Afternoon Edition: 08 April 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 08 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Raylen Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the eighth of November. The Finance Minister
says Acting Reserve Bank Governor Christian Hawksby will replace Governor
Adrian Orr for six months. He takes over from August eighth,
and will keep the role during the search for a
permanent governor. He is Political editor Jason Walls.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Nichola Willis says Hawksby is an experienced central banker and
this appointment will help ensure the Reserve Bank's continued integrity
and operations. She says a major part of his new
role will be implementing the Bank's five year funding agreement,
which will apply from July.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
The Foreign Ministers not entering speculation on the impact of
tariff's and potential trade wars. Countries are responding to the
US President Donald Trump's sweeping trade moves, including much higher
tariffs for some. Treasury is forecasting it could push up
global inflation. Winston Peters says he wants New Zealand position

(01:01):
to get through.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
I've just said, hold your council, hold your nerve, wait
till the dust settles. Has got a long way to
go yet.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Revelations a tsunami siren test on christ Church's beaches failed
on Sunday because the person responsible was dealing with a
car that had crashed outside their property. It meant the
forty five sirens space from Brooklyn's to Taylor's Mistake didn't
activate at eleven am as planned. Jamie Cunningham has more.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
The city Council's John Philsoal says its unacceptable and emergency
system depended on one person. He says they're talking with
their external suppliers so this never happens again. They're also
reviewing the role of sirens in the christ Church and
Banks Peninsula tsunami Warning System.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Clean up mode and Levin and Waikawa Beach After a
mini tornado this morning, it brought down trees, damaging utility
lines and lifting roofs and fences. No injuries were reported.
The mayor Relief Fund has been activated what if ANU
our district Council Mayor Bernie Wanden says they are helping
affected people.

Speaker 4 (02:06):
Taw ender people. Obviously, they're pretty anxious to what they
experienced was again pretty terrifying for them, and now to
their recovery. In understanding some of the things that have
happened for their properties.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Todong Is Welcome based sports bar and grill and the
connecting super Liquor have been stripped of their liquor license
and closed for the foreseeable future. Inspectors found the store
sold in underage person alcohol for a second time in
November and police flagged breaches in August and November. A
sixty four year old Woodville farm has been banned from

(02:41):
owning farm animals after fifty five sheep had to be
euthanized and given six months community detention. The Ministry for
Primary Industries took Noel Cunningham to court, accusing him of
animal neglect with bad fences and poor pasture to sport.
In New Zealand, cricket A High Performance Boss Brian Stronach

(03:02):
insists they are open minded about the future duties of
the black Caps coach or coaches. The Hurricanes are contemplating
moving one test All Black Ruben Love to stare the
side at ten in Friday's Crunch Super Rugby match against
the Crusaders Tour Black Ruben Tarangi is returning to the
Breakers after nine years away and world number three Xanderschoffle

(03:27):
believes he can win the Masters starting later this week,
despite an injury hampered build up. That is your latest
news fix, and we'll be back with the next update
tomorrow morning from the news Talk SEDB Newsroom.