Afternoon Edition: 24 March 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Raylinge Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twenty fourth of March. The government
scraping the Resource Management to act in replacing it with
new planning laws. He's political reporter Azariah Howell.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
RMA reform Minister Chris Bishop says current rules make it
too hard to build the infrastructure and houses New Zealand
desperately needs. He says cabinets agreed on a blueprint for
reform which will standardize zoning and remove many differences for
each local council. He claims the replacement RMA will cut
admin and compliance costs by forty five percent.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Armed police remain at a christ Church property in Sydenham
after reports a person was making threats. Emergency services were
called to Percival Street mid morning with a wide cordon
in place. Herald reporter Katie Oliver says people are shocked
and evacuated residents to lead to the person involved has
made threats before.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Including the local church and the stores across the road.
Some of the women report actually feeling quite terrified sometimes.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
The government's officially kick started getting the public's perspective of
a free trade deal with India. The Prime Minister's return
from a trip to New Delhi and Mumbai optimistic an
agreement can be reached soon. He is Political editor Jason
Wall's Grade.

Speaker 4 (01:26):
Minister Tod McLay says negotiations are underway and he wants
Kiwi's views on how to get the most out of
the deal. He says the government's offering all interested in
New Zealanders the opportunity to make a submission before April fifteenth,
and he says this includes businesses, NGOs and members of
the public.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Police are asking for information or witnesses to a fatal
car and motorbike crash in the Bay of Plentes Fakatane yesterday.
They say it appears the motorcyclist slid into the opposite
lane as they rounded a corner on Auhorpe Road about
five pm. Car struck the bike and flipped on its roof.
Pediatric paliative care is under review as concerns are raised

(02:08):
about gaps and care for dying children. The only publicly
funded specialist in the field is on leave from Starship
until April with no replacement. Danika MacLean has More.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Auckland City Hospital says there's funding for another specialist, but
its nature makes it a hard job to fill. They're
also recruiting for medical and nursing roles. Meanwhile, a working
group has developed advice on potential future options for nationwide
care and that will soon be put up for feedback.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
A desire to see comprehensive primary and community care teams
continue beyond June budget twenty twenty two allocated three years
funding for such things as GP pharmacists, care coordinators and physios.
Pharmaceutical Society President Michael Hammond says they deliver many benefits
and should continue.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
It's really helping to release some of the heavy workload
it falls on the doctor, the nurses working in prim
care and it's sort of increasing the capacity, but it
is also an additional skill set.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Health end Z is considering options and Minister Simeon Brown
says clinics could use some extra funding. Announced this month
to sport and a flurry of emotions for Tom Walsh
after winning shot put gold at the World Indoor Athletics
Championship in China. The thirty three year old through a
season's best twenty one point sixty five meters to win

(03:27):
the title for a third time. Northern districts have leaped
to the top of the table in domestic crickets Plunket
Shield after clinching a twenty run win over hosts Wellington.
Mixed reviews from New Zealand driver Peter Berling after they
finished fifth and failed to make the final at the
sale GP Regatta in San Francisco. That is your latest

(03:50):
news fix. We'll be back with the next update tomorrow
morning from the news Talk zed Be newsroom.