Morning Edition: 29 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 29 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 WIX for Tuesday, twenty ninth of April, and
this update as shake up to Wellington's mural race, with
Mayor Tory Farno making the shock announcement she's bowing out.
Farno says the news former Labor leader Andrew Little is
running changed the game for her and she's decided not

(00:25):
to run again for the mayoralty, instead going for the
Council's Mardy Ward seat. Farno says she has a lot
of respect for Little and wants to give him a
clear run. I know that he would do a really
good job. I hope that people would see it as
a gracious move. I'm merely stepping aside because he really
wants the role. Meanwhile, Andrew Little has earned the endorsement
of the Labor Party. A housing advocate says new King

(00:49):
of Order figures reveal its contribution to rising homelessness. Data
released under the Official Information Act showed kinga Order terminated
two hundred and ninety nine tendancies in the year to March,
more than double the one hundred and thirty four in
the year before. In March, an Auckland Council Committee recorded
a fifty three percent rise in people sleeping rough in

(01:10):
the city over four months. Manaki Rangatahi spokesperson Brooks Stanley
says it's directly caused by new government policy. It's so
wild to me that these guys can have this type
of power to wield in our communities.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Where does the government think that best people are going
to go?

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Twenty witnesses are expected to take the stand as a
coroner looks into how a convicted rapist became his neighbour's
murderer while on parole. The inquest into the death of
Juliana Bonella Hereeda at the hands of Joseph Brider in
January twenty twenty two opened yesterday. The government's holding off
on changes to the tax rules for charities for now.

(01:50):
Finance Minister Nikola Willis has told news doorg ZB the
government won't be making any changes in next month's budget.
She says the government will be making change, but she
doesn't want to get those changes wrong. Willis says tax
laws are complex and there are lots of potential loopholes
and definition issues that would need to be addressed.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
How do you define what is business? Related to the
charity and what isn't How do you ensure that you're
not just encouraging people to put funding into passive funds.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Major changes are on the way for Queenstown Airport. Its
terminal building will be extended north towards the airfield to
provide eight hundred meters of new offices over the next
fourteen months. The twelve million dollar project is part of
its capital development program. A defense of Auckland Council's management
plan for the White Target Rangers, it's proposing a joint

(02:40):
EWE Council and Crown Board. Both New Zealand Firsts Shane
Jones and ACT leader David Seymour have criticized the planners
moving towards co governance. Auckland Council of Richard Hills says
it's not co governance and he's not sure where these
ministers are getting the information from. He says the board
is for consultation and discussions. In sport, NRAL boss Andrew

(03:02):
Abdo insists there isn't a crackdown on high tackles around
the competition. In the wake of eighteen sinbins over the
latest round, the Madrid Tennis Open has been forced to
abandon play for the day after a major power outage
across the Iberian Peninsula. Just three singles matches were completed
and Blackfan's seventh Sensation, Georgia Miller, has been nominated for

(03:23):
World seven Series Women's Player of the Year. The awards
will be dished out after this weekend's World Championship in
Los Angeles. I'm never ready, Mardo, and that your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
midday from the news Talk ZB newsroom.