Midday Edition: 12 April 2026

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 12 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
From the news Talk Zamby newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is Newsfax. In this update, thousands of people are
without power across the North Island, with Cyclone Vanu set
to maitlandfall today. The entire North Island is under either
a heavy rain watch, strong wind warning or heavy rain warning,
including red wind warnings stretching the east coast from Great
Barrier Island the Coramandel Bay of Plenty to Rota Ruer

(00:27):
in the South Island. There's also an Orange heavy rain
warning for eastern Marlborough. Wind and rain picked up in
the North and from the east overnight, with severe conditions
expected to last through today. Met Service meteorologists Clare O'Connor
says the system will shift as it travels down the island.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
What we're going to be noting today is a switch
around of the surrection of the weather from winds and
sort of rain coming from the east, two more coming
from the west.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
A Met Service meteorologist John Norris says, Vanna, who is
hanging around the east of Great Barrier Island and still
yet to make contact.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
It's running down that eastern coast of the Coromandel and
it's set to move on shore as we head through
towards the afternoon around the lakes of the Baar Plenty.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
It pushed four New Zealand post to return to the
old and allow posters to redirect mail to intended addresses
if they know where it is. A twenty twenty four
return descend a policy instructs employees to intercept and return
mail sent to the street address of po box or
private bag holders. The Postal Workers' Union says tens of
thousands of deliveries, including to hospitals, have been impacted despite

(01:35):
posts understanding where they're meant to go. President John Maynard
says while some posters are rule followers, many are already
doing what they believe is right.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
There's another group of posters who just to fire it
anyway and quietly organized to deliver the mail in the
shops and offices as they go.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Part that's news. In sport, Golf Masters is no longer
a foregone conclusion. Defending chance Rory McElroy has seen his
record six shot lead gobbled up on day three and
he's now even with American Cameron Young at eleven underpar
Coach Andrew Webster hopes the Warrior's statement win over the

(02:11):
storm in Melbourne is a springboard to a stellar NRL season.
The Wires have snapped a seventeen match losing streak against
the Storm and Webster hopes it's a sign of great
things to come.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
We've got high standards. We want to win every week.
We should certainly leave you with confidence that when we
play the game that we want to play, in the
style we want to play, and turn up for each
other like that and have you mates back, then we're
going to get what we want most.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Often that sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen
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