Afternoon Edition: 16 March 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 16 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 at the newsroom. This is newsfecs.
In this update, one person has died and two others
have been critically injured after a driver allegedly fled police
and crashed on Auckland's Great South Road in Penrose. Police
say officers spotted a car traveling at excess speed and
signaled for it to stop just before two this afternoon,
but it failed to do so and collided with two

(00:25):
other cars. The driver of the vehicle, which allegedly failed
to stop, is now in hospital in a critical condition.
A person from one of the other vehicles died at
the scene, while another was critically injured. Yet another person
has moderate injuries. Believe Todd McLay is playing it sensibly
and trying to protect New Zealand from US tariffs. The
Trade Minister's met his American counterpart, Jemison Greer, and discussed

(00:47):
both countries mutually beneficial trade relationship, but it comes as
the Trump administration has imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China
and the European Union. New Zealand Initiative Executive director doctor
on a Heart which says there are some arguments to
be made showing the trade relationship is complementary.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
We're importing stuff from America that we don't even produce ourselves,
like pharmaceuticals, and meanwhile they're getting high quality produced from
US that they would struggle to source if they put
teriffs on US.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
TV presenter, psychologist and author Niger Latter has revealed he's
no longer terminally ill. In September, doctor Latter posted an
emotional video on social media discussing his diagnosis of stomach
cancer and being told he has six to twelve months
to live. In a new video, he says he's responded
well to chemotherapy and is taking Wonder drugs which are

(01:37):
working with his stomach tumor. Pretty much gone.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
I'm that guy, do you know what I mean? He's
got given the tearable prognosis. But I'm going to be
around for a long time. So my horizon now is
years and years and years in his future because it's
all working very well.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Motorists north of Auckland face delays at the Johnstone Hill
Tunnels from nine tonight. Northbound traffic is being shifted across
to one of the lanes in the southbound tunnel until morning.
This is so contractors can carry out maintenance in the
northbound tunnel. That's news In sport, conditions have marginally cleared
after a wet day in Melbourne. As Formula one's opening

(02:11):
race of the season gets underway about now. New Zealand's
Liam Lawson is starting from eighteenth on the grid. The
black Caps are making light work of a small target
in the opening T twenty cricket game with Pakistan in Christchurch.
New Zealand skittled Pakistan for ninety one, with Kyle Jamison
taking three for eight and Jacob Duffy nabbing four wickets.
Moments ago, New Zealand fifty eight for one in the

(02:32):
seventh over. Auckland FC defender Dan Hall has been rushed
straight back into Football's A League starting side to meet
the Central Coast Mariners. Hall has been out for three
months with a broken ankle. Plays just getting underway at
Mount Smart Stadium. That's Sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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