Midday Edition: 10 July 2026

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 10 July 2026, 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 (00:02):
From the news Talk Zabby newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, the mayor of Wirrah says it was the
best decision to declare a state of emergency overnight. Craig
Little announced it at eleven last night following significant flooding
and rising river levels affecting homes and businesses. Up to
forty people evacuated to the town's war Memorial Hall, with

(00:25):
water entering some homes. Little says most of the flooding
is on Kopoi Road at the river mouth end, with
ongoing monitoring of flood risk. He says he spoke with
Emergency Management Minister Mitchell last night. They said, you know
you would want to make a call in the middle
of the morning for the early hours because it doesn't
really help anybody. Twenty sea birds found dead on a

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Northland beach have been cleared of bird flu. The highly
contagious H five N one strain has been spreading globally,
reaching Australia last month for the first time. The discovery
of twenty one dead diving petrols at Pontawer's South Beach
last week raised concerns the deadly pathogen had finally found
its way here. New data paints a stronger demand for

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rentals in the Upper North Island compared to last year.
June figures from Barfoot and Thompson show inquiries and group
viewings both fell about ten percent compared to May, but
rose eighteen percent on last year. While tenant applications and
rented properties also saw winter dips, they were well ahead
of last year. General Manager of Property Management Annel Anna

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says work's been done to educate landlords on how much
to charge. We've seen more properties prize to the market
by a price list. All the wekey factor in getting
a property rented faster. New Zealanders could be venting their
financial frustrations on utility providers with complaints at record levels
due to disease disputes, and your report shows four more

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complaints increasing by sixty two percent last year and a
more than five five one hundred percent increase in five years.
Just under half of last year's complaints were related to
affordability and disputed payments. That's news. In sport to the
fifth of World Cup quarterfinal between France and morocc where

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Les Bleu have come out on top once again onto
the NZ ed France Marshal Marshal. Yet one more semi final,
Yet one more teb of a goal from Killian Ambappe
to knelt to the French. With goals to Killian Mbappe
and Usman Dimballet, Mbappe hits the lead for the Golden Boot.

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Billy Proctor will get a chance to underline his credentials
for more starts under Dave Rennie tomorrow afternoon against Italy
and Wellington. The center who came off the bench last
week against France, says starting tomorrow gives him a chance
to show what he can do. You're excited to stop
chue for me, and any time put the black jersey on,
it's probably special for myself being at home. That's I'm

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Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to news Talks at
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