Midday Edition: 09 July 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Adam Cooper and this is her midday
news fix for Tuesday, the ninth of July. Chloe Swowbrick
says the Green Party will continue asking Darlene Tana to
resign from Parliament. It made the request after receiving a
report on Tana's knowledge of alleged migrant exploitation at her
husband's business. She had been suspended on full pay for

(00:25):
one hundred and fifteen days. Tarta's resigned from the party
but not parliament, and says she doesn't accept the report's findings.
She claims it substantially misrepresents her level of involvement in
her husband's business. Saw Brooks says if Tana believes in
the principles the party was elected on, she needs to
recognize the bigger picture.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
I think New Zealand voters can expect that the Green
Party is entitled to those fifteen seats that we won
at the election.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Tara's departure from the party raises questions about parliament proportionality
if she remains an independent MP. Newstalk's heirb senior political
corespondent Barry Soaper says the election gave the Green Party
a set MP count and her resignation gives them one
less It's important under mixed member of proportional systems that

(01:11):
you maintain the proportionality, and if she stayed on that
would not happen. If Tanner leaves Parliament, the Greens would
bring in the next person on the list, Benjamin Doyle.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon will be courting both US political
parties during his trip to the NATO summit in Washington,
d C. He's touching down this afternoon after being delayed

(01:31):
by a tropical storm Beryl. He'll meet influential Republican law
maker Ted Cruz. Sanders indicated he might meet California Governor
Gavin Newsom and San Francisco form. The US Ambassador to
Engrosser told the Front Page podcast it'll be an important talk.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
He ends like the rising star of the next generation
of Democratic Party leaders and often mentioned should mister Biden
finally decide not to proceed with his candidate, ju.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Changes to the medicinal cannabis scheme could spark export growth.
Cabinets approve changes by which medicinal cannabis only needs to
meet the standards of the country it's exported too, not
New Zealand's Our Medicinal Cannabis Council says it'll mean we
can match international competition. Executive director Sally King says business
is booming worldwide.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Projection for twenty twenty five is more than sixty billion
US tollers per year and the compound growth rate is
in double figures, not up to twenty percent per annum,
so it's a fast growing market.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Latest seek figures show job ads declined eight percent last month,
with retail and consumer product adds down eighteen percent, in
hospitality and tourism down thirteen The woman behind Dunedin's controversial
Exotic Pet Expo says she's unfazed by the SPCA launching
inquiries after multiple complaints. Some attendees, including a stall holder,

(02:55):
blasted the weekend event on social media, claiming false advertising
and inadequate animal welfare standards, but Emilia Seals isn't concerned.
She says the SPCA received heaps of complaints about her
pet store, which has since closed down by her own
a court. She says rumors it's taken animals from her
previously are false.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
It was mainly just people.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
It's nothing better to do trying to bring me down
because it's what happens in neven in.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
Sport, Marco Rojas's returning home. The All Whites winger has
re signed with the Phoenix for the A League football season,
the first professional club he represented. Golf's PGA of America
have appointed Keegan Bradley as the twenty twenty five US
Rider Cup captain. Tiger Woods is understood to have declined
an offer, and Judoka Moira Costa will attend her second
Olympics in Paris, but the first and twelve years, alongside

(03:45):
debutante Sidney Andrews. BMX writers recobm and Layla Walker are
also off to the games. I'm Adam Cooper and that's
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm. From the News Talks he'd been
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