Morning Edition: 07 April 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 07 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Good morning. I'm never Retti Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, seventh of April. In this update,
low income families with children will start receiving extra cash
to help them with rising fuel prices. From today, about
one hundred and forty three thousand households are eligible for
a fifty dollars weekly boost delivered from the in work

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Tax Credit. A further fourteen thousand families will be given
a smaller payment. The package is expected to cost about
three hundred and seventy three million dollars and will be
in place for a year, or until ninety one stays
below three dollars a liter for a month. Winston Peter's
words over the coming days could reveal more about our

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relationship with the US. The Foreign Minister's meeting Secretary of
State Marco Rubio and other officials in Washington this week.
Peter says they'll discuss conflict in the Middle East and
its impacts on our region. Wykhatle University law professor Al
Gillespie says it'll be interesting to hear what Peter says.
If the US does go ahead with striking Iranian civil infrastructure,

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potentially violating international law Efforts to dial down hostilities in
the war with Iran seem to be gaining little traction.
Iran has rejected a forty five day ceasefire proposal, and
the White House has yet to state its position. Donald
Trump has today reiterated his threats to escalate the conflict
if the STRATOFORMUS isn't reopened by tomorrow. Trump claims the

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US is doing unbelievably well and the whole of Iran
could be taken out tomorrow night. A tough task for
officials to drain the country of meth amphetamine. Ministry of
Justice data shows convictions have reached their highest point in
a decade, with international drug trafficking convictions rising almost thirty
five percent. Last year, the government announced extra border security

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funding and received advice on a transnational organized crime strategy.
There are significantly fewer graduate roles available in the public sector.
Ministerial responses to written parliamentary questions show the number of
roles have dropped sixty six percent in two years. Social
media giant Meta is advocating for stronger protections against youth

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online harm to be prioritized over any blanket ban. An
education in Workforce Committee inquiry recommends more regulation around content,
advertising in algorithms and restricting social media access for under sixteens,
but Meta warns that would mean trade offs like intrusive
identity checks that invade upon privacy and pushing teams towards

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less regulated platforms. Meta says a better option would be
introducing parental approval and age verification at the app store
level so protections are applied more consistently. NASA's Artemis two
has begun its flyby around the Moon. The four crew
on board have now surpassed the distance record set by
the Apollo thirteen crew, meaning they've traveled further from the

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Earth than any humans have before. In sport, the Tigers
have beaten the Eels twenty two, twenty and Golden Point
to move to second and complete round five of League's NRL.
The match was won via the boot of Jock Madden
with a penalty. Megan Compaign, the only New Zealander to
play w NBA basketball, believe she'll have company after next

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week's draft that follows Charlie Ledger Walkers signing off her
college career as a national champion at UCLA. Three consecutive
wins have revived the Wellington Phoenix men's playoff hopes with
three regulation matches to go. When football's a league, I'm
never retty Manu, and that your latest news fix will
be back with the next update at midday from the

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newstalk zb news room