Afternoon Edition: 01 July 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 01 July 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. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the first of July. The Associate Justice
Ministers drawn a line in the sand on shoplifting. The
government's unveiled proposals for measures it says will help to
to retail crime. It includes infringement fees able to be
handed out like speeding tickets. Nicole McKee says businesses have

(00:27):
had a guts full and she's glad to be part
of bringing change a government who has said enough is enough.
It's about time that we support the businesses to be
able to grow because we need that growth. A thirty
two year old man's been charged with murder over the
death of an inmate at Mount Eaton Corrections Facility on Friday.

(00:47):
He'll appear in court on Thursday. The economies inching closer
to recovery, but hurdles persist. The latest monthly Centrix data
shows numbers of people behind on payments one percent compared
to last year, but financial hardships risen by three hundred
cases in the month and company liquidations are up twenty

(01:09):
seven percent year on year. B WA and Solvency Principal
Brian Williams says it could take until the end of
the year for things to turn around, but discretionary spending
should pick up.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
They've got to have funds to spend and that is
going to be lowered interest rates and costs coming down.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
The building sector remains downbeat and consents keep dropping. Stantz
and Z figures show new home consents fell three point
eight percent in the year to May and plunged eight
point six percent for multi unit dwellings. Business reporter Michael's
Circle the fall.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
In consent numbers is leveling off, but insidia's latest quarterly
survey of business opinion shows only three percent of building
firms expect conditions to improve, down from six percent three
months ago. Architects are reporting a reduced pipeline of housing
work and expect the slow down and commercial government work
to continue.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Police have posted a guard at a Foxton Beach home
where a six month old baby was found critically injured
on Sunday. The boy was flown from Palmerston North Hospital
to Starship. Funding has been confirmed for the second stage
of safety improvements to State Highway sixteen through West Auckland's Coumeu,
including building a shared walking and cycling path NCTA will

(02:25):
fund two more lanes each way from Brigham Creek to
the tow Parky roundabout and a roundabout at the Coatsville
Riverhead Highway intersection. Labour is express and concern saying youth
voices are being silenced. Leader Chris Hipkins yesterday claimed Youth
Parliament members have been told their speeches can't be critical

(02:46):
of the government. Claudia O'Neill reports.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Tipkins says that censorship and young people should be allowed
to express their views. The Make It sixteen lobby group
has expressed similar concerns. However, Youth Parliament organizers say they
provide feedback and in some cases suggests changes to consider,
but they say youth MPs make their own final decisions
on speech content.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
Just Sport and Warriors backup half back Tanna Boyd's confident
he is ready to take over first grade playmaking duties
from Luke Metcalf. The NRL club's confirmed Metcalf is out
for the season after rupturing the ACL and his right
knee and their loss to Brisbane last weekend. The jersey
number for All Blacks vice captain Ardie Savia Loom serves

(03:30):
the big decision as coach Scott Robertson puts together his
first team of the year in Saudi Arabian side Al
Hilal have stune Manchester City for three in extra time
in a thrilling round of sixteen clash at football's Club
World Cup. And that is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the

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news Talk ZEDB newsroom.