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July 2, 2025 4 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
But afternoon, I'm Raining Ramsey and this is your afternoon
news fix for Wednesday, the second of July. Auckland police
are still piecing together what happened leading to the discovery
of a newborn's body in a puonsonbe Wheely bin last night.
Claudia O'Neill reports.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
The baby was discovered on Reynolds Street at about ten pm.
A homicide investigations ongoing in a woman's in custody speaking
with police. A post mortem's being done and investigators are
canvassing the area and searching of the bins. Locals are
being urged to come forward with any CCTV footage.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
An Auckland man has been sentenced to two years and
four months in jail after driving into a pregnant woman
who lost her baby. Rosie Leishman reports.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
The twenty four year old man took part in an
illegal street racing event in East Palmacke in May twenty
twenty three. The woman he hit was seriously injured and
emergency surgery. The man's been found guilty of manslaughter, dangerous
driving and driving well disqualified. He's also been disqualified from
driving for twelve months.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
The Justice Minister and Green MP Tamotha Paul back in
the ring for another fight on crime policy. Political reporter
Azariah Howell has more.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Tamotha Pools quickly criticized a government proposal to hike shoplifting punishments,
saying it punches down on the poor. Goldsmith says she's
giving thieves the green light by saying people without money
to buy food will look towards shoplifting. The pair clashed
earlier this year when the Green MP said beat police
just throw away homeless people's items.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Police have charged twelve more people over a large dangerous
boy racer meat in Levin over King's Birthday weekend. Five
bystanders and two officers were injured when a crowd of
one thousand gathered for skids, burnouts and other driving offenses
Manawa two Area Commander Inspector Ross Grantham says work's physical
aggression and a vehicle were used against officers. Seven men

(02:05):
and two women will appear in court in coming weeks,
and three youths at a later date. Ten others were
already before the courts. Labour leader Chris Hopkins is reiterating
his party was given bad advice on Rutdou's emergency housing.
He says his labor government was repeatedly told people outside
Rutadu were not heading to its emergency housing motels. Now

(02:29):
he concedes that wasn't the case, and.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
It's clear that there were people from outside of Zu
being accommodated there, So that was the bad advice that
I was referring to.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Jurors in New York will try again tomorrow to find
consensus on the guilt of hip hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs.
They've reached a decision on his sex trafficking charges, but
remain hung on the final racketeering conspiracy charge. The prosecution
sought in allan charge from the judge to push jurors
to make a decision outside the court. CNNs Lee Waltman

(03:02):
says the racketeering conspiracy is complicated.

Speaker 5 (03:05):
After prove that Colm's one had an enterprise, and they
also have to prove those predicate charges as well, which
include rivalry now orson things like a drug distribution to sport.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
In one test all Black prop Aidan Ross says he'll
jump at the chance to represent the Wallabies if asked,
with the Aussie Boorne prop switching from the Chiefs to
the Queensland Reds in time to tackle the British and
Irish Lions in Brisbane tonight. The Wellington Phoenix have confirmed
Stefan I'll stay that again. Stefan Kolikowski, Chico Jialdez and

(03:40):
Dublin Boone have not been off at new contracts for
the upcoming A League season. Skipper rpe Nichols says having
so many rugby union players and the Warriors women's lineup
will be a beneficial point of difference in the upcoming NRLW.
That is your latest news fix and will be back
with the next update tomorrow morning from the News Talks

(04:02):
ZB newsroom.
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