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May 24, 2025 2 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 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):
From the News talks edby Newsroom This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, Chris Hipkins says the government's worried about the
Labor Party and the possibility it'll have only one term
in office. He's given a speech to party members in
Wellington today where he blasted the budget and promised Labour
would do much better. The leader of the opposition says
his party will prioritize health, homes and jobs as it

(00:26):
heads into next year's election.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
We've got some work to do as the Labor Party
to make sure that we earn their trust and that
we earn their vote at the next election. We've already
made a very good start on that. We know we've
got more work to do and we're not wasting a
single day.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Fire and emergency crews in New Zealand are preparing to
meet any formal request from New South Wales authorities to
help with the floods. The current death toll in the
flooding is five. The National Coordination Centers assessing what resources
it has available in case the request is made. A
breakthrough discovery from New Zealand scientists Auckland University researchers covered

(01:00):
how daylight works with our cells to fight infections. They
studied fish who share a cell with humans and learned
that things swing into action to fight bacteria once in
contact with light. The cell naturerphills has a circadian clock
that alerts it to daylight. Associate Professor Christopher Hall says
these are the first immune cells to be taken to

(01:21):
sites of inflammation.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
That discovery really reinforces the idea that maintaining her robust
and sinal body cloth or regular light exposure really supports
the healthy immune system.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Music icon Freddy Mercury had a fifteen year old child
when he passed away. A new book is revealed the
Queen frontman had a secret daughter from an affair with
a friend's wife. Her existence was kept a secret by
his inner circle, including by his bandmates. Freddie Mercury's daughter
has not shared her identity, but says they had a
close relationship from the moment she was born until Mercury

(01:53):
died from an age related illness in nineteen ninety nine.
That's news in Sport Auckland FC is striving for a
fast start in this Evening's A League football semi final

(02:14):
return leg with Melbourne victory at Mount Smart. The Black
Knights take a one goal advantage into the match. Coach
Steve Corrica says a week half ahead of the first
leg meant they were a bit rusty, but he doesn't
expect that to be the case tonight.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
First fifteen minutes we were probably a little bit slow
to get to balls, but we had enough numbers around
the ball which helped. And we saw that period out
and you know, we want to start the opposite now.
We want to start on the front foot. We're at home.
We want to take it to them straight away and
hopefully get another goal.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Kickoffs coming up at six. In ice hockey, the Edmonton
Oilers have leveled their NHL Western Conference Finals series against
the Dallas Stars at one all with a three nil
win in Game two on the road. That's Sport. I'm
Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to News Talk said
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