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May 23, 2025 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 24 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacts.
In this update, there's claims nowhere near enough aid is
being let into Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettina, who
allowed just one hundred trucks carrying baby food and medical
equipment into Gaza earlier this week. However, u N Secretary
General Antonio Getis says it amounts to a teaspoon of

(00:27):
aid when a flood of assistance is required. A mother
told Sky News her baby was born at a normal weight,
but that's dropped significantly as the war's gone on. Her
words are translated by Sky News her condition is serious.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I don't want to do so because I lost my
husband and she's all I have left of him.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Australians are assessing the damage left behind by record breaking
severe weather in New South Wales to rental rain lashed
Eastern Australia, swelling already in gorge rivers, engulfing roads and
leaving almost fifty thousand people stranded. The death toll has
now risen to five. Emotions were high as a local
told Sky News about seeing the devastation left behind. They

(01:08):
say once the water recedes, they'll start to see the
amount of livestock lost and livelihoods destroyed. Criticism the government
is incentivizing private sector investment but not delivering on infrastructure.
Just one of three non transport public private partnerships receive
funding and Budget twenty twenty five invest New Zealand's also

(01:30):
formally got in its funding a new dedicated agency to
attract international capital Infrastructure New Zealand Policy director Michelle McCormick
says more government funding for projects would encourage more private investment,
having that.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Confidence for the market too, that we have a pipeline
but there is commitment from the government to actually go
ahead with these projects.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Music icon Billy Joel has been diagnosed with the brain
condition and is canceling all his upcoming concerts. The seventy
six year old has normal pressure hydro syphilis, which is
caused by a buildup of excess fluid in the brain.
It creates problems with hearing, vision and balance issues. That's news.

(02:22):
In sports, Sevu Reese admits to being stunned by a
unique moment of reflection after breaking the Super Rugby try
scoring record. The Wingers scored his sixty six try in
eighty four games with the Crusaders during their fifteen twelve
win over the Highlanders. Play was stopped after Reese's try
and a highlight package was played out across the stadium

(02:42):
to celebrate the achievement. Reese was speechless when the video played.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
Those are the things that I remember and I watched.
You know when basketball players when someone gets like a
milestone and they do that. But when they did that tonight,
it was and I was awesome. You know, I just
have off come and know this is a very special moment.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Olympic swimmer Hazel our Hand has broken her national fifteen
meter butterfly record at the New Zealand Championships, while Zoe
Peterson and Laura Quilter also achieved world championship qualifying times.
That sports, I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to
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