April 1, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 02 April 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the second of April. An obstetricians
warning the maternity systems too stretched to cope with increasing
how long women can stay in hospital after giving birth.
A new bill aims to lift the current forty eight
hours of funded in patient post natal care to seventy two.
(00:26):
Diana Ackerman from the Australian and New Zealand College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists says unless it gets more resources, it'll
come at a cost to other care.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If postonal women occupying more hospital beds, there is a
real possibility that other women waiting to receive elective gynocologic
surgery will not go ahead because there will not be
beds available.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The Police Minister says aiming to have five hundred more
cops and two years as an aspirational target, but police
assure him they're on track. A November briefing shows police
projected meeting the goal in June next year, seven months
later than the government promised. Labours Ginny Anderson sees it's
incredibly ambitious to want to fully staff each recruit. Wing
(01:08):
and Mark Mitchell acknowledges for wings aren't a given. More
changes to reduce workplace compliance responsibilities are on their way
under proposed government reforms. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brook
van Valden says some company directors and business owners feel
they're doing too much. Claudia O'Neill reports.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Van Walden's latest move clarifies the distinction between governance and
operational responsibilities, leaving day to day risk management in the
hands of managers. It's part of a string of changes,
including reducing small business obligations and removing responsibility from landowners
when accidents occur on their property.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
David Seymour's making changes to how medications are approved as
a popular weight loss drug makes it through the Associate
Health Minister has said current guidelines are too slow, and
anna announcement as due this week. Meanwhile, ACTS leaders criticizing
AUT's Dean of Law for comments about an MP's migrant background.
(02:10):
Acts Palm g to Palmer's put forward a bill to
stop university resources being allocated on race. It would essentially
end affirmative action scholarships. Political reporter as Aaria Howell reports.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
AUT's dean of Law, Kylie Quint's posted to social media,
saying an alternative headline for Palmer's policy would be quote
immigrant forgets where she lives. The university is refusing to
comment on the matter. Party leader David Seymour says the
vice chancellors should stand up for migrants and could even
announce consequences for the person responsible for the comments.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
A second person's been poisoned by the toxic algae and
lake hood near Ashburton. Local Democracy reports Hout New Zealand
issued a warning about toxic algyll bloom and the lake
almost two weeks ago. Symptoms can include skin rashes, stomach upsets,
and neurological effects such as tingling around the mouth. He
had aches, breathing difficulties and visual problems. In sport, Formula one,
(03:10):
driver Yuki Sonoda claims his friendship with Liam Lawson has
been momentarily parked after their switching of seats between the
Red Bull and Racing Bulls ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Tennis player Daria Karsatkina has switched allegiance from Russia to
Australia after criticizing her country's rainbow laws and the war
(03:32):
in Ukraine. In Premier League football, Arsenal beat Fulham two one,
A Chris woodless Nottingham Forest defeated Manchester United one nil,
and Wolverhampton pipped west Ham by the same score line.
I'm Jody Gill and that's your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at five pm from
the news Talk zet B newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the second of April. An obstetricians
warning the maternity systems too stretched to cope with increasing
how long women can stay in hospital after giving birth.
A new bill aims to lift the current forty eight
hours of funded in patient post natal care to seventy two.
(00:26):
Diana Ackerman from the Australian and New Zealand College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists says unless it gets more resources, it'll
come at a cost to other care.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If postonal women occupying more hospital beds, there is a
real possibility that other women waiting to receive elective gynocologic
surgery will not go ahead because there will not be
beds available.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
The Police Minister says aiming to have five hundred more
cops and two years as an aspirational target, but police
assure him they're on track. A November briefing shows police
projected meeting the goal in June next year, seven months
later than the government promised. Labours Ginny Anderson sees it's
incredibly ambitious to want to fully staff each recruit. Wing
(01:08):
and Mark Mitchell acknowledges for wings aren't a given. More
changes to reduce workplace compliance responsibilities are on their way
under proposed government reforms. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brook
van Valden says some company directors and business owners feel
they're doing too much. Claudia O'Neill reports.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Van Walden's latest move clarifies the distinction between governance and
operational responsibilities, leaving day to day risk management in the
hands of managers. It's part of a string of changes,
including reducing small business obligations and removing responsibility from landowners
when accidents occur on their property.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
David Seymour's making changes to how medications are approved as
a popular weight loss drug makes it through the Associate
Health Minister has said current guidelines are too slow, and
anna announcement as due this week. Meanwhile, ACTS leaders criticizing
AUT's Dean of Law for comments about an MP's migrant background.
(02:10):
Acts Palm g to Palmer's put forward a bill to
stop university resources being allocated on race. It would essentially
end affirmative action scholarships. Political reporter as Aaria Howell reports.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
AUT's dean of Law, Kylie Quint's posted to social media,
saying an alternative headline for Palmer's policy would be quote
immigrant forgets where she lives. The university is refusing to
comment on the matter. Party leader David Seymour says the
vice chancellors should stand up for migrants and could even
announce consequences for the person responsible for the comments.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
A second person's been poisoned by the toxic algae and
lake hood near Ashburton. Local Democracy reports Hout New Zealand
issued a warning about toxic algyll bloom and the lake
almost two weeks ago. Symptoms can include skin rashes, stomach upsets,
and neurological effects such as tingling around the mouth. He
had aches, breathing difficulties and visual problems. In sport, Formula one,
(03:10):
driver Yuki Sonoda claims his friendship with Liam Lawson has
been momentarily parked after their switching of seats between the
Red Bull and Racing Bulls ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Tennis player Daria Karsatkina has switched allegiance from Russia to
Australia after criticizing her country's rainbow laws and the war
(03:32):
in Ukraine. In Premier League football, Arsenal beat Fulham two one,
A Chris woodless Nottingham Forest defeated Manchester United one nil,
and Wolverhampton pipped west Ham by the same score line.
I'm Jody Gill and that's your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at five pm from
the news Talk zet B newsroom.
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