Afternoon Edition: 13 July 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 13 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 edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs in
this update questions over how rain batted Nelson, Tasman will
fare with more rain on the way. The region remains
under a local state of emergency after back to back
severe weather events. Civil defense teams have been doing welfare
and geotech assessments in flood affected areas. Today, Emergency Management

(00:25):
Group Controller Roger Ball expects the waterways will cope with
rain today and Tuesday. Rivers and streams although these back
are still very up and in some cases there are
stock banks and so on that need to be carefully watched.
ACT leader David Seymour's laid out four things he thinks
the government should do to improve grocery competition. He's delivered

(00:45):
a speech to Party Faithful at his annual rally in Auckland.
Mister Seymour says we need to tell the world it's
safe to invest here and make the grocery supply code
go both ways. He also wants to dump changes made
by the previous Labor government and pass a fast track
omnibus bill. For anyone wanting to build ten or more supermarkets,
one law should get their land zoned, their resource consensorsue,

(01:06):
overseas investment consensorsue and liquor license is done automatically. The
generational cyber security cap is growing in New Zealand families.
A newer VAST anti virus survey has found six out
of seven respondents have warned older relatives about online safety risks.
A VASTS Director of Offense of Security, Stephen Coe says
shame is a big barrier to cyber security conversations. People

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do get defensive and if it's approached the right way,
then that shame comes a cause and the engagement drops down.
Two New Zealand babies have been diagnosed with HIV passed
on from their mothers, the first time in nearly twenty
years this has happened. Perinakel HIV cases were effectively eliminated
from New Zealand in two thousand and seven, but experts
say an inconsistent approach means some pregnant patients can still

(01:53):
miss out. The University of Otago HIV Epidemiology Group found
two children born in twenty twenty five x three were
diagnosed with perry natally acquired HIV last year. Their mothers
were not known to be HIV positive. That's news. In sport,
the Warriors have regained the lead after conceding early in
their NRL game with the Tigers in Auckland. The Tigers

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opened the scoring in the second minute via Geral Skelton,
before both Rock o'berry and Chanel Harris Tavita scored for
the Warriors to take a twelve to four lead. A
Tiger's try in the twenty eighth minute cut the Warrior's
lead to twelve eight moments ago late in the first half. Earlier,
the Warriors women beat the Eels fourteen nil in their
first win of their return to the NRLW season championship.

(02:39):
Leader Brock Feenees starting from pole position in today's Supercars
race in Townsville. Matt Paine will be the leading New
Zealander on the grid in second, pipped in a shootout
after setting the fastest time in qualifying. That race is
just starting. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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