Midday Edition: 02 May 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 02 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday news.
Thanks for Friday, the second of May. Wellingtonians have been
left with a cleanup after yesterday's wild weather. Fire and
emergency have reported roofs lifted and trees fallen over the
extreme winds and rains are continuing today but our forecast
at ease. New Zealand Herald reporter Melissa Nightingale is in

(00:25):
Lower Hut and says streets are closed and there's debris
on the roads.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
I am seeing surface flooding, branches and some trees down.
Some fences have flowing over, rubbish thrown around because it
was rubbish collection day yesterday.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Meanwhile, there's concern about a one hundred meter long crack
spotted along a road in Acaroa on Banks Peninsula. Contractors
are out checking roads, flooding and slips. As christ Church
and Selwyn District remain under a state of emergency. Residents
of a newly built Lyttleton home were evacuated due to
a slip. Three homes were cleared out due to the

(01:00):
threat of a slip in Acaroa. State Highway seventy five
remains closed until Lake Forsyth can be safely opened to
the sea, isolating banks Peninsula. Christ Church mayor Film Major
told news talks at b Canterbury Mornings the state of
emergency is likely to be in place until at least
next week. There's still a lot of water running off
the hills down into the retention Patient and City Defense

(01:23):
Controller and Columbus says they're closely monitoring the Heathkeet catchments.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
We are hoping that people will start to see those
waters are receding particular river, but the will be fluctuation.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Police are encouraging a driver to turn himself in after
a fatal two vehicle crash in Auckland's bell Moral last night.
The crash propelled one vehicle into a restaurant's storefront and
the driver ran from the scene. One person was found
dead in the other vehicle, with a passenger in critical condition.
The crash occurred on Dominion Road near Whidawmoose Street just

(01:55):
after one am. Today's the last day for submitting feedback
on how to improve health services for terminally ill children.
Health New Zealand's been reviewing its pediatric palliative care and
is looking at developing a national service. Claudia O'Neill reports.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
New Zealand's open to building on existing services, setting up
two hubs, one in the North Island and the other
in the South Island, or developing four hubs across the country.
The move follows on from recent revelations of significant workforce gaps.
In March, New Zealand's only publicly funded pediatric palliative care
specialist went on leave, majorly affecting patient's ability to access medication.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Police are investigating two separate reports of two men threatening
people with firearms in the Far North. They were alerted
to a pair making demands towards a parked vehicle just
south of Kawakawa Township after at nine pm p LISE
say they're also investigating reports of two men making threats
towards and assaulting the occupant of a Kaikoi property around

(02:54):
two hours later. They don't believe the events are random.
A new trend among young people has triggered a response
from an Auckland brain injury charity. The run at Straight challenge,
essentially two people charging at each other in full speed collisions,
is gaining popularity in schools. Headway CEO Stacy Mowbray says
they're disappointed to see well known sports figures participating in

(03:18):
the trend to sport. Another overhaul of the World seven
Series to put a stop to escalating costs. From next season,
the circuit will be split into three divisions, with just
eight teams each in the men's and women's top flight
across six regular season tournaments. Here we ref Ben O'Keefe.
We'll have the whistle for the first Wallabies British and

(03:40):
Irish Lions test at Suncorp Stadium on July nineteenth. And
Nottingham Forest's Champions League hopes have been dealt a blow
at the hands of Brentford. The Bees have taken a
two mier win at Forest. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
latest news fix. Will be back with the next update
at five pm from the news Talk ZB newsroom.