Afternoon Edition: 15 January 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 15 January 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 afternoon. I'm Rayleen Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Wednesday, the fifteenth of January. The meat industries
hailing an agreement with the United Arab Emirates that will
eliminate tariffs on frozen beef and sheep meat. Prime Minister
Chris Luckson's in the UAE and is now officially signed
the deal taking effect from today. Meat Industry Chief Executive

(00:27):
Sirma Karapeaver welcomes the news after a difficult year for them.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
We now will have a free access into one of
the world's wealthiest economies, where there is increasing demand in
the market for products that we are world placed to provide.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Police are investigating the sudden death of a baby in
Auckland's Manurewa. The baby was taken to a medical facility
on Brown's Road earlier this afternoon but couldn't be revived.
Police are treating the death is unexplained while further inquiries
are carried out. The weather seems to have calmed for
firefighters putting out a blaze that's burned about nine hectares

(01:05):
of vegetation on the Corimandel Peninsula. The blaze broke out
on Blackjack Road, north of Fitianga on Saturday afternoon. Ground
crews are digging out the deep seated burning as helicopters
use monsoon buckets met Service meteorologists to surprise. Mashongo says,
strong winds in the area yesterday appear to have calmed

(01:27):
tulf with the lee odd larutenth kilometer's power and we're
not excellent really expecting any being more than that. Meanwhile,
firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Tahurakudi forest in
the Topur district. Seven crews and two helicopters are working
on the fire, which is about one point five hectares
in size. Agg's defense spokesperson says Donald Trump's return to

(01:51):
power puts pressure on how much we spend on defense.
The party's advocating for raising the investment of zero point
nine percent of GDP to two percent. Mark Cameron's's neighboring
countries like Australia are already stepping up, and New Zealand
must been more to be a good ally to its
traditional partners. He says, the world has changed in recent years.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
We've seen so recently. It's February twenty twenty two, the
invasion of a sovereign nation that certainly changed the landscape,
and New Zealand has to play its parts.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Auckland based labor recruitment firm Prolink and Z is facing
an estimated debt of three point eight million dollars. The
agency was founded in twenty eighteen and often worked with
Immigration New Zealand. Azariahal reports Prolink went into liquidation before Christmas,
resulting in the loss of almost two hundred jobs.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
The first liquidator's report names numerous creditors, including acc and
Inland Revenue. The latter owed two point four million dollars.
Complaints about the firm have been lodged with Immigration, which
had been looking into its accredited employer status.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
South Korea's suspended president yunsuk yul, has been arrested and detained.
Yun declared martial law in early December. His impeachment came
soon after, alongside a criminal investigation. Authorities have confirmed his
detainment relating to an alleged insurrection, making him the first
sitting president in South Korea to be arrested. To sport

(03:27):
and singles. Fifth seed Keen Wen Jing, has been stunned
by German Laura Segmund seven sixty sixty three in the
second round of the Australian Tennis Open. Two time defending
champion Arena Sablenka has marched into the third round after
beating Spaniard Jessica Bozar's Maneiro David Haaveli is keeping his

(03:49):
cards close to his chest on his future plans after
being appointed Crusaders captain. He's off contract next year, and
Kiwi's five eighth Dylan Brown is reportedly conceded leaving the
Paramatta Eels after this NRL season. I'm railing Ramsey and
that is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the News Talk zb newsroom.