Midday Edition: 26 February 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 26 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the twenty sixth of February. Pushback
over a proposal to change citizen arrest laws, the government's
announcing more moves today for tackling retail crime. Currently, citizen
arrests are only allowed between nine pm and six am
for certain crimes. Labor Police spokesperson Ginny Anderson told Mike

(00:27):
Hosking loosening that up would put members of the public
at risk because you ask any police officer whether it's
a good idea for people to take lawer into their
own hands, and they will always say that it ends
in disaster. The UK's announced moves to transform its military
forces with a major increase to its defense budget. Our

(00:47):
government's also been signaling a very significant lift in spending,
bringing it closer to two percent of GDP. The UK
says its budget will rise from two point three percent
of GDP to two point five the next few years.
Defense analyst to Michael Clark told Sky News this extra
money will be used differently than it would have been

(01:07):
a decade ago. Information computing getting you the you know
this kill cycle as they call it, up and running
so that a smaller number of people can actually be
very lethal with modern weapons. Fresh information on a nearly
three decades old West Coast cold case death. David Robinson's
body was found in nineteen ninety eight on a remote
beach with a gunshot wound to his head. It's believed

(01:30):
the twenty five year old had been killed about ten
days earlier. Blake Benny Reports.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Detective Inspector Jeff Babers says new lines of inquiry have
come to light after they canvas the small township of
Karkopultahi this month interviewing locals. He says investigators based at
the hawk Tiker Police station of following the new leeds
is that interviewing new people throughout the South Island.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
An Australian nurse has been arrested accused of making anti
Israeli comments in a social media video. The twenty six
years was stood down after the online interview, in which
she allegedly bragged about refusing to treat Israeli patients and
killing them. It was during a video call with an
Israeli influencer, done while she was at work and wearing scrubs.

(02:14):
Australian correspondent Steve Price says she faces serious charges threatening
violence using a carriage service, which just means that she
was using that chat with the Israeli influencer to make
threats against people. Media company in z Me is reporting
a full year net loss of sixteen million dollars. The
news Talk ZEDB and Herald onusay his operating revenue was

(02:36):
up two percent but earnings a down three point six percent.
He's business reporter Michael sergle.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
It's been a tough year for the media industry with
the closure of news Hub and major cupbacks at TV
and z but E. Zidme. Boss Michael Bogg says the
company is performing well, with real estate website one Routh
seeing a fifty one percent increase in digital revenue. The
companies in the process of cutting about thirty new roles.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Better news from a Port of Auckland, which is reporting
a doubling in half year profit, with car and structure
steel imports down but a lift in bulk cargo to
Sport Highland is prop Daniel Lennard Brown has received a
three match ban after his red card for thundering into
a ruck during their Super Rugby win over the Blues.
The punishment can be reduced to two games if he

(03:23):
attends tackle school. Ireland have beaten the Black Sticks women
one nill at Hockey's Nations Cup in Chile. Alise Andrews
has bagged a second gold at the National Track Cycling Championships,
this time in the Kern and two time champion Braden
Curry has withdrawn from Ironman New Zealand on Saturday due
to an injury niggle. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest

(03:47):
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.