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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news Fix, four Thursday, the fourteenth of May. The Health
Minister has fought back tears this morning while announcing funding
for children's palliative care. It's been announced that Budget twenty
twenty six will include fifteen point five million dollars new
spending over four years for a national pediatric paliative care service.
(00:25):
Health end Z currently has just one specialist physician based
in Auckland. Simeon Brown says he's determined to change that.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
This budget has required careful choices but supporting families through
some of the most challenging times they will ever face
as exactly why those choices matter.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Meanwhile, the Finance Minister is defending public sector job cuts
ahead of this month's budget. The government's cut its operating
allowance by another three hundred million dollars to two point
one billion dollars. The public service has been cut by
four point six percent since the Coalition came into office.
Nikola Willis says the drop is smaller than it would
(01:02):
be if more roles hadn't been created in corrections and
ordering a toomody kere of.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Those frontline service delivery roles have increased, but equally when
you break it down into those policy roles, those admin roles,
those bureaucratic roles, those numbers have produced.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Chris Hipkins says he's willing to work with his political
opponents to achieve the best for Auckland. The Labour leader
has been addressing a Committee for Auckland Business event outlining
why Labour is the best party for the country's largest city.
He says Auckland has been going backwards on many economic indicators.
But Hipkins says a Labor government won't just scrap policies
(01:40):
for the sake of it, will be aiming to work
with Auckland, not impose on Auckland. And yes, we must
work across the political aisle. High stakes for Taiwan. As
the presidents of the US and China meet in Beijing,
Donald Trump and Shijingping are discussing the Iran war trade
(02:00):
and US arm sales to Taiwan. There are concerns in
Taiwan the US could soften its stance on the island's independence.
Former Washington Post to Asia editor and A. Fifield says
China wants control of Taiwan and is running military drills
on ways to strangle it.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
Economically, Taiwan makes more than ninety percent of the world's
most advanced semiconductors, ones that no other countries can make,
so if those were blocked off, it would be a
much bigger impact than the current blockade. In the straight
of Hall.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Moves, landslide damage claims are outstripping any others made to
the Natural Hazards Commission. It's received almost thirteen thousand claims
from landslides in the past five years, rising ten thousand
and five years. Commission CEO Tina Mitchell says they're sudden
and more frequent, so being prepared is important.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Really getting to.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Know your property and how it responds to a reign.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Then study your.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Insurance so you know where it starts and finishes and
where any gets might be.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
That way you can make to plan to sport. The
All Whites World Cup squad has been named Auckland FC
are represented by Michael Voud, Callen Elliott Jesse Randall, Francis
D Vrees and Nando pinekeup the Wellington Phoenix supply Alex Rufer,
Tim Payne and Supret Singh Warriors playmaker Luke Metcar for
(03:20):
Pears poise to sort his future at another NRL club
by the end of the week. He's reportedly met with
the Dragons and Bulldogs. Meanwhile, the competition's Magic Round will
remain in Brisbane until twenty thirty two, the same year
the city hosts the Olympics. I'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.
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