Afternoon Edition: 15 July 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 15 July 2026, 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 (00:02):
Good afternoon. I'm Raylen Ramsey.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
This is your afternoon news fix for Wednesday, the fifteenth
of July. New Zealanders are being asked to be alert
after a single ocean going sea bird, A brown skewer
on Pettorney Beach in Wellington returned to confirm positive test
for H five bird flu. Today, Chris Hipkins is picking

(00:26):
you act candidate. Paul Henry won't last long in parliament.
The former broadcaster is entering the political fray with leader
David Seymour, expecting he'll get a winnable spot on the
party list, but Labour's leader says, like many stars entering parliament,
Henry will want to be the center of attention.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Shane Jones is going to have a competition for parliaments.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Booker's blowheart, Paul Henry's all about Paul Henry. It always
has been. Solong and car Trader car Porium must cough
up about thirty thousand dollars for selling a Toyota Ram
four with a tampered a domin MBAs confirm and the
trade a bought it at auction. In twenty twenty three,
the odometer read just over one hundred and fifty thousand kilometers.

(01:09):
Kate Ricard has more.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
Carporium sold the car in twenty twenty four with a
reading just over one hundred and nineteen thousand kilometers. The
district courts find it five thousand dollars and ordered it
to buy back the car, returning the twenty four thousand
dollars paid. Its director must also pay the new owner
one thousand dollars for emotional harm.

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Construction costs continue to build, with the Iran war being blamed.
The latest Cordell Construction cost index shows a one point
one percent increase in the three months to June. Annual
growth is at three point five percent. Cotality head of
Research n At Goodall says the closure of the Strait
of Warmuse is disrupting the oil supply, which pushes through

(01:50):
to other parts of the economy. He says it's not
just oil that's being stopped.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
In particular, structural steel items are regularly used for plumbing
also and insulation products as well have also increased by
sort of more than ten percent.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
New Zealand's attending a Trump administration hosted meeting this week
focusing on the threat it sees from far left terrorism.
Is political reporter Ethan Griffiths.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
The meeting will be chaired by Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
with about sixty countries invited. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trades confirmed out Deputy Head of Mission will be
there to listen to US officials on their counter terrorism focus.
M fat's statement only mentions terrorism generally, but the Wall
Street Journal reports the US State Department tells it the

(02:36):
focus will be a surge in far left terrorism.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
The driver of a car involved in a collision with
a bus near Queenstown this morning on Crown Range Road
has died. Police say the soul occupant died at the scene,
with no bus passengers injured. Christ churches aren't pacing Auckland
in overseas visitor growth thanks to growing flight capacity. Arrivals

(03:00):
to New Zealand fell one point eight percent from April
to May, but remained six point seven percent higher than
last year. Just Sport Headlines and Warriors coach Andrew Webster
doesn't believe he should be copying Flat for attending an
Ireland rugby training, saying he wasn't going to give up
the opportunity to learn from a world class organization. Believe

(03:22):
the NRL needs to invest in the nrl W Moore
as twenty twenty seven will see the women's salary cap
not even reach twelve and a half percent of their
male counterparts. Golfing icon Rory McElroy wants the sports four
majors spread out more, closing a gap of almost nine
months between this weekends Open and England and next April's Masters.

(03:47):
That is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk said
B Newsroom.