April 6, 2025 • 4 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 07 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Monday, the seventh of April. More volatility
and global markets reacting to Donald Trump's tariff announcement. With
US markets having their worst week since COVID analysts worn
another tough weeks ahead, and the z X fifty has
fallen almost three percent this morning. Craig's Investment partners Mark
(00:27):
Lister says there are fears the EU and other countries
will join China in rolling out retaliatory tariffs. Things are
quite finely balanced. If you see other countries take the
excellent China has, then it just becomes for tet escalation.
The next week things get ugliest. The Prime Minister believes
Ordering a Tomriiki needs a new focus as its chief
(00:49):
executive departs citing health issues. Chappy Takarney resigned last week.
Former Defense Secretary Andrew Bridgeman has been acting chief executive
since Takane took medical leave in September. Chris Luxon says
Ordering a tom Ricki has been underperforming for a long period,
has been endless reviews and we now need to actually
(01:09):
deal with that because clearly we're not getting good results.
And the government wants to shake up university free speech rules.
It's releasing its Quarter II action Plan today, with one
focus introducing legislation to require freedom of expression for academics
and students. New Zealand Initiative Research fellow Michael Johnston says
(01:30):
people often feel intimidated about talking on certain topics within universities,
including things like the Treaty of Waypungi and sex and
gender issues surrounding that. Fung A ra police are examining
the scene where a man died suddenly in Carmel yesterday,
and an Australian man has had facial reconstruction surgery after
(01:52):
being assaulted at Mount Smart's stadium on Saturday during Auckland
FC's clash with Western Sydney Wanderers. There were evictions and
two arrests on the night after violent altercations between home
and away fans. Video showed drinks being thrown. Police say
a forty six year old man was arrested for an
assault that gave a victim facial injuries. Australian digital billboard
(02:17):
and media company QMS has bought radio and outdoor advertising
company Media Works with a ninety nine percent share. It's
brought shares from oak Tree Capital Management Media Works owns
The Edge, my FM, George the Rock and The Breeze.
QMS and MediaWorks chair Barclay Nettlefold says this will create
(02:38):
a premiere platform for advertisers. The Housing Minister says there
will still be standards as the government loosens rules to
let homeowners build granny flats as big as seventy square meters.
Questions over failed tsunami siren testing in christ Church. Forty
five sirens meant to sound at eleven am yesterday between
(03:00):
Brookland's and Taylor's mistake didn't go off. They're tested twice
a year at daylight saving begin and end. Coastal Counselor
Celeste Donovan says it's a major concern. This is still
being looked into that it appears to be a technical
failure in the activation process, so not with the signs itself,
civil defenses of vest scatings if he want went wrong,
(03:21):
and of vice for affled. Update to sport the Washington
Capitals Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL ice hockey
goal scoring record by scoring the eight hundred and ninety
fifth of his career. Hayden Wilde has begun his transition
to longer triathlon distances with victory at the T one
(03:41):
hundred series opener in Singapore, and Southampton's Premier League football
survival battle is over. They're consigned to relegation with seven
matches to play. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Monday, the seventh of April. More volatility
and global markets reacting to Donald Trump's tariff announcement. With
US markets having their worst week since COVID analysts worn
another tough weeks ahead, and the z X fifty has
fallen almost three percent this morning. Craig's Investment partners Mark
(00:27):
Lister says there are fears the EU and other countries
will join China in rolling out retaliatory tariffs. Things are
quite finely balanced. If you see other countries take the
excellent China has, then it just becomes for tet escalation.
The next week things get ugliest. The Prime Minister believes
Ordering a Tomriiki needs a new focus as its chief
(00:49):
executive departs citing health issues. Chappy Takarney resigned last week.
Former Defense Secretary Andrew Bridgeman has been acting chief executive
since Takane took medical leave in September. Chris Luxon says
Ordering a tom Ricki has been underperforming for a long period,
has been endless reviews and we now need to actually
(01:09):
deal with that because clearly we're not getting good results.
And the government wants to shake up university free speech rules.
It's releasing its Quarter II action Plan today, with one
focus introducing legislation to require freedom of expression for academics
and students. New Zealand Initiative Research fellow Michael Johnston says
(01:30):
people often feel intimidated about talking on certain topics within universities,
including things like the Treaty of Waypungi and sex and
gender issues surrounding that. Fung A ra police are examining
the scene where a man died suddenly in Carmel yesterday,
and an Australian man has had facial reconstruction surgery after
(01:52):
being assaulted at Mount Smart's stadium on Saturday during Auckland
FC's clash with Western Sydney Wanderers. There were evictions and
two arrests on the night after violent altercations between home
and away fans. Video showed drinks being thrown. Police say
a forty six year old man was arrested for an
assault that gave a victim facial injuries. Australian digital billboard
(02:17):
and media company QMS has bought radio and outdoor advertising
company Media Works with a ninety nine percent share. It's
brought shares from oak Tree Capital Management Media Works owns
The Edge, my FM, George the Rock and The Breeze.
QMS and MediaWorks chair Barclay Nettlefold says this will create
(02:38):
a premiere platform for advertisers. The Housing Minister says there
will still be standards as the government loosens rules to
let homeowners build granny flats as big as seventy square meters.
Questions over failed tsunami siren testing in christ Church. Forty
five sirens meant to sound at eleven am yesterday between
(03:00):
Brookland's and Taylor's mistake didn't go off. They're tested twice
a year at daylight saving begin and end. Coastal Counselor
Celeste Donovan says it's a major concern. This is still
being looked into that it appears to be a technical
failure in the activation process, so not with the signs itself,
civil defenses of vest scatings if he want went wrong,
(03:21):
and of vice for affled. Update to sport the Washington
Capitals Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL ice hockey
goal scoring record by scoring the eight hundred and ninety
fifth of his career. Hayden Wilde has begun his transition
to longer triathlon distances with victory at the T one
(03:41):
hundred series opener in Singapore, and Southampton's Premier League football
survival battle is over. They're consigned to relegation with seven
matches to play. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
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