Midday Edition: 11 June 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 11 June 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 Jody Gill and this is your midday
newsfaks for Wednesday, the eleventh of June. The Greens claim
the government isn't going far enough with new sanctions against
two Israeli politicians. New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and
Norway have issued travel bands to Israel's Finance minister, a
national security minister, accusing them of inciting extremist violence, Foreign

(00:28):
Minister Winston Peters and s Saule. Government is just targeting
those two politicians, not the Israeli government as a whole,
but Green's co leader Choe Swarbrick argues it should be.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
If we're to look at the sanctions that have been
applied against these two individuals and the logic that Winston
Peters is using, that could be extended to many other
members of this cabinet and indeed the Israeli parliament.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Conservationists say environmentalist Sir David Attenborough would be mortified by
images showing a record six tons of coral caught in
a single trawlnet off the South Ardland's east coast. The
coral was caught late last year by a bottom trawler
operating in the Chatham Rise, a deep water fishing ground
east of christ Church. Seafood, New Zealand CEO Lisa foot

(01:11):
Check says it is a highly regrettable mistake because the
net was deployed in the wrong place. Power prices are
still rising despite assurances we won't face last year's winter woes.
SATs n Z data shows electricity prices of jump six
point two percent since last year. Meridian Energy says hydro
lake levels have risen high enough so power supplies won't

(01:33):
be as stretched. Consumer n Z Parswitch manager Paul Fusch
says the best way to save money this winter is
to search for power plans utilizing non peak usage times.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Eltracity is cheaper on the spot market at those times,
and so retailers will reward customers on those plans with
cheaper prices.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
More questions and answers on where a number of fifteen
year olds are heading after being allowed to drop out
of school. Preliminary menu History of Education figures show thirteen
hundred and seventy sixteens left before turning sixteen last year,
the highest number since two thousand and seven. Secondary School
Principals Association President Louise and Nadu says they need more

(02:14):
data because of these children aren't in further training or learning.
Where are they well.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Our aspirations all of our young people to achieve success,
to thrive. How does that is leaving school with higher
qualification level.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Field Days is opened at Hamilton's Mystery Creek, with one
hundred thousand visitors expected over the next four days. Twelve
hundred vendors will be playing their wares at the Southern
Hemisphere's largest agri business event, displaying the latest farming innovations.
Chief executive Richard Lindras says a large international cohort is
also there. This year.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
We have twenty three embassies represented here, over sixty six
international exhibitions and over twelve hundred overseas visitors. So give
some context of the international following of Field Days.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
In Sportill Whites have suffered a two to one football
defeat to Ukraine in their second and final match for
the Canadian Shield at Toronto. Marco Staminich scored New Zealand's goal.
Australia have joined New Zealand And qualifying for next year's
World Cup after a two to one victory over Saudi
Arabia at Jeddah All blackswinger Caleb Clarks re signed with

(03:21):
New Zealand Rugby until the next World Cup and Christ
Churches Isaac Theata Royal will host another edition of the
New Zealand Squash Open next year. I'm Jody Gill and
that's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at five pm from the news Talk zed
B newsroom.