July 28, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twenty eighth of July. Confidence businesses
have time to adjust to a new ban on payment
card surcharges planned from May. It follows the Communist Commission
reducing bank business interchange fees for Visa and MasterCard payments.
(00:24):
Minister in Charge Scott Simpson says that commission decision will
reduce costs for businesses. I think it will mean some
change for some businesses, particularly small businesses, but that's why
we're giving a big long lead into it. The government's
confident construction health and safety reforms will save money and time,
but can't yet say how it'll be. Consulting on whether
(00:46):
to relax certain rules on work site scaffolding. Workplace Health
and Safety Minister Brook van Valden is asking if people
have been over compliant with scaffolding not always necessary for safety.
She says they're not staying with the status quo and
need a middle ground between always using scaffolding and not
at all.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I can't give you a definite entio in terms of
the cost saving, but I can guarantee you it will
save money.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Concerns about protesters trespassing at Bathurst resources stocked in mine
Courtney Winter reports Climate Liberation.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Also activists climbed onto an aerial ropeway bucket to prevent
coal from leaving the West Coast mine this morning. It's
New Zealand's biggest bath Or. CEO Richard Tacon says they're
concerned the activists might not be aware of the hazards.
Police WORKSAC and the landowner the Department of Conservation have
all been notified.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Gloria Vale leader Howard Temple is standing trial in the
Greymouth District Court on historic sexual abuse allegations spanning nineteen
ninety eight to twenty twenty two. The eighty five year
old leader of the remote Lake Hope per Christian community
is accused of assaulting nine girls and women and nine
to twenty claims include unwanted touching, hugging and kissing inside
(02:05):
communal areas. Temple denies anything sexual occurred. The Resources ministers
pushing back on a human ruling from its International Court
of Justice on climate change. The court ruled countries are
obligated to curb greenhouse gas emissions and those who don't
could be held legally accountable. As Shane Jones says those
(02:27):
jurors are not elected and are a long way from
New Zealand. All is essential to keeping the lights off.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It's essential for jobs, it's essential for economic resilience, and
we're not going to back down just because some advisorial
opinion has floated down from the Northern Hemisphere.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Many parts of the country are switching from sunshine to
showers this week. Met Services issued orange heavy rain warnings
for Nelson, Tasman, Northwest, Marlborough and Westland from early tomorrow.
Strong wind and rain are also expected across the North
Island starting after ten hen Tonight. Forecaster Heather Keats says
the rain is the biggest concern.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
One hundred and eighty millimeters of rain expected for Tasman
from Watsueca west and up to one hundred and thirty
milimeters for the rest of Tasman, Nelson City District and
Molro west of Havelock and north of the Wido River.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Tasman District Council is standing up its Emergency Operations Center
ahead of the forecast as a precaution after a recent hammering.
Two Sport and the All Blacks have confirmed several injury
blows ahead of the Rugby Championship starting next month. First
choice tight head prop to Ral Lomax, along with halfback
Noah Hotham and loose forward Luke Jacobson, will miss some
(03:38):
or all of the competition. Liam Lawson's earned the tick
of approval from new Racing Bulls boss Alan Permain after
his first race in charge of the Formula One team.
In Mystic's captain Mikaela Sokolch beats and believes it will
be business as usual as their focus begins to turn
to next season in the Ainsed Netball Premiership. And that
(04:00):
is your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next up date to morrow morning from the news Talk
z B news room.
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twenty eighth of July. Confidence businesses
have time to adjust to a new ban on payment
card surcharges planned from May. It follows the Communist Commission
reducing bank business interchange fees for Visa and MasterCard payments.
(00:24):
Minister in Charge Scott Simpson says that commission decision will
reduce costs for businesses. I think it will mean some
change for some businesses, particularly small businesses, but that's why
we're giving a big long lead into it. The government's
confident construction health and safety reforms will save money and time,
but can't yet say how it'll be. Consulting on whether
(00:46):
to relax certain rules on work site scaffolding. Workplace Health
and Safety Minister Brook van Valden is asking if people
have been over compliant with scaffolding not always necessary for safety.
She says they're not staying with the status quo and
need a middle ground between always using scaffolding and not
at all.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I can't give you a definite entio in terms of
the cost saving, but I can guarantee you it will
save money.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Concerns about protesters trespassing at Bathurst resources stocked in mine
Courtney Winter reports Climate Liberation.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Also activists climbed onto an aerial ropeway bucket to prevent
coal from leaving the West Coast mine this morning. It's
New Zealand's biggest bath Or. CEO Richard Tacon says they're
concerned the activists might not be aware of the hazards.
Police WORKSAC and the landowner the Department of Conservation have
all been notified.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Gloria Vale leader Howard Temple is standing trial in the
Greymouth District Court on historic sexual abuse allegations spanning nineteen
ninety eight to twenty twenty two. The eighty five year
old leader of the remote Lake Hope per Christian community
is accused of assaulting nine girls and women and nine
to twenty claims include unwanted touching, hugging and kissing inside
(02:05):
communal areas. Temple denies anything sexual occurred. The Resources ministers
pushing back on a human ruling from its International Court
of Justice on climate change. The court ruled countries are
obligated to curb greenhouse gas emissions and those who don't
could be held legally accountable. As Shane Jones says those
(02:27):
jurors are not elected and are a long way from
New Zealand. All is essential to keeping the lights off.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It's essential for jobs, it's essential for economic resilience, and
we're not going to back down just because some advisorial
opinion has floated down from the Northern Hemisphere.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Many parts of the country are switching from sunshine to
showers this week. Met Services issued orange heavy rain warnings
for Nelson, Tasman, Northwest, Marlborough and Westland from early tomorrow.
Strong wind and rain are also expected across the North
Island starting after ten hen Tonight. Forecaster Heather Keats says
the rain is the biggest concern.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
One hundred and eighty millimeters of rain expected for Tasman
from Watsueca west and up to one hundred and thirty
milimeters for the rest of Tasman, Nelson City District and
Molro west of Havelock and north of the Wido River.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Tasman District Council is standing up its Emergency Operations Center
ahead of the forecast as a precaution after a recent hammering.
Two Sport and the All Blacks have confirmed several injury
blows ahead of the Rugby Championship starting next month. First
choice tight head prop to Ral Lomax, along with halfback
Noah Hotham and loose forward Luke Jacobson, will miss some
(03:38):
or all of the competition. Liam Lawson's earned the tick
of approval from new Racing Bulls boss Alan Permain after
his first race in charge of the Formula One team.
In Mystic's captain Mikaela Sokolch beats and believes it will
be business as usual as their focus begins to turn
to next season in the Ainsed Netball Premiership. And that
(04:00):
is your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next up date to morrow morning from the news Talk
z B news room.
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