Afternoon Edition: 24 October 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 October 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.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is your.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Afternoon news fix for Friday, the twenty fourth of October.
Several South Island districts are still without power after wild winds.
A state of emergencies and force for Southland and Kluther
canterburyze declaration is being reviewed this afternoon. The transport agencies
slowly restoring access to key highways that urges people to

(00:28):
take care due to fallen trees and debris. Emergency Management
Southland Control the Marcus Roy says the state of emergency
provides them with a higher degree of coordination.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
To ensure that there's power facilities in the lifeline areas
such as fuel stations, supermarkets, wastewater water treatment plants and
also cell towers.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
An arrest in the investigation into the deaths of two
people in an East Auckland house fire earlier this month,
a thirty eight year old charged with murdering a father
and sons, appearing in court today. A week after the
Buckland's Beach blaze, police confirmed it was intentionally lit and
they were treating it as a double homicide. Police investigating

(01:11):
the disappearance of Tom Phillips and his children in the
king Country have located what are belief to be the
family's primary camp sites. Phillips died last month after a
shootout with police. They've found too large structures in bush
near the seaside town of Murel Krpa in Auckland. White
to Mata police a warning of increasing cases of fraud

(01:32):
involving ride share app Uber following three recent incidents. Detective
Sergeant Mark Renfree says in each instance, the perpetrator called
the local hardware business, ordering a large amount of product.
The person then tries charging it to a company account
before ordering an Uber driver to pick it up. Renfree
says the scammers are not only committing fraud, they are

(01:54):
involving innocent and unaware Uber drivers. Suggestions new U US
sanctions won't hurt Russia. US President Donald Trump revealed yesterday
they would be targeting Russia's two largest oil companies. This
follows the cancelation of a planned meeting with this Russian counterpart,
Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine War. Sanction Expert Richard

(02:18):
Connolly told Sky News the Kremlin's fiscal state is unlikely
to change much.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
As a result, it really needs to hiss Moscow's tax revenues.
The problem is Russia tends to tax most of its
oil companies at the pump when the oil comes out
of the ground, rather than through export duties.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Excitement over the discovery of the fossil of an exotic
songbird species. A tiny foot bone which is millions of
years old was found in Otigo Saint Bathan's using new
microCT scanning technology. Researchers believe it shows a type of
bower bird lived here, famous for its elaborate courtship behavior

(02:57):
with males making decorated huts At Tiger University, Associate Professor
Nick Rawland says the discovery came as a surprise.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
Fossil record of the zone from Australia and New Guinea
and to have one of New Zealander's shows that we've
got a lot of really ancient diversity in New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Two sport key re cyclist Campbell's Stewart missed out on
a bronze medal in the men's scratch race at the
Track World Championships in Chile. Despite seemingly crossing the line third,
the officials determined the leaders had completed the distance on
the previous lap. Olympic champion Elise Andrews was knocked out
in the women's sprint quarter finals, but the men's team

(03:39):
Pursuit claimed the bronze medal. Canterbury Rugby captain Tom Christie
saluting the support from the region after the sold out
sign went up for their NPC decider against Otago. And
that is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the News Talk z'd
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