Midday Edition: 03 February 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 03 February 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Monday, the third of February. The Prime
Minister is revealed he'll be spending White Toungi Day in
the South Island on Thursday. Chris Luxen's not visiting the
Treaty grounds this week, instead sending a ministerial delegation including
Erikus Stanford, Tomo Portaka, Paul Goldsmith and Mike Mitchell. Political

(00:25):
editor Jason Walls has more.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Luxin's office has this morning revealed he will be celebrating
the public holiday with Natahou at Nuku Marai in the
Bank's Peninsula. Lusin's previously said that not all Prime ministers
go to the White Tongy Grounds to commemorate the day,
and he plans to go to different marai across the
country over the course of his tenure in office.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Meanwhile, hundreds of people are expected to attend the commemoration
at U Nuku Marii. Runanga chair Rik Tainui says it's
an important event for Harpu and Ewe and they're looking
forward to opening the faday to the community. The mara
ye holds historical significance as the place to thirty or
white Tongey was first signed with Nightahoo. Canada and Mexico

(01:09):
have announced that they'll be launching counter tariffs at the US.
President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
ranging from ten to twenty five percent. China is planning
to file a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization. Canada
has released a list of US goods targeted for retaliatory levies,

(01:29):
including tobacco and produce. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Trump's
measures will hurt Americans.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Tariffs against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially
shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Meanwhile, Israel's Prime minister is heading to Washington, d C.
To talk with the new US president, Trump's first meeting
with a foreign leader since his return to office. Negotiations
on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire supposedly due
to start in coming days. The majority of bodies have
been recovered from Washington, DC's Potomac River after last week's

(02:09):
midair collision between a plane and a helicopter. The crash
between the passenger plane and a helicopter killed sixty seven people,
with the exact sequence of events still being investigated. Local
Fire Chief John Donnelly says they're preparing to lift the
wrecked plane from the water.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
During our salvage surveys, additional remains were located and removed
from the river. So far, fifty five victims have been
positively identified from this aircraft.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Heavy flooding in northern Queensland could be the worst in
the region in more than sixty years. Northeastern parts of
the state have been hit with about a meter of
rain since Friday. A woman was killed after her boat
hit a tree and capsized. Former Governor General Dame Patsy
Ready is picking up the role of Climate Commission chair

(02:57):
at Household living costs are continuing to rise. Stats n
Z data shows it increased by three percent in the
twelve months to the December quarter. Meanwhile, inflation was two
point two percent during the same period. To sport wins
in consecutive weekends for snowboarders, Zoey Sadowski Senate, the Olympic champion,
has backed up her ex game's triumph with a World

(03:19):
Cup victory in the slope style again in Aspen. Golfer
Dame Lydia Coe has finished sixth that the Tournament of
Champions in Florida and second place to Arsenal have kept
the pressure on Premier League Football leaders Liverpool via a
five to one trouncing of Manchester City. The Gunners have
fifty points, that six adrift of the Reds, who have

(03:41):
a game in hand. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.