Afternoon Edition: 02 August 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 August 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
From the news Talk Zebby newsroom. This is Newsfix. In
this update, New Zealand First's newest announced candidate is defending
leader Winston Peters controversial comments towards a Chinese MP. In
a debate on Wednesday, Mister Peters told Lawrence ju Nan,
a New Zealand citizen who moved here as a child
in nineteen ninety four, to go home. Former Defense Minister

(00:23):
Ron Mark, announced as the party's wided up a candidate today,
says during a debate in twenty fifteen, he told South
Korean born MP Melissa Lee to go home if she
didn't like New Zealand culture. Mister Mark says he doesn't
have a problem with mister Peter's comment. Pardon it was
the program. Sometimes you need to hear the truth. Concerns
of a domino effect if teachers are given more legal

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power to restrain students, the ACT Party will back teachers
who reasonably remove disruptive students from the classroom and force
parents to take accountability. Candidate Paul Henry says it'll provide
clarity around what constitutes physical intervention. PA president Chris Abercrombie
says it's a slippery slope. He doesn't want teachers on
risking both them and their students. So this is such

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as slippery slope. It is not one I want any
teacher to get on. No one wants to see physical
force brought into schools, and I'm really surprised that this
is even being discussed. An urgent call to protect our
native forests from wild deer researchers say rising deer numbers
are an increasing problem because they damage and eat young
native trees. Canterbury University emeritus professor David Norton says many

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of the forests he goes tramping in our hollow with
nothing between the ground and the canopy thanks to dear,
employers appear challenged over how much AI talent is worth.
New research from recruiter Robert Half shows ninety four percent
expect it'll drive salary growth in their organization for the
next two years. It also shows ninety nine percent of

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organizations find it challenging to compensate AI proficient candidates. Director
Roniel Singh says businesses recognize AI's value as skill, but
they don't yet have reliable benchmarks to price it. That's
news in Sport to a sunny afternoon in Fangarey and
Rugby's NPC. No, it's over the touch line. It's full

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time in North Winds lets them muscles and their second spell.
The Tanifah opened their campaign with a forty to fourteen
win over Man Over two, Wellington's hosting Hawks Bay in Wellington.
That match just kicking off. Matt Payne and Ryan Wood
will line up beside one another on the grid for
the final race of the latest Supercars round in Perth tonight.

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Championship leader Paines qualified third, fellow New Zealand driver Wood fourth.
Jamaica's semi final win sees them play the Silver Ferns
and the Commonwealth Games Netball Final tonight. Jamaica comes into
the match having pulled off a stunning upset winover gold
medal favorites Australia. That's Sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,

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