July 6, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 07 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
NEWSFACS for Monday, the seventh of July. The first public
hearings into New Zealand's COVID nineteen response have begun in
Auckland in the inquiri's second phase. It's chaired by KC.
Grant Illingworth and can be watched online. It's covering aspects
like vaccine mandates, lockdowns and testing. Opening the hearings, Illingworth
(00:27):
says they've received thirty one thousand public submissions. It's vital
to our understanding to help us form robust, practical and
future focused findings and recommendations. The Finance Minister says the
government spreading money further through the Family Boost Scheme. From
this month, eligible families can now get larger rebates on
(00:47):
early childhood education fees, up from twenty five percent to
forty The threshold household income has risen from one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars to two hundred and twenty nine thousand.
Nikola Willis says money put aside last year for the
scheme wasn't being claimed. That's why we're making the adjustments
so that we actually ensure that that full amount of
(01:07):
funding that we put to one side gets into the
bank accounts and back pockets. Major plans for Auckland's Takapuna
golf course. The Council's confirmed it's proposing to turn the
north shore facility into flood storage wetland protecting Milford, which
was severely impacted in the twenty twenty three anniversary weekend floods,
golfing and recreation will still be possible. Healthy Waters Sustainable
(01:31):
Partnership head Tom Mansell says community consultation is later this year.
Some members of the community may not be happy, but
we're trying to find that balance. But we will not
compromise what we can do for the safety of our residents,
and that is providing as much storage as we can.
A youth charity believes the government's taking courageous steps to
tackle chronic school absence. Ministry of Education data shows more
(01:55):
than one thousand students weren't enrolled in school for more
than a year in twenty five twenty four, up five
hundred and seventy six percent on a decade ago. Graham
Dingle Foundation CEO John Malcolm Joe Malcolm Black says early
intervention and consistent support makes children less likely to disengage.
What I hope is that school, social services, community organizations
(02:19):
can connect and partner where the government and actually support that.
In the US, the President's denying cuts to federal forecasting
agencies affected warnings before fatal flash floods in Texas. They've
killed at least to eighty people, many children and dozens
are missing, including girls and a leader from a Christian
summer camp. The National Weather Service issued a slew of
(02:42):
early morning alerts, but questions are being raised about who
they reached. Donald Trump says it's a once in a
one hundred year catastrophe. British singer Lewis Capaldi is returning
to New Zealand for the first time since twenty nineteen.
Capaldi will perform two shows in christ Church on November
thirty and Auckland on December. Second to sport, Scott Dixon
(03:04):
has extended his streak of wins in consecutive IndyCar seasons
to twenty one with victory in Ohio. Meanwhile, Shane van
Gisbergen secured a second triumph from three attempts at a
disrupted NASCAR street race in Chicago. Golfer Daniel Hillier will
feature at the Open Championship Major next week at Royal
(03:26):
Port Rush in Northern Ireland. Curtesy of his European Tour
ranking and the Junior Tour Blacks have come fourth at
the underlying Teen Basketball World Champs, losing to Slovenia in
the bronze medal match at Larsane. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm from the newstalg ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
NEWSFACS for Monday, the seventh of July. The first public
hearings into New Zealand's COVID nineteen response have begun in
Auckland in the inquiri's second phase. It's chaired by KC.
Grant Illingworth and can be watched online. It's covering aspects
like vaccine mandates, lockdowns and testing. Opening the hearings, Illingworth
(00:27):
says they've received thirty one thousand public submissions. It's vital
to our understanding to help us form robust, practical and
future focused findings and recommendations. The Finance Minister says the
government spreading money further through the Family Boost Scheme. From
this month, eligible families can now get larger rebates on
(00:47):
early childhood education fees, up from twenty five percent to
forty The threshold household income has risen from one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars to two hundred and twenty nine thousand.
Nikola Willis says money put aside last year for the
scheme wasn't being claimed. That's why we're making the adjustments
so that we actually ensure that that full amount of
(01:07):
funding that we put to one side gets into the
bank accounts and back pockets. Major plans for Auckland's Takapuna
golf course. The Council's confirmed it's proposing to turn the
north shore facility into flood storage wetland protecting Milford, which
was severely impacted in the twenty twenty three anniversary weekend floods,
golfing and recreation will still be possible. Healthy Waters Sustainable
(01:31):
Partnership head Tom Mansell says community consultation is later this year.
Some members of the community may not be happy, but
we're trying to find that balance. But we will not
compromise what we can do for the safety of our residents,
and that is providing as much storage as we can.
A youth charity believes the government's taking courageous steps to
tackle chronic school absence. Ministry of Education data shows more
(01:55):
than one thousand students weren't enrolled in school for more
than a year in twenty five twenty four, up five
hundred and seventy six percent on a decade ago. Graham
Dingle Foundation CEO John Malcolm Joe Malcolm Black says early
intervention and consistent support makes children less likely to disengage.
What I hope is that school, social services, community organizations
(02:19):
can connect and partner where the government and actually support that.
In the US, the President's denying cuts to federal forecasting
agencies affected warnings before fatal flash floods in Texas. They've
killed at least to eighty people, many children and dozens
are missing, including girls and a leader from a Christian
summer camp. The National Weather Service issued a slew of
(02:42):
early morning alerts, but questions are being raised about who
they reached. Donald Trump says it's a once in a
one hundred year catastrophe. British singer Lewis Capaldi is returning
to New Zealand for the first time since twenty nineteen.
Capaldi will perform two shows in christ Church on November
thirty and Auckland on December. Second to sport, Scott Dixon
(03:04):
has extended his streak of wins in consecutive IndyCar seasons
to twenty one with victory in Ohio. Meanwhile, Shane van
Gisbergen secured a second triumph from three attempts at a
disrupted NASCAR street race in Chicago. Golfer Daniel Hillier will
feature at the Open Championship Major next week at Royal
(03:26):
Port Rush in Northern Ireland. Curtesy of his European Tour
ranking and the Junior Tour Blacks have come fourth at
the underlying Teen Basketball World Champs, losing to Slovenia in
the bronze medal match at Larsane. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm from the newstalg ZB newsroom.
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