Afternoon Edition: 26 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 26 November 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 Raylen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Tuesday, the twenty sixth of November. The Prime
Minister says MP's across Parliament aggrieving Nicki Kay, who's died
at the age of forty four. Kay was the Auckland
Central MP from two thousand and eight to twenty twenty,
also working as a Cabinet minister and National's Deputy Leader.

(00:26):
Tributes have come from leaders past and present of all stripes,
including John Key, Chloe Swarbrick and Cinder r Dern. Chris
Luxan says she'll be deeply missed.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
She was an incredible person. She had so much energy,
so much enthusiasm for life. She was incredibly smart, big
intellect and most important, she has showed real grit, determination
and tenacity at everything that she did.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Former Auckland Chamber of Commerce CEO Michael Barnett says Kay
always followed her principles and gave voice to cyclists and
small business owners.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
She knew what she wanted to pursue. She didn't care
whether it was popular or unpopular.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Wellington's cycle way budget is being trimmed as city councilors
work through the ten year budget. Councilors are voting on
cuts in a tense meeting today on the city's long
term plan the Botanic Gardens. Bagonia House has failed to
get a funding boost, making demolition more lightly and multiple
fire crews have been putting out a blaze in Wellington's

(01:24):
Calbourn Eleven Fire trucks are at a Plunket Street home
which is producing visible flames and a large plume of smoke.
Fire An emergency says no one is inside. The Housing
Minister says he's listened to community providers concerns, housing providers
concerns about funding. He's agreed to pay operating supplements up front,

(01:46):
improve the income related rent subsidy and review leasing. Is
also looking at a credit enhancement intervention. Chris Bishop says
this will level the playing field with Kyeing Aura. With
details still to car.

Speaker 3 (01:59):
Request of the tr Treasury, with support from the Ministry
of Housing, Live in Development, report back to ministers early
next year with details on a foursome credit enhancement proposal
for consideration next year.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
An Auckland landlord has been fined more than four thousand
dollars for failing to maintain his north Shore property. A
single tenant has rented Lingman Kit's property in beech Haven
for fifteen years. Jacob Jones reports.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
MB noted heavy black mold, swollen skirting boards in a
leaking roof. It also had broken guttering in a shower
with a large constant drip. While repairs are being done,
the tenants rent will reduce from two hundred and forty
dollars a week to one hundred and ninety.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Expectations the Reserve Bank will again slash the official cash
rate by fifty basis points tomorrow. The OCR was lowered
in October from five point twenty five to four point
seventy five, with inflation now back inside the rbnz's one
to three percent target ban. In zinai Ya's Monetary Policy
shadow Board is recommending a nun the double cut to

(03:02):
sport and new breakers signing a Taco Falls is raring
to get back on court as he recovers from a
quad injury. The seven foot sixth center has signed on
until the end of the twenty twenty sixth season. Complete
surprise from Auckland domestic cricketer Bevan and Jacobs at being
selected by the Mumbai Indians at the Indian Premier League
auction for sixty one thousand dollars and a seal of

(03:26):
approval from Auckland FC's ownership for the team's unbeaten start
to their inaugural A League campaign. I'm railing Ramsey. That
is your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update tomorrow morning from the News Talk seed b Newsroom.