April 17, 2026 • 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 17 April 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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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the seventeenth of April. Chris Luckson says
he's got the full support of his caucus as he
batted away leadership speculation in a defiant press conference. Multiple
sources within the party have told our newsroom Luxon didn't
respond to requests to meet with party whip Stewart Smith
(00:25):
and party president Sylvia Wood. The pair are understood to
have wanted to convey concerns from the caucus about Luckson's performance,
but Luckson says he's always available to both his MPs
and Wood. Sylvia and I've talked a lot over the
last few weeks.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
We talk a lot, as we have right from when
I became the leader of the National Party and you
do so.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
A construction expert is warning of them pending price hikes
in the sector, with no sign of fuel prices lowering
later stats. N Z data shows petrol prices rose almost
nineteen percent last month, diesel prices were up almost forty
three aut construction professor John Tuke says the war in
the Middle East has also taken out oil infrastructure, which
(01:07):
could take years to rebuild.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Trimit across the basket of products that we typically use
in the building industry are going to be absolutely hammered.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Kiwi Rail is defending itself from claims it's not doing
enough to help in the fuel crisis. Mainfreight's chief executive
has told irene Z he's frustrated with Kiwi Rail and
Auckland Transport. Jacob Jones reports.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Don Braid claims KiwiRail has not offered additional services to
help carry freight and he's calling on AT to allow
trucks to use bus lanes to improve congestion. Kihi Ral
says it has offered hundreds of carriages to help and
it's confident it can do more. AT has been approached
for comment.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
A Todonger, a former todong A City councilor, has been
charged with thirty five tax related offenses. Andrew Hollis is
accused of evading income tax and GST between two twenty
nineteen and twenty twenty four. He also faces charges of
providing false or misleading information to Inland Revenue. Its alleged
(02:09):
hod has obtained working for families tax credit payments he
wasn't entitled to is yet to enter a plea. The
warehouse and Warehouse Stationary are recalling sand products sold under
the Uni T brand name because of his bestoss detection.
It includes the Uni T sand art, Unicorn, Octopus, monkey
(02:29):
and dinosaur products. People are asked to rat the products
in a heavy duty plastic bag and return it to
any stores. An expensive river water monitoring system belonging to
Hawkes Bay Regional Council has been stolen. It was taken
from the Mohaka River monitoring site Adropanga on Sunday night
(02:49):
between are during cyclone Vayaru between ten and eleven. Joey
Dwyer has more the.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Site is critical during significant weather events to assess river
behaviour's flood risk and potential impacts on the community. Regional
Council chair Sophie Sears says stealing es central equipment during
a cyclone directly undermines their ability to keep community safe
and it puts lives at risk. Anyone with information is
being urged to contact police to sport.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
There'll be no public bailout for Mulwana Pacifica after the
struggling super rugby Pacific side announced this week that this
season would be their last the supercars are flying at
the Ruapuna Raceway as the inaugural Ossie Touring car event
gets under way in christ Church, and the International Cricket
Council's Anti Corruption Unit is investigating Canada's men's team, including
(03:41):
the Canada New Zealand match from the recent T twenty
World Cup in India. That is your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
the news Talk seed B Newsroom.
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the seventeenth of April. Chris Luckson says
he's got the full support of his caucus as he
batted away leadership speculation in a defiant press conference. Multiple
sources within the party have told our newsroom Luxon didn't
respond to requests to meet with party whip Stewart Smith
(00:25):
and party president Sylvia Wood. The pair are understood to
have wanted to convey concerns from the caucus about Luckson's performance,
but Luckson says he's always available to both his MPs
and Wood. Sylvia and I've talked a lot over the
last few weeks.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
We talk a lot, as we have right from when
I became the leader of the National Party and you
do so.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
A construction expert is warning of them pending price hikes
in the sector, with no sign of fuel prices lowering
later stats. N Z data shows petrol prices rose almost
nineteen percent last month, diesel prices were up almost forty
three aut construction professor John Tuke says the war in
the Middle East has also taken out oil infrastructure, which
(01:07):
could take years to rebuild.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Trimit across the basket of products that we typically use
in the building industry are going to be absolutely hammered.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Kiwi Rail is defending itself from claims it's not doing
enough to help in the fuel crisis. Mainfreight's chief executive
has told irene Z he's frustrated with Kiwi Rail and
Auckland Transport. Jacob Jones reports.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Don Braid claims KiwiRail has not offered additional services to
help carry freight and he's calling on AT to allow
trucks to use bus lanes to improve congestion. Kihi Ral
says it has offered hundreds of carriages to help and
it's confident it can do more. AT has been approached
for comment.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
A Todonger, a former todong A City councilor, has been
charged with thirty five tax related offenses. Andrew Hollis is
accused of evading income tax and GST between two twenty
nineteen and twenty twenty four. He also faces charges of
providing false or misleading information to Inland Revenue. Its alleged
(02:09):
hod has obtained working for families tax credit payments he
wasn't entitled to is yet to enter a plea. The
warehouse and Warehouse Stationary are recalling sand products sold under
the Uni T brand name because of his bestoss detection.
It includes the Uni T sand art, Unicorn, Octopus, monkey
(02:29):
and dinosaur products. People are asked to rat the products
in a heavy duty plastic bag and return it to
any stores. An expensive river water monitoring system belonging to
Hawkes Bay Regional Council has been stolen. It was taken
from the Mohaka River monitoring site Adropanga on Sunday night
(02:49):
between are during cyclone Vayaru between ten and eleven. Joey
Dwyer has more the.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Site is critical during significant weather events to assess river
behaviour's flood risk and potential impacts on the community. Regional
Council chair Sophie Sears says stealing es central equipment during
a cyclone directly undermines their ability to keep community safe
and it puts lives at risk. Anyone with information is
being urged to contact police to sport.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
There'll be no public bailout for Mulwana Pacifica after the
struggling super rugby Pacific side announced this week that this
season would be their last the supercars are flying at
the Ruapuna Raceway as the inaugural Ossie Touring car event
gets under way in christ Church, and the International Cricket
Council's Anti Corruption Unit is investigating Canada's men's team, including
(03:41):
the Canada New Zealand match from the recent T twenty
World Cup in India. That is your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
the news Talk seed B Newsroom.
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