Midday Edition: 24 April 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 24 April 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):
Good afternoon, I'm Malcolm Jordan and missus short midday newsfix
for Thursday, the twenty fourth of April. A teenagers appearing
in court today charged with murder over the death of
Auckland PhD student Kyle Warrell in Auckland's Meadow Bank on Saturday.
Jessica Swan has more.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
The sixteen year old male was arrested by police at
a beech Haven address yesterday. A thirty two year old
female has been charged with being an accessory. Please are
asking the driver of a white Toyota ute cut off
by a black suv around the time of the fatal
attack on Saturday to come forward as a witness. An
suv has been seized and is undergoing a forensic examination.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Possible red flags for the early childhood education sector as
Cabinet moves to simplify regulation. The government's expecting to pass
into Law fifteen changes based on last year's regulation Ministry
review tirto my AHA Chief executive Kathy Wolfe says while
met may have been called for a move for more

(01:02):
flexibility in workforce qualifications is concerning. She says we need
qualified teachers who understand children's development, emotions and intelligence. Also,
it's all connected to pedagogy, so you have to have
a very good pedagogical understanding of the curriculum. The Prime
Minister says his three day visit to the UK has

(01:23):
been a success. Chris Luson met with the King, his
British counterpart, Sir Keir Starmer and Opposition leader Kemmy Badenock.
He also visited a range of businesses and witnessed commercial
deals worth more than one hundred and twenty million dollars.
Luckson says our free trade agreement with the UK guarantees
us access to a market where we've seen export growth

(01:45):
of more than twenty percent in the past year.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
The message very simply as On, I know what more
we can be doing to make it a very frictionless
experience for investment and partnering.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Without his own firm, banks are rolling out new security
met in the endless battle against scams, which cost billions
of dollars every year. They include a reporting channel and
identifying high risk transactions. Nztas endorsed the first stage of
redeveloping South Auckland's Mill Road and approved more than ninety

(02:17):
million dollars for completing design and consent work from Monaco
to Alfriston train disruption continues this long weekend as upgrades
take place across Auckland and Wellington. Ethan Minera has the details.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Delays, reduced timetables and bus replacements are in store for
Wellington commuters, with Metlink undertaking maintenance and improvements across all
lines in Auckland. The sixteen day break to all train
services continues as crews work on underground infrastructure for the city.
Rail Link services will be back up and running in
both centres from Monday.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
State Highway one will be closed north of Torquoa for
most of the day after a serious two car collision,
and State Highway one will also so be closed in
Fungare's Romanga until mid afternoon after a pedestrian was hit
by a truck. Donald Trump and our Prime Minister are
among one hundred and seventy foreign delegations expected at the

(03:12):
Pope's funeral. This Saturday. News talk Edb's Joe McKennis says
there is unlikely to be any business talk.

Speaker 2 (03:18):
I think most of the leaders will be in and out,
but it's certainly an interesting juxtaposition, isn't it.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
To sport Lydia Coe is battling an arm injury, and
the lead up to the first women's golf major of
the year, the Chevron Championship starting overnight in Texas, and
Liverpool's Premier League title coronation will have to wait until
at least Monday morning, after Arsenal took a point from
a two wall draw against Crystal Palace to cling on mathematically.

(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
News Talk ZEDB newsroom.