May 12, 2025 • 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 12 May 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twelfth of May. Education Minister Ericus
Stanford's announced a one hundred million dollar boost for primary
and intermediate maths education. The money's allocated from budget twenty
twenty five over four years. He's senior political reporter Sophie Trigger.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
The funds include four million to check each child's math
skill in their first two years of school to identify
those who are struggling rolled out. From next year, fifty
six million will go towards funding one hundred and forty
three new full time maths intervention teachers, while the remaining
forty million funds targeted small group tutoring for up to
thirty four thousand, year seven and eight students.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Stanford says giving students strong math skills sets them up
for NCEEA and beyond. The country's second most powerful cop
is quit before he could be dismissed. Deputy Police Commissioner
Jevan mcskimming has been suspen aimed it since December. Political
reporter Azaria Howell has more.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
The police minister says a process was already under way
for Chris Luxen to consider recommending Mcskimming's immediate removal, but
Mark Mitchell says after further serious allegations, he's now told
the Public Service Commission to remove the deputy Police commissioner.
When invited to respond, Mcskimming quit. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers
(01:26):
says a criminal investigations continuing not affected by the resignation.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Waikato Police have confirmed a child died when an all
terrain vehicle crashed yesterday afternoon on a private cutter pedal property.
Two other children who were flown to hospital are in
a stable condition. An overwhelming majority of freight drivers are
worried about safety on the roads. A survey by Transporting
(01:51):
end Zs revealed seventy eight percent of respondents want more
purpose designed driver rest stops. More than half indicated up
to a quarter of dvers would retire or leave the
industry in the next five years. Policy and advocacy head
Billy Clemens says a huge ninety three percent degree undercooked
road maintenance is putting drivers at risk entailgators or not
(02:14):
being able to pull over safely and with see some incidences.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Of driver frustration just when the roading network isn't up.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
To it The Immigration ministers defending excluding Chinese investment programs
from the Golden Visa scheme. The government's upgraded the Active
Investor Plus visa to encourage growth and make investing in
New Zealand more attractive. Two Chinese investment programs, Qualified Domestic
Institutional Investor and Qualified Domestic Limited Partner don't meet immigration requirements.
(02:45):
Erica Stanford says it's not anti Chinese.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
If you have to repatriate your money like through the
QDII or the QTLPED, you are not the investor that
we are looking for. We want people who are here
with their money long term.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
To sport and the feeling of a man Aiden PGA
tour win is still sinking in for Ryan Fox. A
playoff victory at the Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina
makes the thirty eight year old just the ninth Kiwe
to win on the tour. The Hurricanes are close to
having a full compliment restored at training after around half
(03:18):
the squad picked up COVID nineteen during their bye week.
In Super Rugby, the Stars are discussing how to restock
their bench after having three players stretched off in their
opening A and Z Premiership lost to the mystics in Auckland.
And that's your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk z
(03:39):
B newsroom.
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twelfth of May. Education Minister Ericus
Stanford's announced a one hundred million dollar boost for primary
and intermediate maths education. The money's allocated from budget twenty
twenty five over four years. He's senior political reporter Sophie Trigger.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
The funds include four million to check each child's math
skill in their first two years of school to identify
those who are struggling rolled out. From next year, fifty
six million will go towards funding one hundred and forty
three new full time maths intervention teachers, while the remaining
forty million funds targeted small group tutoring for up to
thirty four thousand, year seven and eight students.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Stanford says giving students strong math skills sets them up
for NCEEA and beyond. The country's second most powerful cop
is quit before he could be dismissed. Deputy Police Commissioner
Jevan mcskimming has been suspen aimed it since December. Political
reporter Azaria Howell has more.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
The police minister says a process was already under way
for Chris Luxen to consider recommending Mcskimming's immediate removal, but
Mark Mitchell says after further serious allegations, he's now told
the Public Service Commission to remove the deputy Police commissioner.
When invited to respond, Mcskimming quit. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers
(01:26):
says a criminal investigations continuing not affected by the resignation.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Waikato Police have confirmed a child died when an all
terrain vehicle crashed yesterday afternoon on a private cutter pedal property.
Two other children who were flown to hospital are in
a stable condition. An overwhelming majority of freight drivers are
worried about safety on the roads. A survey by Transporting
(01:51):
end Zs revealed seventy eight percent of respondents want more
purpose designed driver rest stops. More than half indicated up
to a quarter of dvers would retire or leave the
industry in the next five years. Policy and advocacy head
Billy Clemens says a huge ninety three percent degree undercooked
road maintenance is putting drivers at risk entailgators or not
(02:14):
being able to pull over safely and with see some incidences.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Of driver frustration just when the roading network isn't up.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
To it The Immigration ministers defending excluding Chinese investment programs
from the Golden Visa scheme. The government's upgraded the Active
Investor Plus visa to encourage growth and make investing in
New Zealand more attractive. Two Chinese investment programs, Qualified Domestic
Institutional Investor and Qualified Domestic Limited Partner don't meet immigration requirements.
(02:45):
Erica Stanford says it's not anti Chinese.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
If you have to repatriate your money like through the
QDII or the QTLPED, you are not the investor that
we are looking for. We want people who are here
with their money long term.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
To sport and the feeling of a man Aiden PGA
tour win is still sinking in for Ryan Fox. A
playoff victory at the Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina
makes the thirty eight year old just the ninth Kiwe
to win on the tour. The Hurricanes are close to
having a full compliment restored at training after around half
(03:18):
the squad picked up COVID nineteen during their bye week.
In Super Rugby, the Stars are discussing how to restock
their bench after having three players stretched off in their
opening A and Z Premiership lost to the mystics in Auckland.
And that's your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk z
(03:39):
B newsroom.
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