Morning Edition: 28 April 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 28 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):
Good morning. I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Monday, twenty eighth of April. In
this update, the Canadian Filipino community is still coming to
terms with an incident which has left at least eleven
festival goers dead and another twenty injured. Vancouver police say
an suv drove into a crowd about eight pm local

(00:24):
time last night. Police say a thirty year old Vancouver
man known to them is in custody, Their confident it
was not an active terror. Festival organizer Mabel Elmore says
a celebration of Filipino culture turned into an unspeakable tragedy.
All right, community is grieving. I'm heartbroken, and our thoughts
and our love are with to casualties their families. Those

(00:47):
injured are volunteers. Catholic leaders from around the world are
preparing for the election of a new Pope. Pope Francis
funeral was held on Saturday night. Next will be the
election of a new Pope, known as the Conclave, which
we'll see about one hundred and thirty five cardinals locked
in the Systeine Chapel to vote in secret. The candidates
must be aged under eighty Labour is pointing the finger

(01:10):
at the government after police three police recruits rather who
failed a physical aptitude test were allowed to go to
Police College. The police are now auditing hundreds of candidate applications.
Labour Police spokesperson Jinny Anderson says the government needs to
come clean about where this directive came from. It is
highly unlikely that police themselves took it upon themselves to

(01:31):
bend the rules in order to meet a promise made
by ministers. Associate Police Minister Casey Costello denied she put
pressure on police or suggested any exemptions. Police Minister Mark
Mitchell did not respond to questions from our newsroom. The
Department of Conservations still working to confirm the cause of
death of a native yellow bellied sea snake found north

(01:53):
of Auckland. It washed up yesterday at Omaha Beach but
died before rangers arrived. Doc is warning people to steer
clear of sea snakes if they encounter them, as they
can be venomous and aggressive. A feeling of being left
in the dust. For one central Auckland business, Queen Streets
intersections with Victoria and Wellesley Streets a peppered with roadworks
for projects like wastewater upgrades and city rail link work.

(02:17):
Owner of Roma Blooms florist Shabnat Ranchuci says that received
very little support from the council. I've a discussion with
the businesses. Now that we know what we need, we
know what needs to be done. Always talk to the businesses.
Met Service says there could be more rain on the
way this week. State Highway won through the far North.
Mungenmuga Gorge remains closed following a slip during heavy rain

(02:41):
over the weekend. The rain also caused flooding and power
outages in some areas. Met Service meteorologist John Law says
another weather system is due to reach the country tomorrow.
We'll give us another feed of wet weather just and April.
In Sport, Liverpool is celebrating the English Premier League title,
needing a point to wrap up the title with four

(03:02):
games to spare. The Reds have thumped Tottenham five to
one at Anfield. It's Liverpool's twentieth top flight crown, equalling
Manchester United. Manchester City have beaten Nottingham Forest two nil
in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley and will
face Crystal Palace in the final. A golden point penalty

(03:24):
goal has given the Wests Tigers a twenty eighteen NRL
win over the Cronulla's Sharks. I never ready, Manu, and
then your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the newstalk zb news room