April 20, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 21 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 fix for Tuesday, the twenty first of April. Inflation
has remained unchanged in the March quarter. Later stats and
ZIR data shows the consumer's price indecks increased three point
one percent in the yet March, following a three point
one percent increase in the year to December. He's business
(00:23):
reporter Michael Soon.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
The Reserve Bank had expected inflation would come in at
three percent, the very top end of its one to
three percent target range. Economists' forecasts ranged from two point
eight to three point one our surging fuel prices are
expected to cause a sharps by conflation in the current
Duinge quarter.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Heavy red rain warnings have reduced for Sodden Wellington and
wided Upper downgraded to orange. Severe flooding battered the region
yesterday and local councils are warning residents to avoid non
essential travel. Police are assessing where the conditions are safe
to resume the search for Caori man Philip Sutton. After
speaking to his family. Met Service meteorologist John Law says
(01:03):
there may be more downpours over the hills towards wided
Up today. We're expecting the harviest rainfall on that side
of the hills on that eastern side, but it is
still going to be a wet story for us in
well Inton and State Highway too is likely to remain
closed overnight over the Rematuka Hill between Katalkie and Featherston
after a bridge was washed out. The detour route adds
(01:25):
about three and a half hours to travel times. Meanwhile,
the number of storms have dramatically risen in the past
twelve months. AMI State and NZ Eye's wild Weather Tracker
recorded forty six storms since last autumn and average one
every eight days. Insurance claims rose two hundred and fifty
six percent on the year before, which had twenty nine storms.
(01:48):
Climate spokesperson Bryce Davies says their survey shows natural hazards
impacted three in five New Zealanders, where we know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Seventy d want to be more actnomous, greater bed folks
by Inkland local government.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
National's campaign chair says caucus members leaking to media should
quit the leaks or quit the party. The party has
its weekly caucus meeting this morning and discipline and unity
are expected to arise, with speculations swirling around Chris Luxen's
Leadership Minister Simeon Brown says the caucus has a responsibility
to its members and supporters and ultimately there is a
(02:25):
need for caucus discipline and for all caucus members to
know that ultimately we are a team. We have a
role to play, which is to support our leader. A
fuel squeeze is driving higher airfares and stronger demand for
air New Zealand, particularly on international routes. Long haul fairs
have jumped twenty five percent over the past year, trans
(02:47):
Tasman twenty percent and domestic flights ten our Jet fuel
stocks have climbed to fifty one point four days on
latest figures. Chief Executive Nicol Ravi Shanka says long haul
fight flights are a double edged sword, costly and fuel
but boyd by demand. Hen's why we're being careful about
how much long haul flying we do consolidate to sport.
(03:09):
The first relegation of the Premier League football season has
been confirmed. Wolver Hampton will drop after eight seasons in
the top flight. Twenty two year old Frenchman Victor Wembanyama
has become NBA Basketball's youngest and first unanimous Defensive Player
of the Year and defending champion John Corea has shattered
(03:31):
the Boston Marathon course record, riding a tailwind to outrun
the field in two hours, one minute fifty two seconds.
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.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the twenty first of April. Inflation
has remained unchanged in the March quarter. Later stats and
ZIR data shows the consumer's price indecks increased three point
one percent in the yet March, following a three point
one percent increase in the year to December. He's business
(00:23):
reporter Michael Soon.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
The Reserve Bank had expected inflation would come in at
three percent, the very top end of its one to
three percent target range. Economists' forecasts ranged from two point
eight to three point one our surging fuel prices are
expected to cause a sharps by conflation in the current
Duinge quarter.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Heavy red rain warnings have reduced for Sodden Wellington and
wided Upper downgraded to orange. Severe flooding battered the region
yesterday and local councils are warning residents to avoid non
essential travel. Police are assessing where the conditions are safe
to resume the search for Caori man Philip Sutton. After
speaking to his family. Met Service meteorologist John Law says
(01:03):
there may be more downpours over the hills towards wided
Up today. We're expecting the harviest rainfall on that side
of the hills on that eastern side, but it is
still going to be a wet story for us in
well Inton and State Highway too is likely to remain
closed overnight over the Rematuka Hill between Katalkie and Featherston
after a bridge was washed out. The detour route adds
(01:25):
about three and a half hours to travel times. Meanwhile,
the number of storms have dramatically risen in the past
twelve months. AMI State and NZ Eye's wild Weather Tracker
recorded forty six storms since last autumn and average one
every eight days. Insurance claims rose two hundred and fifty
six percent on the year before, which had twenty nine storms.
(01:48):
Climate spokesperson Bryce Davies says their survey shows natural hazards
impacted three in five New Zealanders, where we know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Seventy d want to be more actnomous, greater bed folks
by Inkland local government.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
National's campaign chair says caucus members leaking to media should
quit the leaks or quit the party. The party has
its weekly caucus meeting this morning and discipline and unity
are expected to arise, with speculations swirling around Chris Luxen's
Leadership Minister Simeon Brown says the caucus has a responsibility
to its members and supporters and ultimately there is a
(02:25):
need for caucus discipline and for all caucus members to
know that ultimately we are a team. We have a
role to play, which is to support our leader. A
fuel squeeze is driving higher airfares and stronger demand for
air New Zealand, particularly on international routes. Long haul fairs
have jumped twenty five percent over the past year, trans
(02:47):
Tasman twenty percent and domestic flights ten our Jet fuel
stocks have climbed to fifty one point four days on
latest figures. Chief Executive Nicol Ravi Shanka says long haul
fight flights are a double edged sword, costly and fuel
but boyd by demand. Hen's why we're being careful about
how much long haul flying we do consolidate to sport.
(03:09):
The first relegation of the Premier League football season has
been confirmed. Wolver Hampton will drop after eight seasons in
the top flight. Twenty two year old Frenchman Victor Wembanyama
has become NBA Basketball's youngest and first unanimous Defensive Player
of the Year and defending champion John Corea has shattered
(03:31):
the Boston Marathon course record, riding a tailwind to outrun
the field in two hours, one minute fifty two seconds.
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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