Afternoon Edition: 03 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 03 August 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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From the news talks edby Newsroom. This is NEWSFECS. In
this update, more than nine thousand people could be unable
to use a lifeline service because of not receiving government funding.
The Medical Alert Foundations a charity offering up to date
emergency identification for first responders when patients can't be identified
or speak for themselves. It says thousands of its members

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are struggling to afford the seventy dollars membership fee. Medical
Alert CEO Murray Lord says a petition calls on Parliament
to guarantee the service public funding. Mister Lord says there's
an opportunity to spend a few dollars to save many.
Five tons of beef was donated to the New Zealand
Food Network for its fifth birthday. Since twenty twenty, the

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network has redirected seventy nine million meals worth of food
to those who need it. CEO Gavin Finlay says the
cost of living crisis means higher need now than before
the pandemic. A charge for overseas tourists taking out when
our natural attractions could provide more funds for local conservation.
The government's introducing fees of up to forty dollars per

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person at Cathedral Cove, Tongaio Crossing, Milford Sound and Araki Mount.
Cook Conservation Minister Tama Portucker says people often have to
be to visit national attractions overseas. He says about eighty
percent of those visiting our natural attractions are from overseas.
They'll need to pay to go to some of these
iconic locations, and that puttier will help you reinvested back

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into the area in which that revenue was generated. And
Auckland based organizations helping up skilled community groups and artificial intelligence.
Second half is delivering free workshops helping churches, sports organizations
and charities integrate AI into their work. The government says
AI could bring a seventy six billion dollar boost to
GDP by twenty thirty eight. Co founder Tyrone Tungata Marcury says,

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all the feedback they get shows how much these groups
benefit from using the technology in how easier it is
to kind of use such things as like edmund Pass,
whether that's communicating to other people, whether that's creating plans,
that's news. In sport, they have plenties made a massive
statement with a thirty seven to seven win over Tasman
to open their NPC rugby campaign in Torunger. The Steamers

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led ten mil at half time before Tasman began their
fight back with the first try of the second forty.
They have plenty responded with ferocity, scoring twenty seven unanswered
points to stun the mark Or. Steamers captain Kurt Eklan
says it was great to perform like that in front
of their home fans. Performer side that I guess pretty stacked,

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Tasma side a real proud and in yes' just so
happy to be back down here. Lewis Klaiberts missed the
finals at the World Aquatic Championships in Singapore. The defending
four hundred meters individual medley champion came fifth in his heat.
That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to
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