Midday Edition: 04 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 04 July 2024, 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
NEWSFACS for Thursday, the fourth of July. The family of
an Auckland woman who was killed in an LA robbery
are paying tribute to their mother, wife, and friend. Remuera
resident Patricia McKay bought against armed attackers before being run
down by a car outside the Fashion Island Mall in Newport, California.

(00:26):
Jordan Dunn has more.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
The sixty eight year old was with her husband, Doug
mckaye at the time, who was the inaugural CEO of
the Amalgamated Auckland Council. Patricia's family say no words can
express the sadness as they come to terms with the loss.
Three men have been arrested, two eighteen year olds and
a twenty six year old Coyeger.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Aura is still set to build thousands of houses in
the next year. Despite a change of leadership, Housing Minister
Chris Bishop has replaced five members of the board and
has set expectations for more financial sustainability. It follows the
ministry it's chief executive Andrew McKennon resigning on Tuesday. Bishop
says three thousand more state homes will be built by

(01:05):
ko will have to work for more funding.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
It would be irresponsible to give them a blank check
to build more houses until where confidences have got their
costs under control in their financially sustainable as an organization.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Chris Bishop expects a turnaround plan from Coinger Order by November.
Labour's leader isn't sugar coating it, telling his MPs they
have a big job ahead to win back Auckland and
get back into government at the next election. The party
spending its midwinter away caucus in the city that punished
at last October to listen and learn from its mistakes.

(01:38):
Chris Hipkins has identified crime, cost of living and COVID
is Auckland's key grievances with Labour, saying the city voted
for change.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
The government aren't giving them the change that they voted for.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
So our job now is to make sure that we
do offer a different kind of change, a positive change
that's going to take the country forward.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
Northland Police are investigating the unexplained historic death of a
four year old in kai Koi in twenty fifteen. Alestro
kepper Harthy was living with caregivers. Police are investigating the
circumstances leading to her death and asking anyone with information
to come forward. A belief South Asian migrants are being
cheated by big banks high and often hidden remittance fees.

(02:20):
Data from money transfer service Wise shows nearly seventy percent
of them in New Zealand send money back home, with
more than half sending up to ten percent of their
monthly income. It says it could result in hundreds of
dollars in yearly fees. Wise ENZ manager Tristan Daykin says
exchange rate markups can be up to five percent and
banks aren't required to disclose it.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
If customers see a transparent fee that they're being charged,
it's the most empowering thing that they can have, because
then they are able to make their own comparison to
better and cheaper services.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
The major banks say they're transparent about what they charge
and offer competitive rates. In sport, a tennis career peek
at least so far for Lulu Soon at Wimbledon with
her advance to the third round. The last New Zealander
to reach that far in the singles was Marina Irakovich
in twenty sixteen. Striker Hannah Wilkinson has missed out on
the football Ferns Olympic squad, but ten players have received

(03:16):
maiden games call ups. England have beaten the White Ferns
by five wickets with twenty balls to spare, chasing two
hundred and twelve in the dead rubber third One Day
Cricket International at Bristol. I'm Jody Gill and that's your
latest news fakes. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the News Talk sed B Newsroom.