April 8, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 09 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news Fix. Four Thursday, the ninth of April. The US
Vice President says all signs point to the Strait of
Hormuz being opened, despite Iran insisting otherwise. Iran says it's
closed the contested shipping route because of Israel's continued large
scale attacks on Lebanon, which have killed more than two
(00:23):
hundred and fifty people. America says Lebanon was never part
of yesterday's two week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran.
Jd Vance says traffic's already increased through the strait and
he expects more to be let through soon. The deal
is a ceasefire, a negotiation. That's what we give and
what they give is the straits are going to be reopened.
(00:44):
If we don't see that happening.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
The President is not going to abide by our terms
if the Uranians are not abiding by their terms.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Economists are revising forecasts on the back of the Reserve
Bank's hawkish tone heading into yesterday's ocr announcement. ASB economists
expected the bank to hold it at two point twenty
five percent until December. They now expect hikes in September
and December, then two more in next year's first half.
Shaw and Partners director Andrew Kelliher says the Central Bank's
(01:13):
being clear it'll aack decisively if needed. They referred to
being vigilant about Second Round effects that they really hammered
this home ere Chathams is reassuring all impacted travelers will
be put on same day flights as it cuts several
North Island services amid soaring fuel prices. From April twenty
the airline set to acts about forty five percent of
(01:35):
weekly flights into Fakatane, twenty two percent into Huanganui and
ten percent into company. It'll maintain its Chatham schedule. CEO
Dwayne m and E says the cuts are temporary and
customers on canceled flights will be reaccommodated fast. The fact
that we're not just sitting on our hands at where
she's doing something proactively to make sure that we can
(01:56):
be viable into the future is really important. Fuel company
es NPD and GULL are trying to address Commerce Commission concerns.
Its proposed mega merger could reduce competition. It would combine
teams supply chains and two hundred and forty sites forming
Astra Energy. Lachlan Rennie has more.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The company submitted to the Commission, highlighting it will have
less than twenty percent of retail fuel sites nationally, falling
below the watchdog's own competition tests. It also notes that
companies will overlap and fewer than twenty locations, and the
combined supply chain scale will reduce costs, meaning lower pump prices.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Tough reading. In the latest report on our fresh water,
the Ministry for the Environment report, which is released every
three years, shows e coali was detected at least once
in forty five percent of the groundwater sites that it monitors.
It also found sixty three percent of New Zealand's lakes
had poor or very poor health. Ministry Chief Science Advisor
(02:56):
doctor Allison Collins says New Zealanders have a strong connection
to the water, so people like to be able to
swim in rivers. They like to have that sense of
being able to enjoy the outdoor environment. I think it
will see of consent to people to sport. Two nil
wins for Paris San Germain and Athletico Madrid over Liverpool
and Barcelona respectively in their champions League football quarter final
(03:17):
first leg ties good and historically bad news for English
golfer Aaron Rye at the Masters with his par three
warm up contest win. No one who has triumphed at
the abridged competition has claimed the seventy two whole tournament
in the same year, and Gujarats have beaten hosts at
Delhi by one run to get off the mark after
(03:38):
three games. And Crickets Indian Premier League. I'm Malcolm Jordan.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news Fix. Four Thursday, the ninth of April. The US
Vice President says all signs point to the Strait of
Hormuz being opened, despite Iran insisting otherwise. Iran says it's
closed the contested shipping route because of Israel's continued large
scale attacks on Lebanon, which have killed more than two
(00:23):
hundred and fifty people. America says Lebanon was never part
of yesterday's two week ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran.
Jd Vance says traffic's already increased through the strait and
he expects more to be let through soon. The deal
is a ceasefire, a negotiation. That's what we give and
what they give is the straits are going to be reopened.
(00:44):
If we don't see that happening.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
The President is not going to abide by our terms
if the Uranians are not abiding by their terms.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Economists are revising forecasts on the back of the Reserve
Bank's hawkish tone heading into yesterday's ocr announcement. ASB economists
expected the bank to hold it at two point twenty
five percent until December. They now expect hikes in September
and December, then two more in next year's first half.
Shaw and Partners director Andrew Kelliher says the Central Bank's
(01:13):
being clear it'll aack decisively if needed. They referred to
being vigilant about Second Round effects that they really hammered
this home ere Chathams is reassuring all impacted travelers will
be put on same day flights as it cuts several
North Island services amid soaring fuel prices. From April twenty
the airline set to acts about forty five percent of
(01:35):
weekly flights into Fakatane, twenty two percent into Huanganui and
ten percent into company. It'll maintain its Chatham schedule. CEO
Dwayne m and E says the cuts are temporary and
customers on canceled flights will be reaccommodated fast. The fact
that we're not just sitting on our hands at where
she's doing something proactively to make sure that we can
(01:56):
be viable into the future is really important. Fuel company
es NPD and GULL are trying to address Commerce Commission concerns.
Its proposed mega merger could reduce competition. It would combine
teams supply chains and two hundred and forty sites forming
Astra Energy. Lachlan Rennie has more.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The company submitted to the Commission, highlighting it will have
less than twenty percent of retail fuel sites nationally, falling
below the watchdog's own competition tests. It also notes that
companies will overlap and fewer than twenty locations, and the
combined supply chain scale will reduce costs, meaning lower pump prices.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Tough reading. In the latest report on our fresh water,
the Ministry for the Environment report, which is released every
three years, shows e coali was detected at least once
in forty five percent of the groundwater sites that it monitors.
It also found sixty three percent of New Zealand's lakes
had poor or very poor health. Ministry Chief Science Advisor
(02:56):
doctor Allison Collins says New Zealanders have a strong connection
to the water, so people like to be able to
swim in rivers. They like to have that sense of
being able to enjoy the outdoor environment. I think it
will see of consent to people to sport. Two nil
wins for Paris San Germain and Athletico Madrid over Liverpool
and Barcelona respectively in their champions League football quarter final
(03:17):
first leg ties good and historically bad news for English
golfer Aaron Rye at the Masters with his par three
warm up contest win. No one who has triumphed at
the abridged competition has claimed the seventy two whole tournament
in the same year, and Gujarats have beaten hosts at
Delhi by one run to get off the mark after
(03:38):
three games. And Crickets Indian Premier League. I'm Malcolm Jordan.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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