Afternoon Edition: 22 July 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 22 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):
Good afternoon. This is your afternoon news fix. I'm railing Ramsey.
International pressure is increasing for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
New Zealand has added its name to a joint statement
on the conflict with the UK and dozens of other
international partners. They are calling for an end to the war,
including release of hostages held by Hamas and Israel's aid

(00:26):
restrictions towards civilians, including children. Winston Peters, our Foreign Affairs Minister,
says the suffering is intolerable. The bloodshed serves absolutely no
purpose and therefore it must not an econic result for
preferred Prime Minister. In the latest Talbot Mills poll and
Labour overtakes National, the Post is reporting Chris Luxeon and

(00:48):
Chris Hipkins each scored twenty four percent, Labour's on thirty
five percent National on thirty two. The Greens are at twelve,
topping Acts eight enz First seven antipat De Mardy's three
point eight. It gives the Left block the balance of
power sixty three seats to fifty eight. That's welcomed by Hipkins.
It's an encouraging result it for me and I'm pleased

(01:10):
to see that my numbers have been improving, but the
main thing I'm focused on is getting votes for Labour.
Police have charged a man with murder nearly seven years
after the death of Eddie Peters. The forty five year
old was beaten and Hawk's Bay flax me at Hawk's
Bays Flaxmey I should say back in twenty eighteen. He
died in hospital, Jordan Dunn reports.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Detective Inspector Dave Delungas is the twenty nine year old
Hastings man was arrested this morning and is due in
court today. He's also charged with conspiracy to pervert the
course of justice. Delunga says police pieced together the tragic
events of that night thanks to the assistance from the
Hastings community.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
A motorcyclist died in a crash with a car on
State Highway One at Monuco between Orthake and Levin in
the Lower North Island. Poliso second person and sustained minor injuries.
Internal demolition should began at Auckland's fire gutted Victoria Park
New World within weeks. It was extensively damaged inside and out.

(02:12):
Last month, Foodstaff's North Island has confirmed stabilization work still
being done. With the building too dangerous to enter. General
manager Lindsay Rolls hopes they can replace and reopen the
supermarket by twenty twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
We expect to be well through the removal and make
safe process over the next six weeks, and thereafter what
happens next will start to get into full swing.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
A flurry of snow has helped Mount Roupe Who's tudo
as Skifield catch up with the rest of the country,
most chairs on the North Island Field in Our Turning.
Chief Executive John o'dean says a natural dump is at
about fifty centimeters. In the past few days the place
has been transformed up here to or quite dramatically with
a couple of deeper snowfalls, so we're really pleased with that.

(02:57):
It's good for us to be often running it into
winter twenty twenty and the sports. Silver Fern's captain Emeliorana
Ikenasio is going to use her break from the Black
Dress to weigh up her future as an international netballer.
Ikeanacio says she'll use the time to evaluate whether she
wants to return to the Ferns next year. Gold Coast

(03:17):
Titans captain Teno fasu Amali Lawi has been ruled out
for almost the rest of his sides Dismal and RL
campaign and the Breakers say Taco falls early departure from
the club ahead of the Australian NBL basketball season is
a mutual decision. That is your latest news fix. We'll

(03:38):
have another update tomorrow morning from the news Talk zb
newsroom