Afternoon Edition: 14 May 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 14 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 ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Wednesday, the fourteenth of May. The Workplace Relations
Minister has slammed remarks about her pay equity policy as
sexist in Parliament, using an extreme swear word as she
did so. A column in the Sunday Star Times by
reporter Andrea Vance called the policy girl math. She wrote,

(00:28):
You'd have to be a C word to support raising
the pay equity claim threshold. Brook van Walden says the
article used gendered and patrolizing language that Andrea Vance used
to reduce senior cabinet ministers to girl bosses, heigh squads,
references to girl math and a verdict's been reached around

(00:51):
a haka by Tapatimaldi MPs during voting on the Treaty
Principal's Bill, but it won't be revealed today. Parliament's Privileges
commit has decided on the punishment to be handed to
co leaders or ahwerdi Waititsi they're being idea ware Packer
and MP hanarafetimp Clark. The party also leaked committee proceedings

(01:12):
suggesting suspensions for the three ranging from seven to twenty
one days. Committee schtitude of Collins will report to the
House tomorrow, but today repeated this line. I can say
that is a very serious matter. A and Z's reacting
staunchly to a Consumer's survey ranking them poorly among customers.

(01:32):
The bank scored fifty seven percent for customer satisfaction. Respondents
expressed disappointment over fee, interest, responsible lending and value for money.
An Z says internal research ows customer satisfaction levels are
improving and its inquiring about how Consumer Z's research was done.
A and Z is New Zealand's most profitable bank. Lockdowns

(01:56):
have lifted at three Nelson's schools, shutter during a police response,
Nayland Road closed at Songa Street and Fucka Through Drive,
but police say they've spoken to a person and no
further action is required. Labour's leader won't pass judgment on
the Greens alternative budget, which includes taxing private jet trips

(02:16):
and wealth transfers over one million dollars. The launch today
has promised tax changes will bring in eighty eight billion
dollars over four years. Chris Hipkins also isn't talking about
his plan yet. We'll set out our tax policy this
year and that'll be very clear about what's in and
what's out from our perspective. Finance Minister Nicola Willis claims
Labour's stated lack of position on changing taxes means it's

(02:40):
ready to join the clown show if they will not
rule it out. They are saying that they're prepared to
govern like a circus. A July dates being set for
merging our seven research institutes into three public research organizations.
The government wants public science research to focus more on
economic growth. Research institute Callahan Innovation is being disestablished, affecting

(03:04):
hundreds of jobs. Eurovision will crown at sixty ninth winner
in this weekend's final. Fifteen countries have battled it out
for first place. Ten now remaining hot favorites are Austrian
singer JJ and Swedish trio Kai with a sauna inspired songs.

(03:28):
Two Sportlan one test. All Blacks playmaker Brett Cameron's completed
a remarkable comeback from an ACL rupture to be on
the Hurricanes bench as they begin their run home to
the Super Rugby playoffs. Cameron suffered the injury in September
and was expected to miss the season. You'll back up
Reuben Love on Friday against the Highlanders. Chiefs lock Tupao

(03:49):
Vaier has re signed with NZ runterly end of twenty
twenty seven, and Australia Nathan Altridge has been named as
the new skipper of Team New Zealand. That is your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
to morrow morning from the news Talk seed b Newsroom.