Midday Edition: 06 April 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 06 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No, the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, social media giant TikTok has escaped its
US ban today, with it pushed back again. Last year,
former President Joe Biden passed a law forcing China based
parent company byte Dance to divest the app or face
a US ban over national security concerns. It was due

(00:27):
to be banned today, but US President Donald Trump delayed
the ban by seventy five days after already pushing it
back in January. Potential buyers of the app include Amazon, Blackstone,
and the founder of OnlyFans Seen and business writer Claar
Duffy says a deal was ready to go until Trump
announced his additional thirty four percent tariff on China. Fyite

(00:48):
Dance representatives told the White House, China isn't going to
approve of this deal while these tariffs are in place.
Fares for Auckland is relying on support from the Nurturing
Famili's charity, which has found it self and financial strife.
The organization, which distributes over a million dollars worth of goods,
lost a quarter of its funding in twenty four hours,

(01:08):
when long term funders were first to pull out for
financial reasons. Founder Taylor Naismith says they're asking Kiwis to
help as at this rate they may not see the
year through.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
We currently partner with over one hundred and eighty different
organizations and so they wouldn't be able to refer families
to us, So a lot of families are going to
go without the basic essentials.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
A MARI health organization is warning online casinos are targeting
MARI communities. The Department of Internal Affairs has ordered for
MARI influences to stop advertising the gaming sites immediately, although
face prosecution or ten thousand dollar fines. It comes as
the government moves to regulate the industry for the first
time and is expected to offer up fifteen license at

(01:53):
an auction next year. Hardway to how order is Jason
Alexander says, the online casinos have already shown they don't
care about our communities.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
So we should not be leaving them in. We want
that to be taken into an account. We're evaluating whether
offline casino is appropriate for a legal license within New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
That's news. In Sport, Hurricane skipper to Ples Carreffe believes
channeling the hurt at the one point last of the
Blues will super charge their rugby season. There gained a
seventh on the table, just two points outside the top
six caref He says, in such a tight comp one
win can put you back among the front runners and
they're desperate to return to winning ways against the Crusaders

(02:34):
on Friday.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
We've backed ourselves into a little bit of a corner
here and you know, the loss keeps us middle of
the table, you know, really fighting for one of those spots.
So he's going to have to be a response.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Auckland FC coach Steve Carricker is confident the A League
leaders are still on target to finish the regular season
in first place, despite draws in four of their last
five games. Fanabache boss Jose Mourinho has received a three
match suspension for unsped sportsman night contact over his behavior
after poking Galataiz Ray coach Oakenborrok in the nose of

(03:07):
the Turkish Cup quarter final. That is Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge.
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