Midday Edition: 12 June 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 12 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):
But afternoon, I'm Wendy Petrie and this is your midday
news fix for Thursday, the twelfth of June. Sheep farmers
will be smiling over confirmation new state houses must have
Kiwi wool carpets under changes to Kyanga Orders supply Agreements.
Public entities will also be required to use woolen fibers
where appropriate. Federated Farmer's President Wayne Langford told Ryan Bridge

(00:26):
all is the most carbon efficient product. He says this
requirement is critical to rebooting the industry and it's fantastic
the government's getting behind farmers having one last day get
getting it gone again, and I think we're going to
be successful if we can support it like what they
are at the moment. Donald Trump is threatening the US
rule of law by deploying the military to allaying Californian

(00:48):
leaders assuing the Trump's administration for sending in federal forces
to protest over the president's immigration raids. Demonstrations are broken
out in other US cities. Of Auckland University Associate professor
of law Scott Optican says Donald Trump hasn't followed the law.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
The claimers, of course, is that Trump is simply doing
it because he wants to brooke this fight with California.
His anti immigration stance was his main platform and running
for election, he wants to look tough.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
The Prime Minister says he hasn't spoken with Australia about
developments on the orcust Security Pact. The Pentagon's reviewing the deal,
saying it aims to ensure it meets Donald Trump's America
First Agenda. Under the pact, Australia expects to acquire nuclear submarines.
Our government's been looking into the non nuclear arm of
the pact, and Chris Luckson says he isn't concerned about

(01:36):
any effects upon that. It's been left very open ended.
We're exploring Pillar two. It's been, to be honest, quite
slow going and we are yet to be invited to
participate in Pilatoo. Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's been found
guilty on one of three sex crimes charges he faced
in a retrial. It comes after an appeals court last
year overturned the seventy three year old's twenty twenty convict

(02:00):
in New York. He was once one of the most
powerful figures in Hollywood before sexual assault accusations began surfacing
in twenty seventeen. Sky's James Matthews says separately, he was
sentenced to sixteen years in prison by a Los Angeles
court in twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
Weinstein is appealing against that, so that continues on and
he's a man who remains behind bars because of that.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Aucklanders can claim another label, most likely to forget things
in an Uber. The ride share company Lost and Found
index released today shows jaffers are serial offenders for leaving
stuff behind. Phones and clothes are the most forgotten items,
usually misplaced around midnight. Uber Consumer Operations director Matteio Mayer says,

(02:45):
with so many people on the move and so much
going on, passengers in our biggest city are more likely
to be forgetful. To Sport and Blues coach Vern Cotter,
shrugging off fears around the crusaders much vaunted forward pack
and set peace mastery ahead of the Super Rugby semi finals,
South Africa will look to continue a positive approach with

(03:07):
the bat Despite a pace bowling dominated opening day of
Cricket's World Test Championship Final against Australia, the Ganterbury Rams
have recorded their ninth straight win basketball NBL after seventy
of seven sixty eight home triumph over the toting of
five and Warriors second rower Kurk Capewell has thanked his
NRL teammates for ensuring his state of origin dream stayed alive.

(03:31):
I'm Wendy Petrick. That's your latest news facts. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk zir Beat Newsroom.