Midday Edition: 31 August 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 31 August 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):
No the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, a popular Auckland park is closing to
the public and anticipation of extreme winds, MET Service has
issued an Orange level strong wind warning for Auckland, Great
Barrier Island and the Corimandel Peninsula this afternoon. Its warning
gusts of up to one hundred and twenty kilometers an

(00:25):
hour in exposed places could cause damage to trees, power
lines and unsecured structures. All facilities at Cornwall Park will
shut from one this afternoon. Meanwhile, there are road snowfall
warnings for all of the South Island passes today. Donald
Trump's so called reciprocal tariffs could become costly for the
US government if the Supreme Court agrees they were imposed illegally.

(00:49):
A federal Court of appeal has determined the US president
never had the power to impose his so called reciprocal tariffs.
Trump says he will be taking this decision to the
Supreme Court. International relations experts Stephen Hoadley says many deals
have already been made under these tariffs. The United States
federal government will have to refund to all of those

(01:10):
US companies that have imported goods from abroad and paid
the tariff. The US has barred Palestinian leaders from attending
the UN General Assembly in New York next month. The
State departments revoked the visas of President Mahu Mahmoud Abbas
and eighty other officials Eurasia groups Ferraz Maksad told the

(01:30):
VBC many traditional Israeli allies like the UK, France, Australia
and Canada intend to recognize Palestinian statehood at that meeting.
Is that crucial three week window now in the lead
up to Anger at the end of September, where one
would hold that Israel will be able to clinch a deal.
Maxad says the alternative to diplomacy is Israel continuing its

(01:52):
military campaign in day during civilians. A power ball player
from a Portuguy has won twelve point five million dollars
and last night's lotto draw. The winning ticket was brought
on my Lotto and wins Powerball's twelve million and half
of Division one. A ticket without the powerball number wins
the other half of Division one five hundred thousand. That's news.

(02:16):
In sports, ultra distance runner Ruth Croft has achieved an
historic result in Europe, becoming the first New Zealander to
win the esteemed Ultra Trail du mont Blanc Center on
the highest peak in Western Europe. Kraft completed one hundred
and seventy five kilometer race with climbs of up to
ten kilometers, in just under twenty three hours. A mixed

(02:38):
bag for the kiwis. In qualifying for tomorrow's IndyCar Music
City Grand Prix in Nashville. Scott Dixon was fifth quickest,
with Scott McLaughlin eighth, but Marcus Armstrong could only qualify
in seventeenth. The NBL is investigating a training mishap at
the preseason Blitz tournament in Canberra that has resulted in
Adelaide thirty six's player Then Christie, being hospitalized after a

(03:02):
backboard collapsed. Major crashes on the second and fourth stages
are finally caught up with KIMI cyclist George Bennett, who
has withdrawn from the Volta Espana on stage eight that sport.
I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to News Talk
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