May 3, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 04 May 2026, 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 (00:02):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fixed for Monday, the fourth of May. Donald Trump
claims his representatives are having positive discussions with Iran. Iran's
offered the US a fourteen point piece plan asking for
hostilities to cease and for it to withdraw its forces.
Trump has just announced that the US will escort ships
(00:24):
through the Strait of Hormones from tonight, dubbing it Project
Freedom back Home. Acting Prime Minister David Seymour says wars
should not be unilaterally started as this has, but international
law does evolve.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If you spend forty years sponsoring terrorists, terrorizing your neighborhoods,
trying to create nuclear weapons so you can wipe a
whole country off the map, then perhaps the protections of
international law are not entirely available to you.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And Seymour is warning inflation is likely to spike shipping.
Giant Mersk is adding a twenty seven percent surcharge to
freight to cope with rising fuel costs because of the
Iran War, Seymour told at Ryan Bridge today, we rely
heavily on imported goods which use large amounts of fuel.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
When the price of that goes up anywhere from fifty percent.
In some cases you've seen diesel double. Then that pushes
through prices and everything that we do that leads to inflation.
That makes for a very tough time.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
In Ukraine, official say Russian drone and missile strikes have
killed ten people and injured dozens in multiple regions. President
Voladimir Zelenski says Russia fired more than two hundred and
fifty drones, the vast majority shot down. He says Ukraine
has struck three Russian oil tankers, a cruise missile carrier
(01:39):
worship and a patrol boat. The BBC reports that the
Kremlin's concerned about Ukraine's deepening drone reach into its territory. Accusations.
Proposed Ministry of Transport congestion charges are a cash grab.
They include grouping vehicles by size, charging trucks four times
as much as a car. Sporting New Zealand says it
(02:01):
aims to shift travel demand off peak, which freight carriers
already try to do. Policy and advocacy head Billy Clemens
says any trucks traveling at peak times absolutely have to.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Trucking companies won't realistically be able to avoid them. And
that means these significant charges end up getting paid and
getting pushed onto freight customers and businesses around the country.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
The Taxpayers Union Annual rate Payers Report finds that rates
rose and average four hundred and fifty one dollars in
the past year. It also shows almost two hundred and
fifty council staff earned more than a minister. Outside Cabinet
spokesperson Josh Van Veen says some councils are doing worse
than others.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
To Regional Council has the highest average residential rates of
any regional council at just over one thousand dollars a year.
You compare that to Environment Southland, which charges rate players
just one hundred and seventy eight dollars a year.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
But Wellington Regional Council says it delivers the largest public
transport network outside Auckland and managed water and disaster responses.
The Salvation Armies urging the public to donate towards toward
this week's Red Shield appeal as more people struggle with
living costs to sport, Kimie Antonelli's become the first Formula
(03:16):
One driver to convert his maiden three pole positions into
race wins, this time at the Miami Grand Prix. Wu
Yetza has opened up a ten to seven leader Sean
Murphy in the best of thirty five frame Snooker World
Champs final. Yarlick Sinner is the first man to win
five successive Masters one thousand Tennis titles after securing the
(03:36):
Madrid Open. And Tottenham have beaten aston Villa two to
one in Premier League Football to move temporarily clear of
the relegation zone. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the News Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fixed for Monday, the fourth of May. Donald Trump
claims his representatives are having positive discussions with Iran. Iran's
offered the US a fourteen point piece plan asking for
hostilities to cease and for it to withdraw its forces.
Trump has just announced that the US will escort ships
(00:24):
through the Strait of Hormones from tonight, dubbing it Project
Freedom back Home. Acting Prime Minister David Seymour says wars
should not be unilaterally started as this has, but international
law does evolve.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If you spend forty years sponsoring terrorists, terrorizing your neighborhoods,
trying to create nuclear weapons so you can wipe a
whole country off the map, then perhaps the protections of
international law are not entirely available to you.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
And Seymour is warning inflation is likely to spike shipping.
Giant Mersk is adding a twenty seven percent surcharge to
freight to cope with rising fuel costs because of the
Iran War, Seymour told at Ryan Bridge today, we rely
heavily on imported goods which use large amounts of fuel.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
When the price of that goes up anywhere from fifty percent.
In some cases you've seen diesel double. Then that pushes
through prices and everything that we do that leads to inflation.
That makes for a very tough time.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
In Ukraine, official say Russian drone and missile strikes have
killed ten people and injured dozens in multiple regions. President
Voladimir Zelenski says Russia fired more than two hundred and
fifty drones, the vast majority shot down. He says Ukraine
has struck three Russian oil tankers, a cruise missile carrier
(01:39):
worship and a patrol boat. The BBC reports that the
Kremlin's concerned about Ukraine's deepening drone reach into its territory. Accusations.
Proposed Ministry of Transport congestion charges are a cash grab.
They include grouping vehicles by size, charging trucks four times
as much as a car. Sporting New Zealand says it
(02:01):
aims to shift travel demand off peak, which freight carriers
already try to do. Policy and advocacy head Billy Clemens
says any trucks traveling at peak times absolutely have to.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Trucking companies won't realistically be able to avoid them. And
that means these significant charges end up getting paid and
getting pushed onto freight customers and businesses around the country.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
The Taxpayers Union Annual rate Payers Report finds that rates
rose and average four hundred and fifty one dollars in
the past year. It also shows almost two hundred and
fifty council staff earned more than a minister. Outside Cabinet
spokesperson Josh Van Veen says some councils are doing worse
than others.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
To Regional Council has the highest average residential rates of
any regional council at just over one thousand dollars a year.
You compare that to Environment Southland, which charges rate players
just one hundred and seventy eight dollars a year.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
But Wellington Regional Council says it delivers the largest public
transport network outside Auckland and managed water and disaster responses.
The Salvation Armies urging the public to donate towards toward
this week's Red Shield appeal as more people struggle with
living costs to sport, Kimie Antonelli's become the first Formula
(03:16):
One driver to convert his maiden three pole positions into
race wins, this time at the Miami Grand Prix. Wu
Yetza has opened up a ten to seven leader Sean
Murphy in the best of thirty five frame Snooker World
Champs final. Yarlick Sinner is the first man to win
five successive Masters one thousand Tennis titles after securing the
(03:36):
Madrid Open. And Tottenham have beaten aston Villa two to
one in Premier League Football to move temporarily clear of
the relegation zone. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the News Talk ZB newsroom.
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