Afternoon Edition: 09 May 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 09 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 railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the ninth of May. The government's lifting
the average redress claim for survivors of abuse and state
care budget twenty twenty five and vest seven hundred and
seventy four million dollars over four years into improving support
and monitoring, lifting the average payment to thirty thousand dollars

(00:27):
and providing top up payments to those who have settled claims.
Minister in charge of the Response Ericas Stanford says the
current system will significantly improve. We're implementing a seamless service
so that survivors with claims across multiple agencies have those
claims managed by the same person. Rough weathers starting to
cause problems as cities head into Russia. Wet weathers making

(00:50):
its way across the North Island and top of the South,
waters filling gutters and running across West End Road and
Auckland's Coxes. May video shows water are about half way
up car's tires. Torrential downpours are forecast for the rest
of the or for the top of the North Island,
I should say, but Auckland, Bay of plenty Gisbon and

(01:10):
Wykato are also in the firing line. In Land Revenue
has uncovered more than one hundred and fifty million dollars
in undeclared income tax and GST from the property sector.
It's been taking a closer look at the tax affairs
of developers and rental property owners as part of its
increased compliance work. This includes fifty nine million from unpaid

(01:32):
GST and seventy two million from developers. Businessmen and convicted
sex offender James Wallace has failed in a bid to
lift his release conditions. Business Desk reports the former Night
appeared before the parole Board last Friday. He still maintains
he's innocent. Lachland Rennie has More.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
Wallace was jailed for two years and four months for
indecently assaulting three victims at his Auckland mansion in the
early two thousands, two thousand and eight eight in twenty sixteen.
He was released in twenty twenty three on special conditions,
which are in place until September this year. They include
staying at home unless given approval to leave, and having

(02:12):
an approved list of visitors.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
A former National Finance minister look set to become chairman
of nz ME new Zealand Media and Entertainment. He is
political editor Jason Walls.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
The company which owns Newstalk ZB and The New Zealand
Heralds this afternoon revealed it has informed its shareholders that
it's received a bid for Stephen Joyce to be appointed
to the top job. Nzemi's also revealed current chair Barbara
Chapman will retire at the company's agm on June third,
or but clearing the way for Joyce to take the reins.

(02:44):
The proposed new Loook board includes activist shareholder and billionaire
Jim Greenan, who's been locked in a bitter battle with
Enzedemie over the makeup of its board. Shareholders will vote
on the proposed new board at the June annual meeting in.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Sport Auckland FC have had All Blacks Great Dan Carter
and camp to help them prepare for the pressure of
a league finals football. As Mark Smart was confirmed over
Eden Park as the venue for the Black Knight's finals run,
plenty of excitement in the Black Ferns camp at the
prospect of talented teenage fullback Braxton Sorenson McGhee making her
test debut against Australia and Newcastle and usial A netballer

(03:24):
Kelly Jackson has revealed she's shot down Supernetball office in
Australia to remain loyal to the Silver Ferns. That is
your latest news fix. We'll have more for you tomorrow
morning from The News Talk's ZB newsroom.