Midday Edition: 10 May 2026

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 10 May 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):
From the news Talk Sedby Newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is Newsfix. In this update, those on board the
hantavirus cruise ship will need to quarantine for up to
six weeks once they return home. The vessel is nearing
Spain's Canary Islands and expected to port at ten Reefs
sometime this evening. There are six confirmed cases linked to
the cruise ship and three deaths, but the World Health
Organization's reassuring residents on the Spanish island their risk of

(00:28):
infection is low. Seeing in correspondent to Melissa Belle, who's
in the Canary Island, says different countries have different protocols
on how to deal with the passengers.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
We understand that the United States, for instance, will be
taking back there are citizens on a special plane to Nebraska,
the United Kingdom in artistand taking them to a hospital
near Liverpool. Similarly, in Spain they'll be taken to a
military hospital in Madrid.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Taranaki set for much needed improvement to flood forecasting. The
regional councils investing between one hundred and ninety thousand and
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to develop a set
of tools to give better warning times, limit damage and
save lives. Rivers manager Chris Vickers says it's good news
for those living and working in the area, as the
rivers are well known to rise quickly.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
These new tools will allow us to use rainfall data
and aw to predict what these clothes might look like
days in advance.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Today's tax freedom Day in New Zealand, with kiwis paying
five days less tax than last year. The dates worked
out by calculating the government's total tax take as a
portion of annual GDP and marking the theoretical point in
the year where the country pays off its tax bill.
Baker Tilly Tax director Mike Rudd says the earlier date
is largely down to the economy. Small businesses aren't satisfied

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with the coalition for the second year, but a majority
would still vote for them. A yearly NYOB poll of
small and medium business owners shows those unhappy with the
government's performance outnumbers support by two percent. Higher costs and
insurance overhead of pushing this, but NYOB spokesperson Anna Louise

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Hoffman says nationals still leading the way.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
We've also seen a slight rise and the proportion who
intend to vote for labor this time and also in
appearance from the Opportunities Party.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
That's news In Sport Auckland FC aren't phased by having
to win an Adelaide to make the A League Grand Final.
The Black Knights are deadlocked at one all after the
first league of the two league semifinal. Coach Steve Corricers
says they haven't lost in their previous two matches in Adelaide,
and this sort of high stakes game is what the
players live for, regardless of where they're playing hostile.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Who cares? You know, that's the pressures on that to
go and win the game.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
In the NBA Basketball Semifinals, the Cavaliers have beaten Detroit
one hundred and sixteen to one hundred and nine in
Cleveland to cut the Pistons lead to two to one.
In the Eastern Conference series. The Lakers will be striving
to cut into the Thunder's two nil lead in the
West when they hit the I taught in Los Angeles
this afternoon. That's Sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,

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