Midday Edition: 08 July 2026

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 08 July 2026, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
news folks for Wednesday, the eighth of July. Labour's joined
the Solar Party, promising low interest loans a fortnight after
national pledge the same Labour's plan requires no upfront payments
and repayment through powerbill savings, but as policy goes further,
promising low and middle income families a three thousand dollars

(00:25):
subsidy and thirty million towards shared community batteries. Leader Chris
Hopkins says renters will also benefit.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
We're also going to be allowing for plug in solar.
That's going to help particularly renters bring their solar panels
with them to their rental property, plug them straight into
the PowerPoint and be able to enjoy the benefits of
that straightway.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
ROG four debris and floodwaters up to a meter high
have kept State Highway one around kai Kura closed for
nearly twenty four hours. A state of emergency remains for
the district amid tor rental rain and flooding. In one incident,
man somehow made it to safety after being swept down
a raging crib creek after a bridge washouts or his
vehicle plunge into the torrent below. Emergency Minister Mark Mitchall

(01:09):
says response teams and councils around the South Island have
been proactive. Please everyone definitely stay out of floodwaters. My
experience this job in the last two and a half
years as we end up with people either dead or
injured if they move into floodwaters. A thirty nine year
old man's been charged with murder over the death of
a woman in the central North Island town of Tokuro.
Police were called to a Heinos Street property around three

(01:32):
weeks ago where forty seven year old Micheal Tangi Martaiti
was found dead. The accused will appear in tokaroa District
Court today. There could be a conflict of interest in
evidence negating the suspected cancer causing effects in round up
weed killer. New Zealand's approval of the potential carcinogen glifher

(01:54):
Sate is based on several reviews commissioned by the manufacturer,
but one has since been attracted and two are under investigation.
Victoria University Science PhD candidate Alexander Karoff sees public release
of the reviews calls into question the science the country's
regulations are based on. They were orchestrating the studus in

(02:16):
the background and presenting them as independent, and then the
reviews were.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Used in the regulation all around the world, including New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
A North Canterbury hunting competitions. Brushing off fresh concerns about
a controversial cat killing category animal welfare advocates while it's
scraped from this weekend's event, which raises money for her
Nuez rather than school, the groups issued formal liability notices
to the school's board. Organizer Matt Bailey says the critics
don't understand rural New Zealand because they live in only

(02:48):
little Auckland world.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
Thanking everything's lovely. W Well, sorry, it's not how it works.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
In sports, Switzerland to book the final quarter final spot
at the Football World Cup, where the four to three
penalty shootout win over Columbia, egypt football coach Hassam Hassan
has claimed officials cheated his side out of quarterfinal spot
and they're agonizing three to two defeat to Argentina. Novak
Djokovic has beaten Canadian felx Orge Ali Rcim in five

(03:17):
sets to advance to a Wimbledon semi final against top
seed Janik Sinner and the International Olympic Committee has provisionally
lifted a suspension on Russian athletes ahead of the Los
Angeles Games in twenty twenty eight. Un Jody Gill and
that's your latest news fakes. We'll be back with the
next update at five pm from the News Talk z
B newsroom.