Afternoon Edition: 11 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 11 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your afternoon
news facts for Monday, the eleventh of August. New Zealand's
considering it formerly joining other countries recognizing a Palestinian state.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today took an item to
Cabinet on the topic. His political reporter Azariah Howell.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Peters says we need to carefully weigh up the issue
and has confirmed Cabinet will make a formal decision next
month on when and how. He says there are a
broad range of strongly held views on this question within
government and society. Peters will travel to the UN Leaders
Week in New York late next month and will present
our government's approach.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Australia is also just announced it will recognize an independent
state in September. The UK, Canada and France have already
made the same pledge. Chris Luxen says the gas shortage
has been a long time coming and won't be fixed quickly.
Fertilizer company Balancer agg Renutrients is warning it may need
to shutter its Tartanaki plant for four months, faced by

(01:05):
a lack of affordable gas. The PM says the government's
working quickly to address the impacts of Labour's oil and
gas ban.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
It really is great to say you want to end
the oil and gas babbit. When you don't think through
the second and third order consequences of that, people end
up losing their jobs and good people. We don't want
people coming out of that sector and losing their jobs.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
A newsroom understands that Toddler has died after being hit
in a driveway in Hamilton's Saint Andrew's yesterday afternoon. The
agecare sector says staff need to be paid properly. The
government canceled dozens of active pay equity claims and raised
the bar with a bill rushed in under urgency with
no consultation to free up money. Women's professions are historically

(01:46):
undervalued and underpaid, so most affected are People's select Committee.
A former parliamentarians, is examining the change Age Care Association had.
Tracy Martin says it's damaged the government relationship with the
This action also sent a strong message to our members
that government acted with arrogance and disregard of the effect

(02:07):
their actions would have devastation over news. Three more endangered
sea lions have been killed. Police are seeking more information
on the shooting now or moreu on Saturday. The maximum
penalty for harassing, injuring or killing a marine mammal is
two years in prison or a fine of up to
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sea Lion Trust cochairs

(02:28):
Sean McConkey says people finding such acts despicable should speak up.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
Come forward with information and let people know that this
sort of behavior isn't acceptable and hopefully that message will
get through to very few people that are doing these
sorts of.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Things in sport. Delight for net baller Grace Work after
confirmation of her long awaited Silver Fern's eligibility exemption, the
star Shooter is officially able to continue playing for New
South Wales in Australia and also be selected for New Zealand.
Here we Drive It, Shane van Geesbergen's held back the
tears and reflecting on his extra special latest victory in

(03:05):
the NASCAR Cup Series and Super Rugby Pacific bosses are
vowing to learn from what did and what didn't work
in Melbourne as super Round heads to Christ Churches new
to Kahar Stadium in twenty twenty six. I'm Jody Gill
that's your latest news facts. We'll be back with the
next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk zed B newsroom.