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June 16, 2025 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 17 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, seventeenth of June. In this update,
concern a crackdown on youth vaping misses the mark. New
rules come in today, including stricter advertising restrictions for vape
retailers and a ban on disposable vapes. It follows changes
in December which increase fines for selling vapes or cigarettes

(00:27):
to a minor from ten thousand to one hundred thousand
dollars for a retailer. Vaping Industry Association chairman Jonathan Devrey
says smoke free efforts may be hampered with stricter advertising,
making it harder for ex smokers to access products. He says.
It also doesn't address where most youth are accessing vapes.
Defrey says seventy five percent are accessing vaping products from

(00:49):
family and friends. Hopes the Prime Minister's meeting with President
g Jenping will broaden relations despite some differing values. Christopher
Luxen's leaving with the Business delegation this morning for Shanghai
and Beijing. Otago University Politics Associate professor Nicholas Ku says,
best case scenario, the trip would help return pre COVID

(01:11):
tourist levels and develop the weaker areas of the economic relationship.
He hopes Luxon can build on the fine work done
by previous Prime ministers by expanding the relationship. An Associate
Justice Minister is promising to support victims as new sentencing
laws take effect. New three strikes legislation comes into force

(01:32):
today after being scrapped by the previous government. Upon receiving
a third strike, people convicted of specific violent or sexual
offenses will receive the maximum sentence without parole. Nicole McKee
says previous strike warnings still count if they meet the
new sentencing threshold. The Ministry of Justice has actually published
guidance to help affected individuals and their lawyers to check

(01:55):
for active strikes. The daughter of a slain christ Church
woman is called willing for Change following revelations her mother
wasn't her killer's first victim. Eighty three year old Francis
Phelps was murdered by her gardner, Elliot Cameron, in October.
The recent lifting of a fifty year old suppression orders
revealed Cameron killed his brother in his twenties, but was

(02:17):
found not guilty on insanity grounds. Donald Trump believes expelling
Russia from the G seven and twenty fourteen was a mistake.
World leaders are gathering in Canada to talk trade, conflict
and other pressing matters. The US President has met with
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who says the world is
at a crucial turning point. Trump told reporters Vladimir Putin

(02:40):
should never have been evicted from the then G eight.
There was a mistake in that you spend so much
time talking about Russia. He's no longer at the table,
so it makes Clay more calm. Look here. Trump also
said a US Canada trade deal is achievable, but won't
give up on his belief in tariffs. In sport, the
Mystics have the magic forty thirty eight in a turnover

(03:03):
riddled A and Z Premiership Netball match to complete Round six.
In Auckland, the Crusaders are seeking clarity after a spike
in smart mouthguard alerts and a case of mistaken identity
during their Super Rugby semi final win over the Blues.
Four people have received suspended jail sentences ranging from fourteen

(03:23):
to twenty two months after being found guilty of committing
racially based hate crimes against Real Madrid footballer Venetius Junior.
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