Morning Edition: 14 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 14 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 morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Monday, fourteenth of April. In this update,
a far more in depth look into the infamous murder
trial of Philip Polkinghorn. For TV audiences, three episodes of
streamed unpacking the eight week trial which saw the Auckland
eye doctor found not guilty of the death of his

(00:24):
wife Pauline Hannah, produce a poly friar. Told Andrew Dickens,
it provides a fuller picture of a story which gripped
many New Zealanders. Why was he not there to prove
his guilty's innocence? So we have the ability to be
able to show things in much more detail and with
much more commentary for more of the players. It showcases
interviews with Polkinghorn himself and girlfriend Madison Ashton. Some Auckland

(00:47):
and Wellington workers will have to adjust their preferred form
of transport due to major rail disruptions. Kimi Rail is
conducting upgrades and maintenance work in both cities over the
next two weeks. Wellington will see staggered closures across each
metro line, while city rail Link preparations mean Aucklanders will
be without trains at All Chief Planning and Asset Development

(01:08):
Officer Dave Gordon says it's necessary work.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
It's one of those things where you don't really see
as a commuter what's happened at the end of it.
But we wouldn't be doing it if we didn't think
it was worthwhile and give rise to better service for
the customers.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Driving instructors say the full licensed test enforces important skills.
As the government looks to scrap it. It's proposing a
new system which would give restricted drivers a full license
after eighteen months without driving offenses. Drivers could expedite the
process by taking an advanced driving course, but Institute of
Driver Educator's President Marke Revel Johnson says the full licensed

(01:43):
test has merit making drivers identify possible hazards. Extra challenges
for schools in high growth areas as student rolls outpace facilities.
The total number of full time students in New Zealand
is projected to it at eight hundred and forty eight
thousand next year, ten thousand more than in twenty twenty four.
Principals Federation member Bleat Trovitsky says his school, Lemonwood Grove

(02:07):
and Rolliston, has grown by one thousand in eight years.
He says. Schools in Selwyn Auckland Todunger is seeing similar growth.
Dravitsky says each school's fighting for additional infrastructure and support,
but the budget is the same amount. Unionized nurses want
police to keep responding to mental health call outs for now,
with fears the systems not able to cope with it yet.

(02:29):
Phase two of the police response changes come into force today,
with requirements meaning officers stay at an emergency department for
a one hour maximum. The Mental Health Foundation isn't convinced
the health system will be able to plug the gaps
as it's under stress. Nurses Organization Mental Health College chair
Helen Garrick agree.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Any indication we're going to get the kind of we
expected scut.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
In sport, McLaren's Oscar Pstree has won Formula Ones bar
Ra Grand Prix racing balls Liam Lawson finished seventeenth after
receiving fifteen seconds of penalties for car clashes. The Warriors
have been left frustrated by the error rate in a
forty two fourteen trouncing at the hands of the Storm
and Leads NRL that extends their losing streak against Melbourne

(03:17):
to seventeen games. The Cambridge crews have won both the
women's and men's contests for the third straight year, over
Oxford and the University boat Race road on the River Thames.
I'm never ready man. Who in that your latest news FIGX.
We'll be back with the next update at midday from
the newstalk ZB news room.