Afternoon Edition: 25 October 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 25 October 2024, 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 afternoon. I'm Rayleen Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the twenty fifth of October. King Charles
has emphasized the importance of standing together during heightened global tension.
His addressed leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting
in Sarmour. The King says, our connections are more precious
than ever. Together, we are wiser, stronger and more able

(00:28):
to respond to the demands of our time. Chris Luxon
is defending the government's climate record as the King throws
down the gauntlet to cut emissions. The King's called climate
change an existential threat. Speaking from Sarmur, the Prime Minister
says New Zealand still needs gas to maintain energy security,
but is doing all it can to bolster green energy.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
You've got countries that only are at fifteen, twenty twenty
five percent renewables in the energy mix. We're in a
different position. We're eighty five to eighty seven percent.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Labour's leader says it was wrong to call a staff
for working on tobacco policy a distant relative of Health
spokesperson Eischeverril the Ministry of Health is apologized to the
Minister in charge of smoking reforms Casey Costello for not
declaring the conflict of interest with Veral's sister in law.
He is political reporter to Malsa Jackson.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
New Zealand first Leader Winston Peters yesterday alleged Verril misled
Chris Hipkins about the relationship Hipkins snapped back, saying the
conflict had been managed. He now says he chose an
incorrect phrase, which should have been a relative through marriage.
He says Peters was wrong to attack a family member
of an MP.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
The Taxpayer's Union is giving sport Endz a red card
over an online campaign that cost one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars of taxpayer money. To say Thanks to your
coach campaign lead players send e cards and video messages
thanking them for their work. It cost one hundred and
seventy one thousand dollars forty thousand pitied by charity Coach

(02:01):
for Life Takes Bays. Union spokesperson James Ross says just
under three hundred messages were sent for every E card
that was sent to one of these coaches. That cost
about five hundred and seventy five dollars. The amount of
money there is at obscene for what a Frankly, a
couple of pixels. Sport inst has been approached for comment.
A court has heard murder accused that Ting Jun Chao

(02:24):
told family it wasn't hard to find missing people just
after Yan Fey Bao disappeared. The buried body of the
christ Church real estate agent was found with stab wounds
in July this year, more than a year after she
went missing. Chao was living with his brother in law
Sin Chen Chu at the time. During trial cross examination,

(02:44):
Shu says Choo spoke to his wife about Bao's disappearance.
Heras's translated testimony, I remember he said that now it's
easier to track down the missing person because there are
so many Sassity were footage to Sport and former Silver
Ferns coach Evonne Willering believes the Australian netball camp have

(03:06):
big problems the Diamonds trail to Nill heading into Sunday's
third Constellation Cup test in Perth. Willering says the Aussies
looked shell shocked and bereft of ideas. The Wellington Phoenix
have left veteran English for David Ball at home. Ball
didn't travel to Perth and will turn out for the
Phoenix reserves instead of going up against the Glory on Sunday.

(03:29):
I'm Raylen Ramsay. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the
News Talk zed B newsroom.