Midday Edition: 25 April 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 25 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 news talks he had been newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfecs.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
In this update, Prime Minister Christopher Luxen and Princess Anne
will be attending today's commemorations at Gallipoli alongside members of
our Defense Force and Zac Day Contingent Commander Charlotte Berson
says the personnel involved have been preparing for today for
some time.

Speaker 4 (00:24):
The individuals have been practicing, especially the band in the
multicultural element. They've been practicing for a really long time.
We came together ten days ago, starting in Auckland, have
been practicing each day.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
Nicole McKee could face an uphill battle when planning to
scrap the Gun Registry. The Associate Justice Minister and act
MP campaigned on axing the registry and widening access to
military style automatic firearms under strict conditions, but a review
has recommended keeping the registry, as Lachlan Rennie reports.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
And for Sure, review into the registry was completed monks ago,
yet the results haven't been released. Multiple sources have told
our newsroom it recommends not only retaining the registry, but
also for all firearms to be registered. Nicole McKee hasn't
confirmed the results of their review, but She says she'll

(01:16):
continue to push for what she campaigned on.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
Excess Kai Manowah horses could face culling after this weekend's muster.
The Department of Conservations expected to count over two hundred
more than three hundred limit Kai Maunowah Heritage Horses chairperson
Carolyn Haig says they're hoping it won't come down to culling.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
That is a decision on the Department of Conservations. It
hasn't had to be done for some years now.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
In christ Church is hoping to reap the benefits of
hosting its first Anzac Day NRL game tonight. Venuezo Tatahi
chief executive Carolyn Harvey Tears says they'd love to replicate
the economic windfall of last year's game.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
We had around thirty percent of those that came to
the Warrior's game from out of town, so that generates
about one point five million of economic benefit to the city.
Would expect something similar this time.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
In Sport, the Warriors expect a wealth of support from
Cantabrians as they tackle the Newcastle Knights in christ Church tonight,
attempting to win an Anzac Day encounter for the first time.
Since twenty fourteen. Assistant coach Stacy Jones says it might
be Crusader country, but League still has passionate fans in
the Garden City.

Speaker 4 (02:29):
We get wonderful support down there, and we really appreciate
the support that art because it's a strong League community
and there's been some wonderful characters in our game that
come from this part of the world.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Ryan Fox and his South African teammatee Garrick Higo have
finished strongly in the opening round at the pairs based
Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The duo carded four birdies
on the back nine to be tied for twenty fourth
in the field of eighty teams, shooting a sixty four
in the four ball to be eight onunder six shots

(03:01):
off the pace. Dame Lydia Coe has shot a one
overpass seventy three in the first major of the season
in Texas.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
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