Midday Edition: 01 May 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 01 May 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 afternoon, I'm Malcolm Jordan and missus short midday news
fix for Thursday, the first of May. Emergency Management Minister
Mark Mitchell is heading to flooded Canterbury. Selwyn District is
under a state of emergency and Orange rain warnings apply
to much of Canterbury and Kaikoda. Selwyn Hut's residents are
being asked to self evacuate. Sinkholes have emerged on State

(00:27):
Highway IE near Ashburton, and flooding is blocking parts of
State Highway seventy five on Banks Peninsula. Herald photographer George
Hurd is in Doyleston, southwest of christ Church, where everyone's
out sandbagging.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
The main street is that like a river flying through
the whole town, and the whole community's out here with
tractors and to the trucks, trying to do everything they
can do to help.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Local John Recky says he's doing all he can to
prepare for the worst.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Sandbagg's to check house, Innav's house. Yeah, it's getting pretty bad.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
In Wellington, a rare red wind warning has been issued.
Met Service says the alert level indicates possible threat to
life from severe destructive winds. News Talk satb's Ethan Minera
is in the capitol, where flights and cookstraight ferry sailings
are canceled.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
Wellingtonians are experiencing the strongest southerly gales in more than
a decade. Waves nearly eight meters high have been recorded
on the city's south coast. There are reports of surface flooding,
slips and down power lines. Wellington Airport's also warning of
continued disruption, with most flights canceled this morning.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Orange wind warnings also applied to Marlborough and whited Upper
senior doctors have walked off the job and on to
picket lines. The thousands of doctors are seeking a one
point five percent pay rise and a number of nurses
and homes support workers are also striking when nurses ruts.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Hut.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Doctor Sylvia Boys from Auckland's Middlemoor Hospital Emergency Department as
told News Talk said be the health system is at
breaking points.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
It's heirs. People have been waiting for ten hours. People
have miscarried in the toilet in the waiting room because
there's no beads.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Reducing the inter island of fleet by one could have
wide ranging implications, including on people's pockets. Are TEDI will
retire when demolition begins on its aged doc to add
infrastructure for new ships not due until twenty twenty nine
transporting New Zealand here. Dom Calassie says it could affect fares,
adding supply costs.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Our message to customers of road freight supplies would be
we just another impacted party in this mess. Please just
comwork with us to manage our way through it.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
The Minister for Women has launched a toolkit to address
hate and violence online towards women. It also aims to
help those in the public eye deal with the scrutiny,
abuse and harassment. Local government representatives have reported heightened issues.
Minister Nikolagrigg says it's really various and disproportionately impacts women.
This should not be something that we have to deal

(03:05):
with without support or without the necessary tools to navigate
to sport. There's no room for Ruby Twoey, Chelsea Bremner
or Rene Holmes in the Black Ferns squad for the
Pacific four series, beginning with a test against Australia next
Saturday in Newcastle. Cojallen Bunting has named five uncapped players.
Hosts of Barcelona and inter Milan have played out a

(03:28):
pulsating three all draw in League one of their Champions
League semi final. The return leg is next week and
the Stephen Fleming coach to Chennai Super Kings are the
first team to be eliminated from the Indian Premier League
playoff contention. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk ZB newsroom.