Afternoon Edition: 29 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 29 August 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. I'm Scarlets Watanovich and this is your afternoon
news fix for Friday, the twenty ninth of August. Please
say they're still opened and negotiating with fugitive Tom Phillips
or anyone helping him. After what's believed to be a
sighting of the Maricopa father and one of his children.
They've released CCTV footage of a retail burglary in the
King Country town of Piopure early on Wednesday. The store

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is one he's believed to have targeted unsuccessfully in twenty
twenty three. Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Saunders says their focus
is on the three children. Those people that are helping
or nowhere, he as, We want them to sit down
with us and work out how we can get those
children out safely. A strong message from New Zealand to Aram.
This comes after confirmation that the Iranian ambassador met in

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person with a senior Kiwi diplomat after Australia booted out
his counterpart there. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trades
says yesterday's meeting was led by Paula Wilson. Senior political
reporter Azariah Hawe has more.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
The diplomat noted Foreign Minister Winston Peters wanted to raise
deep concern over Iran's direct involvement in antisemitic attacks on
Australian soil. M fat says New Zealand condemns Iran's actions
in the strongest terms and urged the message be conveyed
directly and urgently to Tehran.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Health New Zealand's expressing deep concern about further nurses strikes.
The nurses organizations planning industrial action next Tuesday and Thursday
over staffing concerns. A dramatic financial turnaround for TV and Z,
the state owned broadcaster, has confirmed its paying the government
to dividend for the first time in recent years. He

(01:41):
has business reporter Michael Sergele.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
TV and z's confirmed a net profit of twenty five
point seven million dollars after last year's net loss of
eighty five million. Major cost cutting has offset a slight
drop in revenue. TVNZ's paying the government a final dividend
of three point one million dollars, but has forecasting losses
in the next few years due to the cost of
digital transformation.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
The man who murdered christ Church real estate agent Yanfei
Bao in twenty twenty three is appealing his conviction and sentence.
Chinese national Ting Jun Chao was sentenced to life in
prison with a minimum non parole period of seventeen years
six months. No date has been set for any hearings.
The Ministry of Educations warning schools not to open any

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threatening emails. Police are investigating after emails were sent to
a number of schools this morning. They won't reveal numbers,
but our newsroom understands it includes schools in Auckland, Wellington,
Rotarua and Queenstown, where one school says they received a
bomb threat an unwelcome souvenir for a christ Church tourist
returning from Barley today, Biosecurity New Zealand's confirmed a live

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snake was found on the tourist's luggage. The wolf snake
was found wrapped around the toe of a jandal in
a suitcase. It will now be euthanized. To Sport and
Auckland FC's A League preseason plans been thrown into chaos
thanks to an end of season trip to Las Vegas
for the Semi Pro Australia Cup semi final. Opponents key

(03:08):
We High Jump our Hamish Kurz claimed the Diamond League
title after winning the season finale in Zurich, and former
Silver Fern shooter Aliah Dunn has re signed with the
Southern Steel for twenty six Done debuted for the franchise
as a teenager in twenty seventeen. I'm Scarlet T. Sutanovich.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the

(03:28):
next update on Monday morning from the newstalk SeeDB Newsroom.