Afternoon Edition: 20 April 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 20 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.
Close to seventy buildings across Auckland being assessed for any
impacts of flooding. The cities under a severe thunderstorm watch
this evening, along with Northland, Waikutto, Whitomo and toma Anui.
Mayor Wayne Brown says Auckland Emergency Management partner, agencies and
contractors will continue responding quickly to unfolding events. The Council's

(00:28):
completed sixteen rapid building assessments and will be undertaking another
fifty three in the days ahead. North Canterbury's heavy rain
watch has now been upgraded to a warning. Warnings are
also in force for Tasman and Taranakimonga. Met Service says
streams and rivers may rise rapidly and driving conditions may
be hazardous with ponding and slips. People wanting a pint

(00:50):
at the pub on Easter Sunday without wanting a full
meal with it could soon have their way. A bill
to make the silent supply of alcohols simpler for businesses
operating at Easter, on Anne's and Christmas Day has passed
its first reading in Parliament. Labour List MP Kiaran mcinnaughty
says he wants to change the rules.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Three and a half days of the year. The way
that we sell and supply our car in this country
is dictated on rules that nobody understands. Really why it
seems like the only reason we've done it is because
we've always done it.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
The Prime Minister's on his way to a meeting with
Sekir Starmer before heading on to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day.
Former Commissioner to the UK, doctor Sir Lockwood Smith says
talks on supporting Ukraine will likely be on the agenda.
Sir Lockwood says the UK's also heading in a similar
direction when it comes to trade. Global discoveries may stem
from the ancient existence of giant freshwater crayfish. In Central Otago.

(01:43):
Researchers from Canterbury and Australian universities found a twenty million
year old fossilized tooth, which was the first evidence of
the crayfish in New Zealand. Co author and Canterbury Museum
curator doctor Paul Schofield says they'd stumbled over these teeth
in the past, not understanding what they were.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
The skeleton of a crisis is sort of compare is soft,
but this part of the skeleton has made out of
a different mineral.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. In sport, Defending Formula One champion Max Furshtappens
not convinced he has the car to hold off McLaren's
duo in tomorrow's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The four time
world champions taken pole position after pipping Oscar Piastre by
just one hundred of a second. Pstre's teammate and championship
leader Lando Norris will start from tenth after crashing during

(02:29):
the third qualifying session. Hurricanes co captain Brad Shields has
suggested a change in Super Rugby Pacific's extra time format
during the regular season after last night seventeen all draw
with the force neither side could be separated after a
ten minute period of golden point. Shield says his preference
is to use the rules in place for the finals,

(02:50):
where the teams played two ten minute halves to find
a winner. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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