Afternoon Edition: 26 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 26 September 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the twenty sixth of September. Sky City
has been fined more than four million dollars for breaching
anti money laundering and terrorism financing obligations. The High courts
imposed the civil penalty after Sky City Casino management earlier

(00:24):
this year admitted breaches spanning twenty eighteen to twenty twenty three.
The company must pay the Department of Internal Affairs four
point one six million dollars within fifteen days. Export New
Zealand says more than our primary producers will benefit from
a new trade agreement with the UAE, it'll remove tariffs
from ninety nine percent of New Zealand goods going there

(00:47):
once fully enforced. Executive Director Josh Tan says our biggest
exports now are dairy meat and horticultural products, but he
says as the UAE economy changes, there'll be more opportunity.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
The EUE is also transitioning into a services based economy.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
With the free trade agreement, it should be easier for
New Zealand services exporters to be able.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
To enter the US, UK, EU and other allies are
calling for a three week ceasefire in Lebanon as fighting
escalates between Israel and Hezbulla. The joint statement says the
hostilities are intolerable with an unacceptable risk of broader escalation.
The statements emerged from a meeting of world leaders at

(01:28):
the UN General Assembly. Other signatories include France, Saudi Arabia
and Australia, but not New Zealand. New Zealand First Minister
Shane Jones is shrinking off news of proposed job cuts
at Marii TV. The national broadcaster is looking at a
major shakeup to adapt to its funding reducing by more
than ten million dollars by twenty twenty seven. Shane Jones

(01:51):
says he can't see why the broadcaster should be helped.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Well, sadly, everyone's got to cut their cloth and I
know that there's an ongoing struggle through up the media,
but I'd struggle to see how we can single out
just my re TV.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Auckland Council has made changes but has more work to
do on emergency preparedness in Order to General's progress assessment
since last year's major weather events has found major improvements.
Order to Rachel Patrick says climate change will keep creating issues.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
Is an eighty percent likelihood of a severe weather event
of the scale of Stilklan Anniversary floods occurring again within
the next fifty years.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
To Sport and All Black's coach Scott Robertson wants to
see Boden Barrett be Boden Barrett when he makes his
first test start at ten in nearly two years. On Saturday,
can We Mix to Martial arts artist Carlos Uhlberg will
return to the UFC octagon again against I should say
sixth ranked Swiss light heavyweight Vulcan Uzdamir in China. In November.

(02:59):
Caitlin Clarks Cyndiana Fever have bowed out of the WNBA playoffs,
conceding their first round series two nil to the Connecticut Sun.
I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the
News Talk sat B Newsroom.