Midday Edition: 18 May 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 18 May 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talks head the newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, eyes are on the health sector for
next week's budget announcement. The government's budget is coming next Thursday,
the coalitions investing five hundred and seventy seven million into
the film and television industry over four years and an
additional one point five million dollars towards supporting Mary Warden's

(00:26):
The Herald's political editor Thomas Coglan says, attention, we'll focus
on where the savings are going to. Mikel will appas
to the signal that just freed up billions of dollars
is spending from various cuts. Will there be additional money
for health so will they be chopping that up. The
UN Secretary General is renewing a call for a ceasefire
in the Gaza strip as Hamas negotiators hold talks with

(00:46):
Israel and Doha. Israeli air strikes have killed an estimated
three hundred people in the past three days. Antonio Gutis
is also expressing alarm over reports Israel plans to expand
ground operations in Gaza.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Emphasis that United Nations will not participate in any so
called aid operation. It does not adhere to international law.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Some moviegoers in West Auckland were inadvertently caught up in
a major police operation after armed officers evacuated a shopping
mall and cinema. Courtney Winter reports.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Officers tracked down two people to New Lynn Mall shortly
after five pm yesterday following reports of a person being
robbed by two men and threatened with a firearm in
a neighboring suburb. Officers subsequently guarded entrances and exits of
the complex before arresting one of the subjects and recovering
a firearm. The other offender is still on the run.

(01:41):
Eyewitnesses reported hearing gunshots, police saying no shots were fired.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
A California fertility clinic has been damaged in an apparent explosion.
There wore reports of a loud boom, while images of
broken glass and billowing smoke have been shared on social media.
It happened less than a mile from Central Palm Springs.
Seeing and correspondent Josh Campbell says investigators will be working
to find the source of the explosion.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
To try to rule out whether this was something that
was actually intentional, this was something that was man made,
or you know, for example, still on the table. Was
there some type of accident?

Speaker 1 (02:17):
That's news in sports. Marcus Armstrong has been released from
the emergency medical center at Indianapolis Motor Speedway following a
big crash and qualifying for the Indianapolis five hundred. The
Kiwi drivers spun and pounded the Turn one wall and
was taken from the track on a stretcher. IndyCar Medical
Director doctor Julia Vesi says Armstrong didn't sustain any major injuries.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
He is awake, his alert, he's doing well.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
You know, these hits at ims Oval can be really
hard and we just want to make sure we don't
rush things. We take our time and make the right
decisions for the driver. Scott McLachlin and Scott Dixon are
among the top twelve drivers who will return to the
track tomorrow to battle for pole position. Steven Alca tied
for third heading into the final round of the season's
first major on the Seniors champions Tour. Ryan Fox has

(03:06):
dropped into a tie for seventeenth after three rounds at
the PGA Championship in North Carolina. That Sports, I'm Sandy Hodge.
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