Midday Edition: 06 March 2026

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 06 March 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news Fix. Four Friday, the sixth of March. Nikola Willis
says a new poll expected to put National at twenty
eight percent would be unacceptable if it was an election result.
Our newsroom understands the Taxpayers Union set to release a
poll tip to show the National Party only a couple
of points above its disastrous twenty twenty election wipeout. Deputy

(00:27):
Leader Nikola Willis says, if the reported number is accurate,
it's obviously not a good figure.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
We have to do better than that and we need
to look at that number and consider what New Zealanders
are saying and what they're thinking.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Not good but not the end of the world, is
how Winston Peters describes the new poll. The New Zealand
First leader says it won't affect who he'll be willing
to work with. He told Ryan Bridge there's a lot
he still wants to get done.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
The scupy was being saved from being a Miyama or
Venezuela in twenty twenty three, and that mission is still required,
make no bones about that.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
TV and Z is crediting its digital strategy for helping
it weather the tides of economic and market turmoil. The
broadcast has unveiled a two point four million dollar net
profit for the second half of last year and a
one point six million dollar divity into the Crown. Claudia
O'Neill has more TV.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
And Z says its offset of twelve percent drop in
total revenue from the prior corresponding period with cost management
and investment in digital advertising. Its new co viewing measurement
tool can distinguish between someone streaming alone and a household
watching together. Digital now makes up thirty percent of total
advertising revenue.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
US President Donald Trump is continuing to tout the success
of joint US Israeli action against Iran. The death toll
in Iran has reached more than twelve hundred. Iran is
also continuing to fire missiles at surrounding Gulf countries. Trump
says Iran's military, air force, and navy have been greatly
reduced and it has very little left. He says, Aran

(02:02):
is calling to negotiate peace, but he's not interested at
the moment.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
They're they're saying, how do we make a deal.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
I said, you're being a little bit late, and we
want to fight now. More than they do momentums building
for stronger online safety rules. Following a parliamentary inquiry, a
Select Committee endorses a social media ban for under sixteens
and calls for an online regulator and tougher controls on
harmful apps and algorithms. However, act in the Greens aren't

(02:30):
fully on board. Nationals lead MP on the committee, Carl
Bates told Mike Costing this gives the government a platform
to move forward with policy.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
There is now the opportunity for Minister Stanford to take
the recommendations into the consideration of the work that she's
doing is the lead minister, and respond on what actions
we can take to further this work.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
An early Christmas present for Guns and Roses fans that
they return to Eden Park on December seventeen, is part
of their World tour to sport if the threat of
a shock relegation of shock relegation continues to increase for
Tottenham Hotspur in football's Premier League, they've suffered a fifth
straight defeat, this time losing three to one at home

(03:11):
to Crystal Palace despite taking a one nill lead midway
through the first half. Two time World Cup winner and
former Chiefs midfielder Sonny Bill Williams is the latest to
offer a glowing endorsement for new All Blacks coach Dave
Rennie and golfer Ryan Fox has carded a four under
par opening round to be near the top of the
leaderboard at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour

(03:35):
in Florida. H'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk zb newsroom.