Morning Edition: 15 April 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 15 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 (00:02):
Good morning, I never Readymanu and this is your morning
news fix for Wednesday, fifteenth of April and this update.
President Trump is suggesting talks with the RUN could resume
within the next two days. Despite the US blockading the
Strait of for Moose. A ceasefire between the sides remains
in effect, but that's set to expire in a week.

(00:23):
Donald Trump is hinting something could be happening shortly in Pakistan,
where negotiations over the weekend broke down. Both sides are
quibbling over nuclear capabilities. Paul Goldsmith says the Broadcasting Standards
Authority will probably be scrapped as its jurisdiction is increasingly questioned.
Earlier this month, the BSA ruled at a jurisdiction over

(00:45):
online broadcaster The Platform, leading to ACT in New Zealand
first calling for its disestablishment. Goldsmith says the body will
probably be binned in favor of a model whereby media
companies regulate themselves. He says who's covered in who isn't
feels arbitrary and the tidiest solution is to create a
media council style arrangement. A campaign to bring carewe cops

(01:09):
home from Australia added just two to our front line.
The New Zealand police campaign cost about thirty five thousand dollars,
about six thousand going towards ADS the rest on expenses
in flights. Two officers are back here working and twelve
formal applications are in the works. Assistant Deployment Commissioner Jeanette
Park says that a campaign recruiting any experienced police officer

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is a win because they're worth their weight in gold.
She says returning officers don't need to do the Police
College course, which costs roughly forty thousand dollars per person.
Police are investigating ambulances being willfully damaged in South Auckland.
Six ambulances have had their tires slashed in the last
few months. In compounds in Monaco and Otahohu hope that

(01:55):
strong tourism numbers sustain despite high jet fuel prices. Zenz
data shows tourist numbers back to ninety eight percent to
pre COVID levels. Informetric's economist Nick Brunston says the ongoing
weakness of the New Zealand dollar may soften the impact
of high oil prices. He says visitors are getting better
bang for buck than they would have a year ago.

(02:17):
Trust in news media is rebounding after six years of decline.
AUT's seventh annual Trust and News Report shows an increase
from thirty two percent to thirty seven percent this year.
It's the highest result since twenty twenty three, when it
was at forty two percent. The report suggests people are
increasingly returning to news media for verified information as social

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media platforms of flooding with disinformation and AI content. Online
sites and apps are the main news source for thirty
eight percent of New Zealanders. In sport, Mowana Pussifka's Super
Rugby future is in danger. The Herald reports the Pussifker
Medical Association is withdrawing over ownership support at the end

(03:01):
of the season. England Test cricket captain Ben Stokes has
dispatched suggestions of a breakdown in his relationship with coach
Brendan McCallum, but admits agreeing on everything is impossible. An
alignment of New Zealand's top basketball talent is in the works,
Charlie Ledger Walkers being selected in the WNBA for Connecticut,

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who relocate to Houston next season. That's also the home
of Steven Adams. I'm never ready minded and that your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.