April 17, 2025 • 4 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 17 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 railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
for Thursday, the seventeenth of April. Disruption and damage as
a torrent of bad weather cascades south through the country.
Warnings and watches apply for Northland, Auckland, waikuttl Corimandel. They
have plenty Gisbon and tasman All Auckland. Fuller's three sixty
(00:25):
Faerry sailings have been canceled and fire crews are working
to save the roof of a commercial building in Takapuna
Smales Farm. Thousands of Northland homes still have no power,
with rolling road blockages from trees and flooding. Far North
Maya and Mukoktapania says it could take days to restore
power in the remotest areas.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Pop Energy are doing the best they can with extra
resours from the South ury Ena Droga line restore power.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
The reserve banks expected to keep reducing the OCR for longer,
as inflation again hitting the upper end of the Reserve
bank target at two point five percent. A and Z's
now forecasting OCR cuts will continue to two point five
percent with global uncertainty and slowing economic recovery, ASB head
(01:16):
Victoria Short says they're also adjusting their forecasts. Previously we
were thinking above three, but now we think it could
be a below three neutral or a little bit more
astometry fill around two points in five. Auckland Operating Theater
and post anesthetic care nurses are striking on the same
day as unionized senior doctors. The nurses strikes planned at
(01:37):
Auckland City Hospital, Starship and Green Lane Clinical Care from
nine am to one thirty pm on May one. Political
reporter Azaria Hawll has more.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Senior doctors will strike the entire day. Auckland City Hospital
Group director of Operations Mike Shephard says it could potentially
impact patients even more because of the timing. He wants
the unions back at the negotiating table as the most
effective way to resolve issues and avoid disruption.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
A reviews found no fundamental failures in management of a
pilot boot camp participant who escaped while attending a tangy
last year that allegedly reoffended during the military style academy pilot,
but were let out for the funeral of another participant
killed in a crash. His senior political reporter, Sophie Tricker.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
The youth was accompanied by OT staff, but absconded from
the event and was missing for days before allegedly becoming
involved in an attempted armed carjacking. A summary release today
found the decision making, planning, actions and responses in supporting
the youth's attendants at the tongy were reasonable and in
line with practice, expectations and the legal framework.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
The Transport Accident Commission Investigation Commission that is, is hoping
to spread awareness of a rare, dangerous flying phenomenon. A
helicopter air ambulance that crashed at Waikatos mount in twenty
twenty three had suddenly lost lift, caused by condition called
a vortex ring state. The three on board escaped injury.
(03:10):
The Commission Simon Pleasant says pilots are trained on vrs
in general, but not for each specific aircraft.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Every helicopter type should have details in the flight manual
about that so that pilots can deal with the prospect.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Of avoiding the situation of what a tringstate could develop.
Just sport and Paul Temple has been axed as Wellington
Phoenix women's coach after the team failed to reach the
A League Football playoffs During his two seasons in charge.
Warrior's coach Andrew Webster has explained that a lack of
other viable options is why he shifted Kurt Capewell to
(03:46):
center for the suspended rock O'berry for Saturday's NRL clash
with Brisbane and Blustery conditions are set to play a
key role for Ryan Fox when he teased off in
the latest PGA two or event in the Dominican Republic
tomorrow morning. Fox says conditions and practice were extremely windy.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
(04:07):
next update tomorrow morning from the News Talks d B Newsroom.
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
for Thursday, the seventeenth of April. Disruption and damage as
a torrent of bad weather cascades south through the country.
Warnings and watches apply for Northland, Auckland, waikuttl Corimandel. They
have plenty Gisbon and tasman All Auckland. Fuller's three sixty
(00:25):
Faerry sailings have been canceled and fire crews are working
to save the roof of a commercial building in Takapuna
Smales Farm. Thousands of Northland homes still have no power,
with rolling road blockages from trees and flooding. Far North
Maya and Mukoktapania says it could take days to restore
power in the remotest areas.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Pop Energy are doing the best they can with extra
resours from the South ury Ena Droga line restore power.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
The reserve banks expected to keep reducing the OCR for longer,
as inflation again hitting the upper end of the Reserve
bank target at two point five percent. A and Z's
now forecasting OCR cuts will continue to two point five
percent with global uncertainty and slowing economic recovery, ASB head
(01:16):
Victoria Short says they're also adjusting their forecasts. Previously we
were thinking above three, but now we think it could
be a below three neutral or a little bit more
astometry fill around two points in five. Auckland Operating Theater
and post anesthetic care nurses are striking on the same
day as unionized senior doctors. The nurses strikes planned at
(01:37):
Auckland City Hospital, Starship and Green Lane Clinical Care from
nine am to one thirty pm on May one. Political
reporter Azaria Hawll has more.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Senior doctors will strike the entire day. Auckland City Hospital
Group director of Operations Mike Shephard says it could potentially
impact patients even more because of the timing. He wants
the unions back at the negotiating table as the most
effective way to resolve issues and avoid disruption.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
A reviews found no fundamental failures in management of a
pilot boot camp participant who escaped while attending a tangy
last year that allegedly reoffended during the military style academy pilot,
but were let out for the funeral of another participant
killed in a crash. His senior political reporter, Sophie Tricker.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
The youth was accompanied by OT staff, but absconded from
the event and was missing for days before allegedly becoming
involved in an attempted armed carjacking. A summary release today
found the decision making, planning, actions and responses in supporting
the youth's attendants at the tongy were reasonable and in
line with practice, expectations and the legal framework.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
The Transport Accident Commission Investigation Commission that is, is hoping
to spread awareness of a rare, dangerous flying phenomenon. A
helicopter air ambulance that crashed at Waikatos mount in twenty
twenty three had suddenly lost lift, caused by condition called
a vortex ring state. The three on board escaped injury.
(03:10):
The Commission Simon Pleasant says pilots are trained on vrs
in general, but not for each specific aircraft.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Every helicopter type should have details in the flight manual
about that so that pilots can deal with the prospect.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Of avoiding the situation of what a tringstate could develop.
Just sport and Paul Temple has been axed as Wellington
Phoenix women's coach after the team failed to reach the
A League Football playoffs During his two seasons in charge.
Warrior's coach Andrew Webster has explained that a lack of
other viable options is why he shifted Kurt Capewell to
(03:46):
center for the suspended rock O'berry for Saturday's NRL clash
with Brisbane and Blustery conditions are set to play a
key role for Ryan Fox when he teased off in
the latest PGA two or event in the Dominican Republic
tomorrow morning. Fox says conditions and practice were extremely windy.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
(04:07):
next update tomorrow morning from the News Talks d B Newsroom.
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