Afternoon Edition: 16 May 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 16 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 Susan Rdquist and this is your afternoon
news fixed for Friday, the sixteenth of May. More than
half a billion dollar investment is aiming to put Wellington
on a level playing field with Hollywood. The government has
announced this year's budget will top up the screen production
grant by five hundred and seventy seven million dollars in

(00:24):
an industry worth billions in New Zealand. Nikola Willis says
they're backing the industry to grow and without this we'd
be saying goodbye to skill and talent.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
We see the sector bringing investment, creating great jobs and
bringing income to New Zealand. We are not going to
put the sector at risk.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Auckland business morale is slumping ahead of the budget release
next week. The Auckland Business Chamber Confidence Survey finds more
than three quarters expect costs to rise over the next
twelve months. Lachlan Renie has more.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Half of businesses expect revenue to strike and a reporting
underperforming against expectations. Consumer confidence and demand was the top
concern for Auckland businesses, followed by geopolitical risks. CEO Simon
Bridges says business people have been hoping for green shoots
and they still don't see any yet.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Wellington Stadium has lost its naming partner. Ethan Minera has
the story.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
Sky has confirmed to Newstalks B it's not going to
extend its contract for Sky Stadium's naming rights. The current
six year contract concludes at the end of the year.
The stadium, known as the Caketon, was previously known as
Westpac Stadium for twenty years. Sky says it wishes the
Stadium Trust success in securing its next naming partner.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
And Sky recorded a one point seven million dollar loss
in February. A pharmacist made one hundred and twenty six
thousand dollars through trade me by selling medication he had
stolen from his work. Open Justice reports Jay and Patel
was found guilty of theft and professional misconduct last year.

(02:03):
Claudia O'Neill reports.

Speaker 5 (02:04):
Over four years, Patel made six thousand listings of products
like allergy relief lozenges and iron tablets, yielding around two
thousand online sales. He'd obtained the medicines by ordering extra
stock and manually editing the purchase orders. The Pharmacy Council
canceled his registration for six months and he was sentenced
in court to six months community detention.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
MALDI equate to seventeen percent of the overall population. Stats
ENZ data shows the population grew by more than one
point three percent compared with one point seven percent for
the total New Zealand population and the year to June
last year. To sport Now and Ryan Fox's first round
at Gulf's PGA Championship Major as the Kiwi Wright and

(02:48):
the Backs just three shots off the pace at Quail Hollow,
New Zealand Rugby has backed down on its controversial proposal
to field an under eighteen boys side, which would have
a effectively replace the National Secondary Schools fifteen. And the
Denver Nuggets have stayed alive in their NBA Western Conference
semifinal series, forcing a Game seven decider after beating the

(03:13):
Oklahoma City Thunder. I'm Susie Nordquist and that is your
latest news fix. We will be back with the next
update tomorrow morning from the News Talks their b newsroom