Midday Edition: 12 April 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 12 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 head been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, more than two hundred people have made
a chain around Nelson Hospital today to demand funding for
better care. Nelson residents have gone hand in hand with
members of the Nurses Organization and other unions. They're appealing
to the government for more funding and a commitment to

(00:25):
building a new hospital so care can improve. INZT Nurses
Organization delegate Amanda Field says current targets are budget based
instead of patient based.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Why isn't safe staffing numbers a target? Why isn't patient
safety target? And why isn't a healthy community a target?

Speaker 1 (00:44):
A y Cato Road will be closed for several hours
after a single vehicle crash brought down power lines. The
crash on Tahuna Road in Ahniway happened shortly before eight
point thirty this morning. No one is injured. Westbound traffic
is being diverted at the intersection of Tahuna in Fross Roads,
while eastbound traffic from State Highway One is being turned around.

(01:04):
At this stage, there's a belief some clarity may have
emerged from Donald Trump's tariffs. The U S President has
temporarily lowered tariffs on most countries to twenty percent, but
tariffs on China have now reached one hundred and forty
five percent, with the country retaliating with one hundred and
twenty five percent tax on US imports. Former White House

(01:28):
Chief of Staff Mick mulvaney told CNN these tariffs look
to be a bargaining chip.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
Generally speaking, these tariffs are leverage for negotiations for additional
trade discussions and deals.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Asian destinations are appealing to Kiwi's these school holidays, which
kick off today. House of Travel has seen one hundred
and thirty percent year on year increase in bookings to Hanoi.
In Vietnam, Barley bookings have risen by thirty two percent,
and those to Tokyo are up eleven percent. CEO David
Combs says keyw families are becoming more adventurous and looking

(02:02):
for something a little bit sort of out of their ordinary.
And secondly, there's much better bang for back in some
of these Asian destinations as well. That's news. In sport.
After a difficult first practice session in scorching heat, GAI
Formula One driver William Lawson is happy with his progress
ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The twenty three year
old was the twelfth fastest in practice two under light,

(02:25):
one point two seconds off the pay set by the
McLaren of Oscar Piastre. The field of twenty is struggling
for grip on the five and a half kilometer circuit,
and Lawson says it's tough operating in daylight than at night.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Tomorrow we have a session in the day which is
not going to help us for quality, so obviously we'll
be looking into the session and taking what we can
for poly Tomorrow in Jenel, I think the car's in
a pretty good place. It's just fine churning.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
The Giewais continue to fly at the Supercars and Topor.
After Andre Heimgartner and Ryan Wood set the fastest pace
in the opening practice sessions yesterday, Matt Paine has topped
the timesheets in qualifying for the first race of the weekend.
That Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to
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