Morning Edition: 30 June 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Good morning. I'm Neveraretti Manu and this is your morning
news fix for Monday, thirtieth of June. In this update,
communities in the Upper South Island are on edge as
more heavy rains expected later this week. A local state
of emergency remains in place with Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough,
where more than three hundred millimeters of rain has fallen

(00:26):
since Friday. Almost fifty roads are closed, including parts of
State Highway six in and around Nelson. Emergency Management Minister
Mark Mitchell says the areas are preparing for more rain
on Thursday. He says police, fire and Emergency and other
local leaders have started planning to deal with the front
if it comes through. The Government's proposing increased penalties for

(00:49):
assaults against on duty first responders and prison officers. Intentionally
injuring an officer or responder could carry a maximum sentence
of seven years Imprisonment Corrections Association President Floyd Duplease says
the number of assaults is increasing along with prison population
and there's little deterrent concern as speed limits increase on

(01:11):
roads across the country from the end of today. Roads
that were subject to speed reviews from January twenty twenty
and had their limits reduced will be increased to their
original limit. That will apply to forty three sections of
state highway and local roads as well, with more than
fifteen hundred changes in Auckland alone. Break director Carolyn Perry

(01:32):
says it's demoralizing.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Particularly in a lot of places where communities had campaigned
for a long time to gat a lower feed limit
to make it safer in their community.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Fears people will be turned away from help after a
reduction in youth service provider funding. Ordung A Tamadiki funded
ten youth one stop shops in the twenty twenty four
financial year, which has been trimmed down to seven. Canterbury
based Service to Tahi Youth was one of the one
uns cut. The Youth Development leader Gary Groomes says they're

(02:04):
being left with less as needs are increasing.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
That contract for us under our frontline youth workers and
social workers. People who build trusts are with the vulnerable
young people who are accessing our services, especially those coming
out of care.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Property managers are planning to drop clients refusing to meet
healthy home standards. The Rental Property Regulations come into force
tomorrow with rules for heating, insulation, ventilation and moisture. Landlords
can be fined more than seven thousand dollars for non compliance.
Aspire Property Management's Mike Atkinson says landlords are being asked

(02:40):
to collect their keys if they don't make changes. British
Prime ministers A Kis Starmer and Glastonbury organizers are condemning
UK punk duo Bob Villain over their controversial comments about
the war and Gaza. The duo led Chance of Free,
Free Palestine and death Death to the Idea. In sport,

(03:01):
a career best Formula one finished for Lillam Lawson with
sixth place and eight points. At the Austrian Grand Prix.
Lando Norris won his third race of the season. Fifteen
year old skateboarder Jessica Reedy has earned bronze in the
street discipline at her debut X Games event in Salt
Lake City. Melbourne have cemented third on the NRL League

(03:23):
Ladder with a thirty six win over Cronulla who sit
tenth after round seventeen. North Queensland at twelfth after a
thirty twenty four win over last place Gold Coast. I'm
never ready, Manu, and that's your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
news talk zb newsroom