Afternoon Edition: 11 May 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 11 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):
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This says your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the eleventh of May. The government switching
up its fuel response plan after consultation. The Prime Minister
says the previous four phased approach to prioritizing fuel was
too complicated. Chris Luckson says they've been told prioritization should

(00:22):
be a last resort and user bands have been moved
from Phase three to Phase four. Phase three will instead
focus more heavily on supply leavers such as releasing our
strategic diesel reserve, and demand reduction actions such as increasing
public transport capacity. Finance Minister Nikola Willis says Phase four
will only be triggered by severe or prolonged fuel supplied disruption.

(00:45):
She says it would ensure one hundred percent fuel access
for critical services like healthcare and lists other priorities.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Slightly reduced access for food and freight, and further adjusted
access for other organizations and limits for general public use.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Maria Mayor no Carpaknyi says now it's the right time
to split from t part de Marii. She started a
Tetai Torkodo party, named after the seat she's aiming to
win again this year. Cappakinghi was expelled from Tapartu Marii
but reinstated after a judge ruled it was unlawful. She
has told the Hue conditions she wanted weren't.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Met what I asked for, which has been a consistent
position from De tait Is. The change of leadership, the
rein statement of De Taitoa Doc Carcutterferis and public apologies
to party. Mardi has confirmed it all run a candidate
in all seven Marii electorates a warning to beware of
fake photos after a scammer impersonating a retired US general

(01:48):
dupe to a sixty nine year old Dunedin woman out
of eight hundred thousand dollars. The ODT reports over five years,
the woman sent vouchers and transferred bitcoin and money she
believed he was in New Zealand because of adopted photos
showing General James Amos with a South Island mayor at

(02:08):
a local hospital.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Concerns the government's falling short on cybersecurity spending. Internal affairs
data released to news Talk ZB shows forty seven agency
spent more than one hundred and sixty nine million dollars
last year, a rise of more than two percent on
twenty twenty four. In the years before it went up
about twenty two and eighty two percent. Open Access consultant

(02:33):
Color McManamon says the recent lift is less than inflation
when security is crucial.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
Some of the latest AI models, like Anthropics Claude Mythos,
is now considered so dangerous they're not releasing it to
the public immediately. So as time goes on, we're going
to see more and more automated attacks.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Two Sport Chiefs lock Josh Lord is symptom free after
being removed with a head knock during the win over
the Reds. He's in the concussion protocols ahead of Friday's
game against the Highlanders. Nathan Cleary has extended his lead
in the Dallym standings to seven points after a standout
performance in the NRL went over the Raiders. The Minnesota

(03:13):
Timberwolves have leveled their NBA Western Conference Semifinal series against
the San Antonio Spurs at two wall the Timberwolves one
game four, one fourteen to one oh nine. That is
your latest news fix. We'll be back with another update
for you tomorrow morning. From the News talk zb news Room,