Morning Edition: 29 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, twenty ninth of July. In
this update, National and Labor appear to have found at
least some common ground over incoming surcharge changes. The government's
moving to ban surcharges on in store car transactions by
May next year. Prime Minister Christopher Luxen says the timeframe

(00:28):
purely acknowledges the standard legislative process, but if they can
go faster, they will. Labor leader CRUs Hipkins says most
Kiwis would like to see surch charges go, but there's
still more work to be done to make sure it
doesn't drive prices or disadvantage small businesses. Meanwhile, the Prime
Minister's defending increases to the pay of public board members.

(00:49):
A Cabinet document shows the top potential annual fee for
chairs of governance boards is rising to more than one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars, a jump from twenty twenty
two's ninety thousand dollars limit. Its estimated members work about
thirty days a year and chairs work about fifty. Christopher
Luxen says they want a competitive offering to attract good

(01:11):
people at twenty four hour nurses strike set for tomorrow
is going ahead from nine am. Bargaining between Health New
Zealand and the nurses organization took place yesterday, with Health
New Zealand saying it was committed to reaching an agreement
and lifting the strike notice, but in a recent statement,
the Health agency says it's disappointed around thirty six thousand nurses,

(01:34):
midwives and healthcare assistants will walk off the job for
twenty four hours tomorrow. It says it's estimated more than
four thousand planned procedures and specialist appointments will have to
be postponed. Civil defenses on standby and Nelson Tasman for
yet more heavy rain. Orange rain warnings are in effect
for much of Nelson Tasman and Marlborough, along with Auckland,

(01:56):
the Coromandel, Baya Plenty, Central North Island Mountains and where Island.
Nelson Tasman is expecting the heaviest rain from six am
to six pm, with high tide and the strongest wins
about midday. Tasman me and Tim King says lots of
work has been done there since the last two storms hit,
and he says it ranges from roads and rivers to

(02:16):
protecting individual properties from further flooding. Donald Trump says Russia
may force sanctions unless progress is made to end the
war with Ukraine. The US president originally gave Vladimir Putin
a fifty day deadline to end the war. He says
he has been forced to reduce that to between ten
and twelve days. Don't want to be generous, but we

(02:38):
just don't see any progress being there. Meanwhile, then, unconditional
ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand has taken effect. Leaders in
both countries agreed on the ceasefire after more than thirty
people were killed in the conflicts since late last week.
The ceasefire took effect at four am New Zealand time.
In Sport, Silverfern's coach, Dame Noelane Toda is happy for

(02:59):
the ANS Premiership's best shooter, Amelia Walmsley, to miss the
series against South Africa in favor of tournament play. At
Netball's Youth World Cup, Wallaby's local Nick Frost Wallaby's lockrather.
Nick Frost is defending flanker Carlo Tazano after accusations of
trying to milk a ruck penalty at the end of

(03:19):
the second rugby Test defeat to the Lions. The Lancashire
County is investigating an incident in which a fan attending
the fourth cricket Test between England and India Old Trafford,
was asked to cover up a Pakistani Limited overshirt. I'm
never retty, Manu. That's your latest news fix. Will be
back with the next update at midday from the news
Talk zb news room.