Afternoon Edition: 27 May 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 27 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 Rayleen Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the twenty seventh of May. The government
wants to level the playing field for Mardi education, announcing
plans to upgrade property and boost bilingual resources. The budget
twenty twenty five package includes sixty million dollars of ring
fenced funding for school property and cash for specialist Marty

(00:27):
curriculum advisors. Speaking at a Wellington Kuda, Education Minister Ericus
Stanford says this is long overdue.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Their reaction from the Tomaiki when they said there would
be a library and a multi purpose space of Jim
and it can be used for other purposes as well.
The excitement on their faces was just It was so
worth it and they deserve it.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
A warning. Run at straight style tackle games have an
impact similar to being in a car crash at thirty
kilometers an hour. A Parmerston North nineteen year old has
died of injuries suffered playing a version of the game Friends. A.
Sources told our newsroom his name is Ryan's Sattathwaite. A
ut human performance professor Patria Hume says people should take

(01:09):
head injuries very seriously.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
It's not just games These are high speed collisions and
it's got potential to cause life altering brain injuries and deaths,
and unfortunately, Ryan is a case where a death has occurred.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
A forty seven year old man has been reminded in
custody on multiple charges, including arson over a fire on
Nelson's Corninny Street last Wednesday. He'll reappear in court next month.
One person was seriously injured. Fire and Emergency says there
were no working smoke alarms in the house. Police are
asking the public to help identify two witnesses traveling in

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a vehicle that night. The government's opening up systems to
let farmers and growers access new products more quickly. Minister
for Regulation David Seymour estimates speeding up the application process
for new products could generate benefits worth about thirteen million
dollars a year. Political reporter Azariah Howell has more.

Speaker 4 (02:04):
Changes announced today come after the Ministry for Regulation looked
into agriculture and horticulture products including chemicals, animal medicines, pat
food and fertilizers all sixteen if the agency's recommendations are
being upheld by Cabinet.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Meanwhile, the Biosecurity Minister would like forestry owners to better
manage pest problems. Federated Farmers has launched a campaign called
Save Our Sheep and is highlighting long term stock falls.
Gripes include pests like stoats, possums and feral pigs flourishing
in forests, then invading farming land and disrupting stock. Biosecurity

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Minister Andrew Hoggart says, maybe they need to be consequences
or measures fine or.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Just the direction they need to take care of these pests.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
And invest in getting hunters in to remove these pests.
A Cantabriski field no longer has confidence that can open
in may Hut Ski Area manager James McKenzie says after
falling earlier this month, the snow's gone. That hope to
kick the season off early this weekend for the first
time in more than a decade. Mackenzie says those plans

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are now on hold. To sport and Auckland FC have
lost one of their stars from their maiden campaign. Colombian
striker Nada Moreno has left the club following their exit
in the A League semifinals Oklahoma City Thunder. They've moved
to three to one and series point in the NBA's

(03:32):
Western Conference Finals with a bounce back game for one
twenty eight, one twenty six win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
New South Wales center Stephen Crichton faces a game day
fitness test tomorrow morning to prove he can play the
State of Origin League opener. That is your latest news fix.
We'll be back with another update tomorrow morning from the

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news Talk zed B newsroom