Afternoon Edition: 28 July 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 28 July 2024, 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, the Green Parties targeted the Prime Minister directly
in their latest move to fight for renters' rights. Speaking
to Party Faithful in christ Church co leader Chloe Swarbrick
launched an open letter calling for Chris Luxen to improve
the lives and conditions of renters. She says successive government

(00:24):
since the nineteen eighties have been treating the market like
a game of monopoly. Missus Swarbrick says it can and
will change if they build collective power to change it.
That means a landlord and property manager registered no cause
of actions, a rental warrener, fitness and rent controls. Police
continue to crack down on boy racers in Wellington. Officers

(00:46):
have been targeting boy racer groups across the Hut Valley
and Podidur following an unruly car meet and live in
last month which saw some police attacked with rocks and bottles.
Last night, seventy fines were issued twenty vehicles from Move
from the road and won spite, with that driver then
arrested for failing to stop. Inspector Shawn Lingard says the
boy races became frustrated by police efforts, throwing in the

(01:10):
towal Early in the night. Up to six King Cobra
members have defected to Arrival International Outlaw motorcycle Club in
Central Auckland. The members have patched over to join the
Australian based Common Cero's and established a new chapter in
the King Cobra's territory. No retribution's been recorded so far,
but the defections risk further inflaming gang violence. Britain's government

(01:33):
is declared the country is broke and broken ahead of
an assessment of public finances. It's expected the news will
be used by the newly elected Labour Party to blame
their predecessors for the more than forty three billion dollar shortfall.
Elected to run the world's sixth largest economy in a
landslide victory on July the fourth, Labour has spent much
of its first three weeks in power telling the public

(01:55):
that things are worse than expected in almost every area
of public policy. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will set out
the findings of a fiscal review in a statement to
Parliament this week. That's news. In Sport, the Canterbury Rams
have clinched the national basketball title for the second year
in a row, beating the Auckland Tutaro one hundred and

(02:15):
two to eighty seven in christ Church Center, and League
MVP Lochlan Olbrich dominated with twenty nine points and eighteen rebounds.
Former captain Sam Kaines been recalled to the All Blacks
for the Rugby Championship after recovering from a back injury
sustained in Japan. Hurricanes fullback Reuben Love has received a
maiden test called up, with fellow outside back Will Jordan

(02:37):
returning from a shoulder injury and midfielder David Haveli also
included in the expanded thirty six man squad. Half Back
Noah Hotham and Locke Sam Darry retain their places after
being called in because of injury. T J Pernara's back
after recovering from a lower leg injury. It means there's
no room for Finlay Christi or Emmon Inarowa Locke. Josh

(02:58):
Lord has been named as injury cover for Scott Barrett,
who's being monitored for a finger complaint. That's Sport. I'm
Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to News Talk set
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