Afternoon Edition: 18 April 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 18 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):
From the Newstalk's Heavy newsroom. This is newsfecs in this update.
A rainy a few days ahead for parts of New Zealand,
with X Tropical Cyclone tam lying low to the west
of the nation. Heavy rain warnings cover the northeast and
west of the North Island and northwest of the South Island.
On the Corimandal Peninsula, State Highway twenty five at Hickawai
remains closed. Waters retreated but could deepen with tonight's high tide.

(00:28):
The Thames Coast Road is open and State Highway twenty
five A between Corpu and Hikawai will be fully opened
from around sixth this evening, in an hour or so
after crews finish clearing multiple slips. A fresh driving campaigns
targeting young people behind the wheel. The ENTEDTA Police and
acc have worked together to encourage sixteen to twenty four

(00:48):
year olds to have a HIMN before texting friends and
family while driving. The campaign turns ghosting actively ignoring texts
into a positive ACC Injury Prevention leader James Whitikes says
it's an important message.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Young drivers in New Zealand are more likely to be
involved in a crash and if a young drivers use
their phone while they're driving, it increases their crash risk
by four times.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
A health systems expert believes the regions could expect a
good chunk of major new investment. Health Minister Simeon Brown
wants to future proof the system with a long term
pipeline for renewing and expanding New Zealand's public health facilities.
It's expected the plan will need about twenty billion dollars
worth of investment. Bond University Business Schools Robin Gauld says

(01:33):
much of it will go to areas like Auckland and
Bay of Plenty. A retailing expert wants people to have
more choice over how their personal data is used. Flybys
has shut shop in New Zealand after thirty years. It
has three million New Zealanders personal data, but hasn't said
what will happen to it. Sydney University retailing professor Lisa

(01:54):
Asher says we should look to the Europeans Right to
be forgotten.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
How to the law that's been brought in is greater
clarity and you're allowed to request to be forgotten and
it has to be enacted.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. In Sport Blues flanker Dalton Papali says embarrassment
is driving them in tonight's Super Rugby Pacific visit to Christchurch.
The defending champions were beaten forty two to nineteen by
the Crusaders last time out at Eden Park. The task
doesn't necessarily become easier for Liam Lawson and this weekend
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Lawson's drive in Bahrain saw him

(02:30):
finish sixteenth once penalties were applied, and the twenty three
year old faces another unfamiliar track and a Formula One
car in Jedda.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
I think Bahrain was actually more competitive for us, we
just really didn't show it, so that's probably a good
feeling coming here. But at the same time it's a
very different track completely the opposite really of Bahran, different surface,
completely high speeds. That'll be a big adjustment.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Lawson did win a Formula two race in Saudi Arabia
in twenty twenty two. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For
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