February 15, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 16 February 2025, 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 (00:04):
No the Newstalks heavy newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is NEWSFACS.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, the government wants more ossies to come
on over. It's launching a tourism campaign designed to get
people to head over the ditch for their holidays. Jacob
Jones has more.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
The campaign has the tagline everyone Must Go and will
be funded with five hundred thousand dollars provided by the
International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levee. Visiting numbers from Australia
at eighty eight percent of pre COVID levels. The government
says data shows four million Australians are already considering a holiday.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
In New Zealand, North Canterbury fire cruis are working to
further control a large scrub fire ahead of gusty winds
later today. The forty hect a blaze and Lewis Passes
now contained with seventy percent under control. Assistant Commander Dave
Key says the area is extremely dry despite higher than
normal rainfall and lower temperatures this summer.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Whether for this afternoon is relatively by temperatures, low relative
humidity and strong wind so will be challenging conditions.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
State Highway seven is open under a thirty kilometer in
our speed limit. Gisburne could be in for a wild
night of weather. Met Service has issued a heavy rain
warning from nine pm to night until nine pm tomorrow night.
It says streams and rivers may rise rapidly and surface flooding,
slips and difficult driving conditions are possible. A man has
(01:30):
been critically injured in a firearms incident in Hamilton early
this morning. Emergency services were called to Windstone Avenue about
five am after shots were heard. A short time later,
a man presented at hospital with an apparent gunshot wound.
He's in a critical condition. Auckland Pride parade organizers say
they're unfazed by a disruption led by followers of Destiny
(01:53):
Church yesterday. Members of the church's Man Up in Legacy
groups broke through police barricades at the parade on potsonby
Road and held up festivities with a harker. Earlier, they
also stormed a children's drag event at a West Aukland
library where about thirty people had to be barricaded inside.
That's news. In Sport, mariol Stars coach Adam Blairs cut
(02:16):
a beaming figure after their ten to six win over
the Indigenous All Stars and their annual match ahead of
the NRL rugby season. Warrior's second rower Jacob Laban scored
the match winning try in the sixty seventh minute.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
When they turned up both teams and went after it
the whole time and took us right to their last
few seconds in those moments where we manage us to
scramble and keep turning off for each other, but I
think that last twenty minutes just showed who we are
as people in the passion that they had not to
let each other down.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The three month ban accepted by world number one Yarick
Singer is being slammed by some of tennis's biggest names.
The twenty three year old Italians reached an agreement with
the World Anti Doping Agency over his two failed tests
last year. Posting to social media. Year Australian Nick Kurios
has called it a sad day for tennis, while three
time Grand Slam winner Stan Vavrinka says he doesn't believe
(03:08):
in a clean sport anymore that sport. I'm Sandy Hodge.
For more news, listen to News Talk said Be Live
on iHeartRadio
No the Newstalks heavy newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is NEWSFACS.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, the government wants more ossies to come
on over. It's launching a tourism campaign designed to get
people to head over the ditch for their holidays. Jacob
Jones has more.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
The campaign has the tagline everyone Must Go and will
be funded with five hundred thousand dollars provided by the
International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levee. Visiting numbers from Australia
at eighty eight percent of pre COVID levels. The government
says data shows four million Australians are already considering a holiday.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
In New Zealand, North Canterbury fire cruis are working to
further control a large scrub fire ahead of gusty winds
later today. The forty hect a blaze and Lewis Passes
now contained with seventy percent under control. Assistant Commander Dave
Key says the area is extremely dry despite higher than
normal rainfall and lower temperatures this summer.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Whether for this afternoon is relatively by temperatures, low relative
humidity and strong wind so will be challenging conditions.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
State Highway seven is open under a thirty kilometer in
our speed limit. Gisburne could be in for a wild
night of weather. Met Service has issued a heavy rain
warning from nine pm to night until nine pm tomorrow night.
It says streams and rivers may rise rapidly and surface flooding,
slips and difficult driving conditions are possible. A man has
(01:30):
been critically injured in a firearms incident in Hamilton early
this morning. Emergency services were called to Windstone Avenue about
five am after shots were heard. A short time later,
a man presented at hospital with an apparent gunshot wound.
He's in a critical condition. Auckland Pride parade organizers say
they're unfazed by a disruption led by followers of Destiny
(01:53):
Church yesterday. Members of the church's Man Up in Legacy
groups broke through police barricades at the parade on potsonby
Road and held up festivities with a harker. Earlier, they
also stormed a children's drag event at a West Aukland
library where about thirty people had to be barricaded inside.
That's news. In Sport, mariol Stars coach Adam Blairs cut
(02:16):
a beaming figure after their ten to six win over
the Indigenous All Stars and their annual match ahead of
the NRL rugby season. Warrior's second rower Jacob Laban scored
the match winning try in the sixty seventh minute.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
When they turned up both teams and went after it
the whole time and took us right to their last
few seconds in those moments where we manage us to
scramble and keep turning off for each other, but I
think that last twenty minutes just showed who we are
as people in the passion that they had not to
let each other down.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
The three month ban accepted by world number one Yarick
Singer is being slammed by some of tennis's biggest names.
The twenty three year old Italians reached an agreement with
the World Anti Doping Agency over his two failed tests
last year. Posting to social media. Year Australian Nick Kurios
has called it a sad day for tennis, while three
time Grand Slam winner Stan Vavrinka says he doesn't believe
(03:08):
in a clean sport anymore that sport. I'm Sandy Hodge.
For more news, listen to News Talk said Be Live
on iHeartRadio
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