Morning Edition: 05 August 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 05 August 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):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Wednesday, fifth of August. In this update,
skepticism from retailers that police will turn up to accept
as shoplifting rises to its highest level in fifteen years.
Police laid the highest number of charges in fifteen years
across twenty twenty four. At twenty five. This resulted in

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the highest number of convictions being dished out in the
country's courts. Retail Ends Advocacy manager Denise Garland told Ryan
Bridge police is stretched and says it's the lower levels
of retail crime they sometimes miss. They will attend when
there is harms and threatening behavior happening. A new specialist

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school promising to counter access black spots for students with
advanced learning needs, will opening Gisbon in twenty twenty eight.
Two others have planned for Palmston North and South Auckland.
They'll offer tailored education for five to twenty one year
olds with disabilities autism, dyslexia or brain injuries. Most state

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schools are now paying at least one teacher salary from
the operational funding to help keep up with role growth.
News dog ZB can reveal just over two thousand state schools.
About eighty two percent paid at least one teacher from
the grant last year, are from about eighteen hundred schools
in twenty nineteen. The Ministry of Education says schools often

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use operational funding to employ extra teachers when they're anticipating
role growth, struggling to recruit part time staff, or wanting
smaller class sizes. A Mardi healthcare plan for prisoners has
been put on hold after the Corrections Minister raised concerns.
Until yesterday, Corrections was procuring Ronguwa Mardi Healthcare for all prisons,

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aiming to boost rehabilitation for Mardi offenders. The traditional health
practices include spiritual work and Midi Midi or traditional Mardi massage,
but Minister Mark Mitchell only learned of the project when
asked by Newstorg ZB and Corrections has now paused it.
I don't have in depth information other than the fact
that it was alluded to me that this program. Message

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program has been run of reminded Corrections on mate spectation
around recabilitation in New Zealand. Situation is expected to improve
over time. Its Dune operating statistics shows the average passenger
capacity on Tasman and Pacific flights row seven point six
percent on a year earlier. However, it only carrieder point

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three percent more passengers on those services over the same period.
Revelations The Ministry of Education considered adding source to school
lunches to make them more appealing, but canned the idea
over cost. Business Desk reports officials spent three months planning
and costing a condiments trial with its largest supplier, Compass

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Groups School Lunch Collective. The proposal was scrapped in January
after an official warned it would spend a huge amount
of money on a non nutritious edition Gregg's Tomato barbecue
and sweet Chili sauces. In Sport, Former Diamonds coach Lisa
Alexander claims heavy participation in Australia's Super Netball League help

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New Zealand and Jamaican players dominate at the Commonwealth Games.
As second straight start at Center looms for Leka Halasima
and the Warriors NRL League match against the Panthers on Friday.
The referees have been confirmed for the All Blanks tour
of South Africa. The four tests in order will be
controlled by Englishman Matthew Khali Australian Angus Gardner, Georgian Nika

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Amashukelli and Englishman Carl Dixon. I'm Nevaretti Manu, and that
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the news Talk zb newsroom.