April 15, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 16 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 Facts four Thursday, the sixteenth of April. Pakistan is
trying to convince Iran to join the US at the
negotiating table as the situation at sea remains fraught. Iran
is threatening to block the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and
the Sea of Amman in response to the US Navy
obstructing sea trade. Top Pakistani negotiators have met with Iranian
(00:26):
diplomats and Tehran to nudge them closer to Washington's position. Meanwhile,
Donald Trump has told Fox Business the wars close to over.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
If I pulled up stakes right now, it will take
them twenty years to rebuild that country, and we're not finished.
We'll see what happens. I think they want to make
it deal very badly.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
New BBC analysis shows more than a dozen vessels have
passed through the Strait of Horn Moves in the past
two days, most loyal to Iran. Australia's Geelong oil refinery
is engulfed in flames after a fire broke out overnight.
The facility in southwest Melbourne is one of two remaining
in the country, supplying ten percent of its fuel all
(01:05):
staff are accounted for, but the fire is still not
under control. Fire Rescue Victoria Assistant Chief Michael McGinnis says
the blaze started in the motor gasoline unit.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Has been some sort of sleak as hydrocarbon flanable liquids
which very readily caught fire, and it has now been
quite a major fire that's been burning all night and
still is burning.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Transporting New Zealand says looming cook straight ferry disruptions are
no surprise. A Kiwi Rail briefing shows scheduled maintenance will
reduce the inter islander service to one ship for more
than one hundred days. In twenty twenty seven. Business Desk
reports a single ship service is expected to run for
more than two hundred and fifty days before new vessels arrive.
(01:48):
In twenty twenty nine. Transporting Chief Executive Dom Calassie is
concerned there could be disruptions lasting months.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You can do everything you can to ensure reliability. A
vessel can still breakdown and if it does, the supply
disruption will be severe.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
A warning the research gap is widening with comparable nations.
The Save Science Coalition's new report highlights the stories of
scientists who have moved overseas trying to find work after
being made redundant. Spokesperson Ben Wiley Vaneered says more than
seven hundred scientific roles have been lost in the past
two years after the government's reshuffling of organizations and funding.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
What's more concerning to us is the fact that overall
the number of jobs has gone down, the amount of
funding has gone down, and there's no sign of those
being brought back up in the future.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's still a tile of two islands. With the release
of new house price data, the Real Estate Institute's house
price in Decks dropped zero point three percent last month
and is almost fifteen percent below where it was in
late twenty twenty one. Auckland prices have dropped one point
two percent in a year and are twenty two percent
below their peak. Wellington prices have dropped one point eight
(02:59):
percent and are twenty six percent below. Canterbury prices have
meanwhile risen three point seven percent and Otago prices three
point six to Sport, the Crusaders are down to their
fifth choice captain for Saturday Super Rugby match with the
Force and Perth. Christian Leo Willie will lead the side
in the absence of Will Jordan, Ethan Blackadder and Cody Taylor.
(03:24):
Bayern Munich will meet Tapai San Jermain and Arsenal will
play Athletico Madrid in the Champions League Football semi finals,
and the LIEV golf circuit could be on the brink
of extinction. Executives have been called to a meeting in
New York rather than the latest tournament at Mexico City,
amid speculation over the Saudi Arabia funded to his future.
(03:45):
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 Facts four Thursday, the sixteenth of April. Pakistan is
trying to convince Iran to join the US at the
negotiating table as the situation at sea remains fraught. Iran
is threatening to block the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and
the Sea of Amman in response to the US Navy
obstructing sea trade. Top Pakistani negotiators have met with Iranian
(00:26):
diplomats and Tehran to nudge them closer to Washington's position. Meanwhile,
Donald Trump has told Fox Business the wars close to over.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
If I pulled up stakes right now, it will take
them twenty years to rebuild that country, and we're not finished.
We'll see what happens. I think they want to make
it deal very badly.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
New BBC analysis shows more than a dozen vessels have
passed through the Strait of Horn Moves in the past
two days, most loyal to Iran. Australia's Geelong oil refinery
is engulfed in flames after a fire broke out overnight.
The facility in southwest Melbourne is one of two remaining
in the country, supplying ten percent of its fuel all
(01:05):
staff are accounted for, but the fire is still not
under control. Fire Rescue Victoria Assistant Chief Michael McGinnis says
the blaze started in the motor gasoline unit.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Has been some sort of sleak as hydrocarbon flanable liquids
which very readily caught fire, and it has now been
quite a major fire that's been burning all night and
still is burning.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Transporting New Zealand says looming cook straight ferry disruptions are
no surprise. A Kiwi Rail briefing shows scheduled maintenance will
reduce the inter islander service to one ship for more
than one hundred days. In twenty twenty seven. Business Desk
reports a single ship service is expected to run for
more than two hundred and fifty days before new vessels arrive.
(01:48):
In twenty twenty nine. Transporting Chief Executive Dom Calassie is
concerned there could be disruptions lasting months.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You can do everything you can to ensure reliability. A
vessel can still breakdown and if it does, the supply
disruption will be severe.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
A warning the research gap is widening with comparable nations.
The Save Science Coalition's new report highlights the stories of
scientists who have moved overseas trying to find work after
being made redundant. Spokesperson Ben Wiley Vaneered says more than
seven hundred scientific roles have been lost in the past
two years after the government's reshuffling of organizations and funding.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
What's more concerning to us is the fact that overall
the number of jobs has gone down, the amount of
funding has gone down, and there's no sign of those
being brought back up in the future.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's still a tile of two islands. With the release
of new house price data, the Real Estate Institute's house
price in Decks dropped zero point three percent last month
and is almost fifteen percent below where it was in
late twenty twenty one. Auckland prices have dropped one point
two percent in a year and are twenty two percent
below their peak. Wellington prices have dropped one point eight
(02:59):
percent and are twenty six percent below. Canterbury prices have
meanwhile risen three point seven percent and Otago prices three
point six to Sport, the Crusaders are down to their
fifth choice captain for Saturday Super Rugby match with the
Force and Perth. Christian Leo Willie will lead the side
in the absence of Will Jordan, Ethan Blackadder and Cody Taylor.
(03:24):
Bayern Munich will meet Tapai San Jermain and Arsenal will
play Athletico Madrid in the Champions League Football semi finals,
and the LIEV golf circuit could be on the brink
of extinction. Executives have been called to a meeting in
New York rather than the latest tournament at Mexico City,
amid speculation over the Saudi Arabia funded to his future.
(03:45):
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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