Afternoon Edition: 16 May 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 16 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 newsfex. In
this update, the government says its new secondary school qualifications
are rigorous and aspirational. The replacement certificates for NCEEA will
require senior students to pass three out of five subjects
each year that will also be marked a plus to
E and need a compulsory Literature and Numeracy Foundation Award.

(00:25):
Education Minister Ericas Stanford says this reward's hard work and
sets up students for the future have.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Been developed by subject experts, heads of departments from schools
across New Zealand, benchmark internationally and aligned with tertiary and
industry expectations.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Locals in Pegasus, north of christ Church, are shocked that
their town's golf course will be used for housing. The
eighteen whole course has been bought by developer Wolfbrook Property,
who plan to build homes. The course went into liquidation
and closed in March, but locals had still been playing there,
paying for a greenkeeper. Pegasus Residence Group president Matt James

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says they thought whoever bought it would keep it as
a golf course. The United States President is adamant the
war on Iran is worth the squeeze of higher oil
prices so long as Tehran does not have nuclear weapons.
President Trump's return to Washington from Beijing after meeting Chinese
President Shi Jimping, but did not ask for help in
reopening the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump says it's a

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matter of short term pain for long term gain, because
we want to start the threat of being blown to
pieces by a lunatic using nuclear weapons. A reminder for
Aucklanders to turn their lights off at night to help
Cook's petrels. The seabirds are currently making an annual journey
between breeding grounds and the ocean. Sea life Kelly Tartan's
Kiara Martina Lennet says the petrels are being drawn off

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course by the city's brightness, becoming stranded on streets and
even construction sites. Miss Lennard says, led lights at night
are a lot brighter than what the petrels are used to.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Imagine tiny little populations of these little birdies, and they're
just completely strong.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
All of this that's news. In Sport, Hurricanes halfback ere
Nare says he gets just as excited as the fans
when he sees a flowing back line moving from his
teammates in yellow. Nare has the reins of the Hurricanes
attack against the Blues tonight with Cam roy Guard injured,
He's looking forward to unleashing the form attack of the competition.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
We really hride ourselves on expressing our individual talents but
being able to contain that within our shape. There's an
exciting license that we've got as becks in this team
to be able to express ourselves. Once we break down defenses,
then we can start to show a bit of flavoring.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
The Detroit Pistons have dominated the Cleveland Cavaliers one hundred
and fifteen to ninety four in Game six in their
Eastern Conference semifinal, tied three all, and the San Antonio
Spurs have beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves, advancing to the Western
Conference Finals. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,

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