September 21, 2025 • 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 21 September 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):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, strong winds are moving north across the country,
with cook Straight next in the firing line. Canterbury is
no longer under any red or orange wind warnings, but
almost two hundred people remain without electricity near Timuru. Heavy
rain continues to fall for the West Coast and parts
(00:24):
of Marlborough with up to one hundred and twenty millimeters forecast.
Met Service meteorologist John Law says it'll be windy around
Wellington and whited Upper tonight, but not at the strength
Canterbury has experienced currently. An orange strong wind worn in
for those areas with GUS that around about one hundred
and twenty class from now and I think that's three
what we'll see as we head it strough into the
early part of the morning. Increased clinical space and emergency departments,
(00:47):
extra car parking, and laboratory refurbishments are among twenty one
small scale hospital upgrades being funded by the government. Health
Minister Simeon Brown's announced a one hundred million dollar investment
across the projects and Remediation program focused on essential infrastructure.
Mister Brown says the projects will make a meaningful difference
for patients. Mackie saw there's more space at Queenstown Hospital
(01:11):
and their emergency department will improve the capacity of that
emergency department to be able to see more patients. Decades
of study on Westland pastoral seabirds is helping scientists understand
how natural threats affect bird species. The native petrels breed
only in the South Island. Petrels are known to be tough,
but their population was one of many harmed in cyclones
(01:31):
ten years ago. Department of Conservation biodiversity project lead Kate
Simister says they've watched how the Westland petrels rebounded with
such a good long term data seat before things that
are changing so much an Amerine environment, they're an excellent
case study to look at those changes and look for
how things are affecting the species. Late show host Jimmy
(01:51):
Kimmel has been meeting with top Disney executives since his
show was pulled off television during the week. ABC put
his talk show on hold indefinitely after he made controversial
comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder. Sources say
no resolution has been reached. That's news in Sport. North
Harbour's pursuit of a win in the twenty twenty five
(02:13):
n PC continues leading for much of the last quarter.
Harbour had a twenty one to nineteen loss to Northland
thanks to a seventy ninth minute score from visiting first
five riverz Rehana. The Otago women's team has claimed the
Fara pamer Cups Championship crown, beating Northland thirty seven twelve
in Dunedin. Unprecedented. That's how Silver Fern's gold shoot. Grayson
(02:35):
Wecky has described the build up to tonight's first Test
with South Africa in Auckland. Newki says it's been difficult
without coach Dame Noline Todur, who's been stood down by
Netball New Zealand Bulldog's coach Cameron Sialdo has scoffed at
claims they're a second rate version of the Panthers ahead
of tonight's NR elimination final in Sydney. That's sport. I'm
(02:56):
Joe Gilfillan. For more new listen to News Talk set
B Live on iHeartRadio.
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, strong winds are moving north across the country,
with cook Straight next in the firing line. Canterbury is
no longer under any red or orange wind warnings, but
almost two hundred people remain without electricity near Timuru. Heavy
rain continues to fall for the West Coast and parts
(00:24):
of Marlborough with up to one hundred and twenty millimeters forecast.
Met Service meteorologist John Law says it'll be windy around
Wellington and whited Upper tonight, but not at the strength
Canterbury has experienced currently. An orange strong wind worn in
for those areas with GUS that around about one hundred
and twenty class from now and I think that's three
what we'll see as we head it strough into the
early part of the morning. Increased clinical space and emergency departments,
(00:47):
extra car parking, and laboratory refurbishments are among twenty one
small scale hospital upgrades being funded by the government. Health
Minister Simeon Brown's announced a one hundred million dollar investment
across the projects and Remediation program focused on essential infrastructure.
Mister Brown says the projects will make a meaningful difference
for patients. Mackie saw there's more space at Queenstown Hospital
(01:11):
and their emergency department will improve the capacity of that
emergency department to be able to see more patients. Decades
of study on Westland pastoral seabirds is helping scientists understand
how natural threats affect bird species. The native petrels breed
only in the South Island. Petrels are known to be tough,
but their population was one of many harmed in cyclones
(01:31):
ten years ago. Department of Conservation biodiversity project lead Kate
Simister says they've watched how the Westland petrels rebounded with
such a good long term data seat before things that
are changing so much an Amerine environment, they're an excellent
case study to look at those changes and look for
how things are affecting the species. Late show host Jimmy
(01:51):
Kimmel has been meeting with top Disney executives since his
show was pulled off television during the week. ABC put
his talk show on hold indefinitely after he made controversial
comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder. Sources say
no resolution has been reached. That's news in Sport. North
Harbour's pursuit of a win in the twenty twenty five
(02:13):
n PC continues leading for much of the last quarter.
Harbour had a twenty one to nineteen loss to Northland
thanks to a seventy ninth minute score from visiting first
five riverz Rehana. The Otago women's team has claimed the
Fara pamer Cups Championship crown, beating Northland thirty seven twelve
in Dunedin. Unprecedented. That's how Silver Fern's gold shoot. Grayson
(02:35):
Wecky has described the build up to tonight's first Test
with South Africa in Auckland. Newki says it's been difficult
without coach Dame Noline Todur, who's been stood down by
Netball New Zealand Bulldog's coach Cameron Sialdo has scoffed at
claims they're a second rate version of the Panthers ahead
of tonight's NR elimination final in Sydney. That's sport. I'm
(02:56):
Joe Gilfillan. For more new listen to News Talk set
B Live on iHeartRadio.
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