Afternoon Edition: 12 April 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 12 April 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 talks edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, more than one thousand people have made a
chain around Nelson Hospital to day to demand funding for
better care. Nelson residents have gone hand in hand with
members of the Nurses Organization and other unions. They're appealing
to the government for more funding and a commitment to
building a new hospital so care can improve. NZED Nurses

(00:27):
Organization delegate Amanda Field says it was buzzing the atmosphere
and the huge turnout may have been closer to two
or three thousand. The rue Pehu community hopes Health New
Zealand will make good on its promise of a refurbished
health facility. Rupe who mayor Western Curtain, says the y
Merino Wellness Center has fallen into disrepair, but the agency

(00:48):
quietly shelved plans to do it up. Health Minister Simeon
Brown has since said he's committed to the i he
Health facility and work on it will be accelerated. Mister
Kurtin welcomes this and says the work is urgent, with
the current site not meeting the community's needs. The Family
and Sexual Violence Prevention Minister has announced a new partnership
to strength and Response in Auckland. Karen Schuer made a

(01:11):
speech at Nati par to Uraki in Auckland and says
Tipuna au Nui, the agency responsible for the government's approach
to domestic violence, is partnering with Maruwatiti Tepa aur Nui.
CEO Emma Powell says their goal is to make a difference.
Where are you going to be measuring? Is anyone better off?
Are we seeing fewer offenses, fewer victims As a result

(01:33):
of the work that we're doing. Police are being urged
to take a closer look at border controls rather than
the firearms Register. Five people who have been arrested across
Auckland after allegedly making three D printed firearms. Council of
Licensed Firearms Owner's spokesperson Hugh Devereux Max says while criminals
can print ninety percent of a gun, they still need

(01:53):
metal parts and legal firearms owners often get blamed as
being the source. Aren't coming from licensed firearms owners and
so we want to see them start focusing on the
other sources of criminal files which aren't us. That's news.
In Sport, Auckland, FC coach Steve Corricker believes there's plenty

(02:13):
left in the tank as they try to claim the
A League Football premiers Played. With four games remaining, the
Black Knights are three points clear of their nearest rivals
Melbourne City heading into tonight's contest away at Sydney FC.
Corker says it'll be a tough run home, but he's
confident his team can finish the regular season strongly.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
The fighting for something special that no one's ever done
in New Zealand. So you know, we've got a busy
couple of weeks in the next couple of weeks, both
with Sydney and Melbourne travels very important games for us
to try and get points out of both of them.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
The coach of the Blues Women, Willie Walker, believes super
rugby or peaky players need to be fully professional. The
final between his Blues and the South Island team Marty
II is being played tonight at Eden Park. That's sport.
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