Morning Edition: 08 July 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 08 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 morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Monday, eighth of July. In this update,
voting in France has wrapped up and an election which
has seen the highest turnout in decades. Marine Le Penn's
far right National Rally is aiming for enough support to
take control of the National Assembly. The left wing and
centrist parties have been encouraging people to vote tactically removing

(00:27):
candidates to concentrate the anti ren vote. On one contender,
Rands twenty four is Antonia Kerrigan's. His people have been
going above and beyond to cast their vote, all going
from one appolling station to another to vote on behalf
of a friend or family member. We even saw someone
who had signed up for an online platform to be
the proxy of someone a stranger. Areas of Auckland and
Hamilton have seen more residential burglaries than areas in Wellington

(00:51):
over the last four years. Data shows have been more
than one hundred and eighty thousand residential burglaries over that timeframe,
and average have won every twelve minutes. Auckland's tuck in
Any South tops the list, alongside places in Hamilton and
fun At a Herald Head of Data Chris Knoxy is
Wellington's hotspots are very local.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
There was one block around Willison Victoria Street where where
they have fifty seven burglaries supported. The next block over
from that block too burglaries are reported.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Age Concern is warning we need to start preparing for
an increasingly elderly population now. The latest Stanzenz data shows
our population aged ninety plus is set to increase from
thirty five thousand people this year to around one hundred
and fifty thousand by the twenty sixties. Age Concern News
Energy of Executive Karen Billings Jensen says much of our
infrastructure is aged out and needs to be replaced. Grocery

(01:44):
prices continue to rise, but not as quickly as they
have been. The latest grocery supply cost indeck shows an
average two point seven percent increase in June compared to
the same time last year. The government will be looking
for improvements after tweaks to the driving testing system. Un
Limited free resets will be scrapped from today. Fees for
retrying theory and practical tests were removed last year, which

(02:07):
lifted applications, but Blue Mountain booking weight times by months
from today, drivers will only receive one free reset for
a test. VETS International Testing Manager Craig Bashert says the
company's done a lot to deal with the increased weight
times well.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
We've increased our GOVE testing officers by thirty per cent
in October, will have increased our hours. We operating a
weekend and after ours work. We introduced text messaging to candidates.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
The new report argues New Zealand universities are facing multiple
problems that need to be addressed if they want to
be successful in the future. Among the issues noted in
a New Zealand Initiative report are a tax on academic freedom,
funding problems and slipping world rankings. Senior Fellow James Kirsteed
says universities have become bloated with non academic staff, which
takes funds away from core teaching and In sport, Formula

(02:55):
One driver Lewis Hamilton has claimed a record breaking ninth
British Grand Prix victory. Misteric Skol shoot Grayson Wicki has
vented her frustration at the Steel defensive circle after the
A and Z Premiership netball win Newcastle of beating Camber
sixteen twelve to wrap round eighteen of League's NRL, and
on Tony two guests has won the ninth stage of

(03:15):
Cyclings Tour de France, which included thirty two kilometers of
gravel roads. I'm never ready, Manu. That's your latest news
fix and we'll be back with the next update of
midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom