extra
time in their A League Football semifinal. The Phoenix scored

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a first half goal in the second leg to beat
three nil in front on the day and pull ahead
at three to two on aggregate, which is how the
score remained moments ago. The Los Angeles Lakers NBA seasons
hanging by a thread and the Western Conference semifinals. The
Lakers have been beaten one hundred and thirty one to
one hundred and eight by the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma

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City Thunder in Game three, with the Thunder now three
nil up. The Melbourne Storm led the West Tigers twenty
to four moments ago in the first half of their
NRL game. The Stars led the Tactics twelve eleven in
the second quarter of their A and Z Netball Premiership
match in Christchurch. That's Sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,

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