July 27, 2025 • 4 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 28 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
news fix for Monday, the twenty eighth of July. An
advocate says fearful prison inmates are acting to try and
make themselves safer. Corrections figures show twelve thousand prisoner requests
to be segregated were accepted in the twenty twenty three
financial year. That's sixty six percent higher on four years earlier.
(00:26):
People Against Prisons Altauro's Emi Rackety says inmates are scared
they'll be targeted for gang affiliations, or for not being
in one, or for their sexuality.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If this is one of the few tools and incursion
of people have got to try to control their exposure
to violence, and then of course they're going to use it.
What I want to know is why there are no
better alternative.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Chris Luxon says the government still finalizing the details on
easing the foreign buyers ban. Winston Peters says he expects
an announcement before the end of the year. National Act
and New Zealand First will need to agree on how
far to go in scale ailing back the ban introduced
by the Labour led government in twenty eighteen. The Prime
Minister says the government's taking its time because it wants
(01:07):
to get things right.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
We both want to make sure that actually, if you're
going to come to this country and invest, we should
say thank you for bringing your capital here and we
should find a way for you to be able to
purchase the house. We're both aligned on that.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
A woman's being found with serious stab wounds in Auckland's
Mungeri Bridge this morning and demand's been arrested. Emergency services
were called to far Nui Place about eight am and
took the woman to Middlemoor Hospital. Meanwhile, police have confirmed
a twenty year old man died in Rotorua Hospital on
Saturday evening after being found injured on a roadside. Police
(01:39):
are speaking with four men who found him. They'd like
to hear from any witnesses to a crash on State
Highway thirty three between five and seven pm. A growing
number of households are struggling to cover the rising costs
to heat and power their homes. Later STATSNZED figures show
energy prices have been rising much faster than incomes this century.
(02:00):
With more business reporter Michael Sigle.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Household energy prices have increased about one hundred and seventy
one percent in twenty five years, Wages and salaries have
only increased about eighty percent. More than one hundred thousand
Kiwis are struggling to pay their bills, but major electricity
gen Taylors say support is available for those facing hardship.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Bargaining will take place today between Health New Zealand and
the Nurses organization ahead of a twenty four hour strike
starting Wednesday. More than thirty six thousand union members are
set to walk off the job. The US and the
EU have stepped back from the brink of a potential
trade war and have struck a deal in Scotland for
a fifteen percent tariff on EU goods imported to the US.
(02:42):
The EU will also invest much more money into the
US and buy more energy. Nelson Tasman is in line
for yet more heavy rain. Met Service says a front
moving east across the country is expected to bring severe
weather for many areas from late today until early Wednesday.
Orange rain warnings have been issued four tomorrow for parts
(03:03):
of Mount Titlannucky, Westland, Canterbury and Otago. Meteorologist Sarah Hadden
says warnings have also been issued for much of Nelson,
Tasman and Marlborough to sport. Scott Dixon's finished fifth at
IndyCar's Grand Prix of Monterey in California, with compatriots Marcus
Armstrong eighth and Scott McLaughlan tenth. Alex Pilow secured his
(03:25):
eighth win of the season. Meanwhile, Shane van Gisbergen has
placed nineteenth at the latest NASCAR Cup Series race in Indianapolis,
behind winner Bubba Wallace. In the wake of England reclaiming
the women's European football title on penalties over Spain in Basel,
news has emerged that a sequel to the two thousand
and two movie Bendit Lake Beckham is in the works.
(03:49):
I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Monday, the twenty eighth of July. An
advocate says fearful prison inmates are acting to try and
make themselves safer. Corrections figures show twelve thousand prisoner requests
to be segregated were accepted in the twenty twenty three
financial year. That's sixty six percent higher on four years earlier.
(00:26):
People Against Prisons Altauro's Emi Rackety says inmates are scared
they'll be targeted for gang affiliations, or for not being
in one, or for their sexuality.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
If this is one of the few tools and incursion
of people have got to try to control their exposure
to violence, and then of course they're going to use it.
What I want to know is why there are no
better alternative.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Chris Luxon says the government still finalizing the details on
easing the foreign buyers ban. Winston Peters says he expects
an announcement before the end of the year. National Act
and New Zealand First will need to agree on how
far to go in scale ailing back the ban introduced
by the Labour led government in twenty eighteen. The Prime
Minister says the government's taking its time because it wants
(01:07):
to get things right.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
We both want to make sure that actually, if you're
going to come to this country and invest, we should
say thank you for bringing your capital here and we
should find a way for you to be able to
purchase the house. We're both aligned on that.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
A woman's being found with serious stab wounds in Auckland's
Mungeri Bridge this morning and demand's been arrested. Emergency services
were called to far Nui Place about eight am and
took the woman to Middlemoor Hospital. Meanwhile, police have confirmed
a twenty year old man died in Rotorua Hospital on
Saturday evening after being found injured on a roadside. Police
(01:39):
are speaking with four men who found him. They'd like
to hear from any witnesses to a crash on State
Highway thirty three between five and seven pm. A growing
number of households are struggling to cover the rising costs
to heat and power their homes. Later STATSNZED figures show
energy prices have been rising much faster than incomes this century.
(02:00):
With more business reporter Michael Sigle.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Household energy prices have increased about one hundred and seventy
one percent in twenty five years, Wages and salaries have
only increased about eighty percent. More than one hundred thousand
Kiwis are struggling to pay their bills, but major electricity
gen Taylors say support is available for those facing hardship.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Bargaining will take place today between Health New Zealand and
the Nurses organization ahead of a twenty four hour strike
starting Wednesday. More than thirty six thousand union members are
set to walk off the job. The US and the
EU have stepped back from the brink of a potential
trade war and have struck a deal in Scotland for
a fifteen percent tariff on EU goods imported to the US.
(02:42):
The EU will also invest much more money into the
US and buy more energy. Nelson Tasman is in line
for yet more heavy rain. Met Service says a front
moving east across the country is expected to bring severe
weather for many areas from late today until early Wednesday.
Orange rain warnings have been issued four tomorrow for parts
(03:03):
of Mount Titlannucky, Westland, Canterbury and Otago. Meteorologist Sarah Hadden
says warnings have also been issued for much of Nelson,
Tasman and Marlborough to sport. Scott Dixon's finished fifth at
IndyCar's Grand Prix of Monterey in California, with compatriots Marcus
Armstrong eighth and Scott McLaughlan tenth. Alex Pilow secured his
(03:25):
eighth win of the season. Meanwhile, Shane van Gisbergen has
placed nineteenth at the latest NASCAR Cup Series race in Indianapolis,
behind winner Bubba Wallace. In the wake of England reclaiming
the women's European football title on penalties over Spain in Basel,
news has emerged that a sequel to the two thousand
and two movie Bendit Lake Beckham is in the works.
(03:49):
I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk ZB newsroom.
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