Afternoon Edition: 12 July 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 12 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's Heaby newsroom. This is NEWSFACS in
this updates. Some state highways are reopening while others remain
closed following last night's severe weather. Lachland Rennie reports.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
State Highway six is shut from Tasman's Belgrove to Murchison,
as well as Bisley Avenue to Richardson Street. State Highway
sixty is also closed due to slips and flooding from
Tasman's Rawoka through to Upper Tarkica. Melburh's State Highway sixty
three is now open with restrictions between Rhenwick and Kywood

(00:35):
City junction and the North Island State Highway one is
also opened through Northland's Munnamooka Gorge after closing overnight following
a slip.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Another section of road is blocked in West Auckland because
of a slip fire. An emergency says it was called
to Victory Road and Langholm about half past two and
sent two fire trucks along with search and rescue personnel.
Geotech engineers are attending. It appears a footpath collapsed and
part of the road is closed. Foreign Minister Winston Peters's
homeward bound after meeting several counterparts in Southeast Asia. He's

(01:08):
been at a number of Associations of Southeast Asian Nations
meetings this week. This year marks fifty years of New
Zealand engagement with the association. Mister Peters says he's reiterated
concerns about the situation in Me and Mah, tensions in
the South China, sea security in the Middle East, and
Indo Pacific stability. He's also met with high ranking officials,

(01:28):
including United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The government
could be treading on its own toes scrapping a study
of how freight moves around the country to save money,
but Transporting New Zealand Head of Policy and Advocacy Billy
Clement says this will leave policymakers guessing. Mister Clement says
Transport Minister Chris Bishop is ignoring long term benefits for

(01:51):
short term savings. China achieve savings by canceling this freight
demand study is really short sighted and it's potentially going
to cost us significantly more. That's news. In sport, All
Blacks coach Scott Robertson expect another aerial bombardment from the
French tonight in the second rugby Test in Wellington. France

(02:11):
trusted a kick first mentality in the series opener last
weekend in Dunedin, causing New Zealand some problems. Robertson says,
with wet conditions expected at Sky Stadium, it's likely to
happen again.

Speaker 3 (02:23):
We know how they're going to play. Like I've mentioned
here before, it's actually just they had adept and stop
them and do what we want to do and keep
trusting ourselves.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
The Black Ferns game against Australia's Waderoos is underway moments ago,
about halfway through the first half, Australia ahead seven to five.
In the men's National Basketball League, the Southland Sharks have
beaten the Canterbury Rams one hundred and one to eighty two,
ending the Rams quest for a third straight championship. That's sport.

(02:55):
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