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July 11, 2025 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 11 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Wendy Petrie and this is your afternoon
news fix for Friday, the eleventh of July. Tasman residents
who evacuated two weeks ago are being asked to do
so again now. An emergency mobile alert has gone out
in the area is under a red heavy rain warning.
A state of emergencies in place in Nelson, Tasman, with
emergency operations centers activated. Civil Defense Controller Alec le Vertes

(00:28):
told Matt Heath and Tyler Adams the people at highest
risk are the ones worst affected by the last round
of bad weather.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
The worstit areas last week was multiple values within Tasman
so Topawera, Rewalker, Motuweka and they will all hit. Those
places are likely to be hit again.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
A group of big energy companies are banding together to
explore the option of liquefied natural gas. Claris, Contact Energy,
Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy and Mercury have commissioned a report
into the possibility of importation to bolster dwindling domestic gas supplies.
The report shows that could potentially cost one billion dollars
in capital investment. Clara's chief executive, Paul Goodeve says the

(01:10):
country needs to keep it options open as we transition
to a lower emission economy. There's a range of fuels
that we're going to need to take advantage of. LNG
could be one of those subs. More than thirty six
thousand hospital nurses, midwives Healthcare Assistance Kimachi Hawara will strike
for twenty four hours at the end of the month.
Nurses Organization chief executive Paul Galter says they'll walk off

(01:33):
the job after the latest Health New Zealand offer failed
to address safe staffing concerns. Emily Ansel reports.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Galter claims patients are at risk because staff are stretched
too thin. He says they were also offered a wage
increase which didn't match the cost of living. The nationwide
strike will begin at nine am on Wednesday, July thirtieth.
Life preserving services will continue to be provided.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Emotions ran high during today's sentencing of a fourteen year
old who fatally stabbed a fellow teenager at a Dunedin
bus hub. The teen, whose name is suppressed, stabbed sixteen
year old Nra McLaren Tana on Great King Street in
May twenty twenty four. He was sentenced to three years
and three months for manslaughter. Herald reporter Ben tom Said

(02:20):
says in the court room there was an outpouring of
anger from the victim's family directed at the defendants family.
Swear words were thrown around and there were some pears
heard from the dependant's side of the public gallery. Belief
more international routes are on the way for christ Church
The Garden City has been a magnet for airlines recently,

(02:42):
with Quantas, Singapore Airlines and China Southern all increasing summer capacity.
New Zealand has yet to add any international flights other
than Australia, but isn't ruling out the positability of introducing
some mayorfl Major says the city's not relying on the
national carrier as the airport's working hard to get more
flights from a range of airlines. There is some talk

(03:02):
about maybe Korean there there was some talk about it
a couple of years ago, and another maybe China Eastern
as well to sport. Another injury and force change for
the All Black Simon in Narawa has replaced it Caleb
Clark on the right wing for the second Test against
France in Wellington, New Zealand's NRAL veteran Karen Fororn's calling time.

(03:23):
On has decorated seventeen year pro career at the end
of the season and the former Kiwis rugby league player
and coach David Kidwell will join Jamie Joseph staff at
the Highlanders next Super Rugby Pacific season. I'm Wendy Petrie.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk set B Newsroom.
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