March 24, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 25 March 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and missus your midday news
fix for Tuesday, the twenty fifth of March. Officials are
investigating how police ended up taking an eleven year old
girl to a mental health facility in Hamilton, where she
was injected with antipsychotic drugs. Police were responding this month
to reports of a woman in her twenties climbing the
(00:24):
Fairfield Bridges railings. Emily Ansel reports.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Health New Zealand has apologized to the child and her
family and launched a high level investigation. Police say they
acted in the best interests of keeping someone safe. Our
newsroom understands the girl is autistic and nonverbal.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Neither of two options for Auckland's main stadium are entirely feasible.
Auckland Council staff say an upgraded Eden Park or a
new stadium at Key Park have both been found lacking.
Council reporter Jacob Jones as the story.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
The report says the Eden Park option would not be
financially feasible without council or central government funding. It says
the Key Park option has optimistic assumptions around infrastructure and
construction costs. Councilors will make the final decision on Thursday.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Lower North Island is set to lose an electorate
under a proposal just released by the Representation Commission. The
electorates of Ohariu, Mana and Utucky will be replaced with
the new electorates of Kennaperu and Carpany, while several other
electorate boundaries will be redrawn. Police continue to investigate yesterday's
(01:33):
crash near Auckland University after a man's being charged. A
car mounted the footpath on Simon Street, hitting people and
plowing into a tree. Five people were injured, one still
in a serious condition in hospital. A witness told Rinzi
saw the car directly hit two people.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
One person was under the car and died. Prison was
us I'm literally flying.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Our Twenty year olds been arrested, charged with careless driving,
causing injury and forbid from driving. At least sixty five
people have been injured in a Russian missile attack in Ukraine.
Officials say children's establishments and a hospital were targeted. Russia
claims that Ukraine had attacked energy infrastructure. Timaru district councils
(02:16):
looking to slash fifty two positions in a bid to
save four million dollars. It employees about three hundred and
twenty full time equivalent staff. The proposed restructure would cut
seventy one rolls and create nineteen. Mayor Nigel Bowen acknowledges
it's a difficult process, but it's something.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
That does have to be done, just as an occurrence
room for many, many years a restructure of the site.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Labour says a spike in methamphetamine news happened at the
same time that jobs were cut in police and customs.
Police report consumption doubled last year compared to twenty twenty three.
The Prime Minister says he's asked his Justice and Police
ministers to investigate solutions. A decision on whether to build
a third medical school at wakh Or University could happen
(03:01):
early next month, according to a document obtained by the
Otago Daily Times. To sport, All Whites football captain Chris
Woods hoping for more clarity today with scans on the
hip and rib injuries that forced him from the field
during their Oceania World Cup qualifying final victory Canterbury forod
Torhee Smith Milner has been fined six hundred dollars for
(03:23):
foot tripping in NBL basketball and in an audacious move
to establish home advantage, Brisbane Olympics organizers have booked rowing
for the Fitzroy River, six hundred and thirty kilometers north
of the city, part of the protected natural habitat for
saltwater crocodiles. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
(03:45):
from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and missus your midday news
fix for Tuesday, the twenty fifth of March. Officials are
investigating how police ended up taking an eleven year old
girl to a mental health facility in Hamilton, where she
was injected with antipsychotic drugs. Police were responding this month
to reports of a woman in her twenties climbing the
(00:24):
Fairfield Bridges railings. Emily Ansel reports.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Health New Zealand has apologized to the child and her
family and launched a high level investigation. Police say they
acted in the best interests of keeping someone safe. Our
newsroom understands the girl is autistic and nonverbal.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Neither of two options for Auckland's main stadium are entirely feasible.
Auckland Council staff say an upgraded Eden Park or a
new stadium at Key Park have both been found lacking.
Council reporter Jacob Jones as the story.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
The report says the Eden Park option would not be
financially feasible without council or central government funding. It says
the Key Park option has optimistic assumptions around infrastructure and
construction costs. Councilors will make the final decision on Thursday.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Lower North Island is set to lose an electorate
under a proposal just released by the Representation Commission. The
electorates of Ohariu, Mana and Utucky will be replaced with
the new electorates of Kennaperu and Carpany, while several other
electorate boundaries will be redrawn. Police continue to investigate yesterday's
(01:33):
crash near Auckland University after a man's being charged. A
car mounted the footpath on Simon Street, hitting people and
plowing into a tree. Five people were injured, one still
in a serious condition in hospital. A witness told Rinzi
saw the car directly hit two people.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
One person was under the car and died. Prison was
us I'm literally flying.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Our Twenty year olds been arrested, charged with careless driving,
causing injury and forbid from driving. At least sixty five
people have been injured in a Russian missile attack in Ukraine.
Officials say children's establishments and a hospital were targeted. Russia
claims that Ukraine had attacked energy infrastructure. Timaru district councils
(02:16):
looking to slash fifty two positions in a bid to
save four million dollars. It employees about three hundred and
twenty full time equivalent staff. The proposed restructure would cut
seventy one rolls and create nineteen. Mayor Nigel Bowen acknowledges
it's a difficult process, but it's something.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
That does have to be done, just as an occurrence
room for many, many years a restructure of the site.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Labour says a spike in methamphetamine news happened at the
same time that jobs were cut in police and customs.
Police report consumption doubled last year compared to twenty twenty three.
The Prime Minister says he's asked his Justice and Police
ministers to investigate solutions. A decision on whether to build
a third medical school at wakh Or University could happen
(03:01):
early next month, according to a document obtained by the
Otago Daily Times. To sport, All Whites football captain Chris
Woods hoping for more clarity today with scans on the
hip and rib injuries that forced him from the field
during their Oceania World Cup qualifying final victory Canterbury forod
Torhee Smith Milner has been fined six hundred dollars for
(03:23):
foot tripping in NBL basketball and in an audacious move
to establish home advantage, Brisbane Olympics organizers have booked rowing
for the Fitzroy River, six hundred and thirty kilometers north
of the city, part of the protected natural habitat for
saltwater crocodiles. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
(03:45):
from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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