Midday Edition: 08 March 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 08 March 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):
From the news talks, he'd be newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, Alfred has dropped to an X tropical
cyclone before crossing the mainland, sitting near Briby with winds
of about eighty five kilometers an hour. Authorities confirm Queensland
hasn't seen any loss of life or people missing. Premier
David Chris the Foley says because the storm didn't cross

(00:26):
the coast at high tide, plenty of Queenslanders have been
spared from going under.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
To have no homes reported still right now that have
had storm tide inundation is really a tremendous, tremendous result.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
However, Brisbane is not out of the woods yet. That's
the message from Lord Mayor Adrian Trinner, who says there's
a number of traffic signals out, trees and power lines down.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
The risk now is about the rain that's coming. After
the cyclone comes the rain and that's the rest for
the next couple of days, So do be careful out there.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
You learned that we are not.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Out of the woods yet.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
The cause of death for famous Hollywood actor Gene Hackman
and his wife have been revealed. The pair, aged ninety
five and sixty five and their dog were found deceased
in their New Mexico home last week. New Mexico medical
examiner doctor Heather Jarrell says both died naturally, with Betsy
Arakawa succumbing to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and her husband from

(01:24):
severe heart disease and Alzheimer's.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
It is reasonable to conclude that miss Hackman passed away first,
with February eleventh being the last time that she was
known to be alive.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
New Zealand's circular economies grown by half a billion dollars
in the past year. A report by Trade Meets found
a record eighty nine percent of Kiwis have purchased preloved
items in the past six months. Seventy one percent of
people noted saving money was the main reason for their purchase.
Market Placed spokesperson Sally Finson says it's their sixth report

(01:57):
and results keep getting better. That's news. In sport, Fiji
and Drewerd cheer Brent imp has slammed their logistical troubles,
which took place ahead of their Round two Super Rugby
visit to the Hurricanes in Napier as unacceptable. The Drewer
traveled over three hundred kilometers in the back of a
truck from the airport after their bus went missing and

(02:20):
weren't granted a late checkout from the hotel. Unlike the Hurricanes,
mpcays the Hurricanes are responsible for hosting them, but the
Drew players took it all in their stride.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
Smiling faces, happy, let's get on with it. That's our
attitude to it. Yeah, it wasn't well handled. Yes they
all mistakes. Yes it won't happen again. Will it better
not happen again?

Speaker 1 (02:41):
A welcome site for Tom Walsh's ebids to become a
national champion again in men's shot put. Longtime rival and
defending champion Jacko Girl will venture to Dunedin for the
meat that's sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen
to News Talk Said Be Live on iHeartRadio.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
You know