Afternoon Edition: 19 February 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 19 February 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 raileing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Wednesday, the nineteenth of February. Good news for
mortgage holders, with the Reserve Bank signaling more cuts to
the official cash rate and sooner than previously expected. All
major banks immediately drop their advertised rates after the bank
slash the cash rate fifty basis points to three point

(00:26):
seventy five percent today. More cuts are now expected in
the next two reviews in April and late May. The
Central Banks predicting the ocr will reach three point one
percent by December. That's drastically down from its earlier forecast
of three point six. The Bank says it expects New
Zealand's economy to keep gradually recovering. Prime Minister Chris Luxon

(00:49):
says it's a sign the government's plan is working.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
So you know, we know it's tough. We know that
they're still a lot more for us to do.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
We are very focused on louring the cost of living
for kiwis and this is this is one of those
things that says, you know, there's a positive sign.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Winston Peters has taken issue with the Greens Ricardo Menendez
March for referring to New Zealand as alter or as
an immigrant. The Mexican born MP used the word alteruro
to ask Immigration Minister Ericus dad for a question in
the House. New Zealand First Leader objectives, why is someone
who applied to come to a country called New Zealand

(01:24):
as immigrant in.

Speaker 3 (01:25):
Two thousand and six allowed in this House to change
the country's name without the mandate the approval of referend
Modrizil people.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Last Marth Menandez March labeled Peter's racist and xenophobic after
comments he made about immigrants in the House. Three men
are in custody after trying to force a member of
the public to be a getaway driver in South Auckland.
Police allege the three fled with two sports cars from
a flat Bush address about nine this morning. One man

(01:53):
was arrested when he abandoned the first car in Autara.
The second continued south to Manurewa with two gangs so
it's inside. They abandoned it near Hunter's Corner and got
into a woman's vehicle, but were caught by police before
making a drive away. Charges have been considered for the
three men, all in their forties. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's

(02:14):
asking for Aucklanders to reelect him to finish the job.
He's confirmed he'll run for the top job again. Jordan
Dunn reports.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Gwen Brown's asking Auckland rate payers to help him finish
the job he started by voting him back end of
this October. He says he's delivered on most policies he's
set out to achieve, made tough calls and tackled the
big issues, repeating his tried and trude campaign strategy. He's
marketing himself as an independent disruptor with the experience to
get things done.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Please. For a gaming developer to change a character's birth
date because of its association to the christ Church terror attack,
new Rainbow six siege character Rahwara is described as coming
from christ Church with a birthday on March fifteen, expert
Adrian Clark says such an obvious problem should have been

(03:03):
packed up during development. He says changing the date is easy,
even if.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
It was just a case of kind of moving it
within a few weeks I think would make all the difference.
And to show that the developers responding to this concern
from their community in sport.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
A seismic conclusion for the defending Champion Blues as they
seek to bounce back from a first round loss in
Super Rugby. Number eight Hoskins Sututu, Super Rugby's New Zealand
Player of the Year last year, has been named to
start for their visit to the Highlanders. Outside Back Ethane
n nai Seturo has suffered what the Chiefs are describing

(03:40):
as a long term hamstring injury ahead of their visit
by the Crusaders on Friday in Hamilton, and the black
Caps face host Pakistan and the Champions Trophy opener tonight
from ten. That is your latest news fix. We'll be
bank with the next update tomorrow morning from the Newstalk
Zby Newsroom