Midday Edition: 16 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 16 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 Malcolm Jordan, and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the sixteenth of July. Donald Trump's
running mate is Senator JD. Vance. The Republican's national Convention
has begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's seen Trump formally selected
as the Republican's presidential nominee. Fox News chief political analyst
to Brit Hume says Vance's thirty nine bright and articulates

(00:27):
he's got a lot of talent. He'll run rings around
Kamala Harrison that need to be and the Police Association
fields a recent pay deal doesn't recognize the forces work enough.
An independent arbitrator stepped in after negotiations with the Police
Association failed, siding with the government's offer. Association president Chris
Carhill told Mike Hosking, while it's not the worst deal ever,

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it doesn't get offices even with inflation back over the
past years. And the other thing it doesn't do is
address the big increases in demand, the big increases and
risk and city the role. However, Police Minister Mark Mitchell
says it was the best they could do. A lots
of diminishing the way that the frontline police are feeling,
but people will make the decisions intential's right for them

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in this family a warning Maori and poorer New Zealanders
will suffer the most from the changing climate. Parliament's Finance
Committee has begun hearing submissions in its inquiry into how
to adapt for climate change, the goal to set up
an enduring framework for sharing the cost and responsibility which
can outlast any government. Reference Group Chair Matt Winneray says

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the Crown must help people unable to afford losses and
Maori retreat is a major issue for Ewu Mahari due
to the location of Madai and papakayeing are close to
Aua and Warna and a strong connection to the Fenua.
Support for moves to try to capitalize on hiring freezers
in Australia's health sector. Late last month, several Victorian hospitals

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announced a temporary freezers as they grappled with budget pressures.
Health Minister Shane Retti has encouraged his team to see
how we might entice some of our graduates to come
back off the back of it. Nurses Organization CEO Paul
Glter says they'd welcome being involved in any moves to
bring New Zealand domestic nurses back to our shores. If

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they're hiring freezers in Australia and we can put together
a packet that we get them back, I think that's
a good idea and we look forward to greeking with
the Minister on that. Supply Chain issues and tariffs are
said to be a major focal point as New Zealand's
Trade Minister meets with economic heavy hitters. Todd mcclay's meeting
the Group of Seven known as G seven this week.

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For the first time in our country's history. The group
of major global economies including Italy, the US and the
UK will be talking together. McLay says he'll be discussing
non tariff barriers. We think there's about twelve billion dollars
lost in New Zealand economy. Rex was as a result
of the standards have put in place around the world.
David Seymour is outlining a new direction for Farmak. The

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Acting Prime Minister and Associate Health Minister, says he'll be
outlining new expectations for the government's drug funding agency this
afternoon to Sport nine tests to all Blacks, Hooker and
former Dancing with the Stars champion Norm Hewitt has died
aged fifty five. He had been coping with motor neuron disease.
The All Blacks have chosen to rest Patrick Tuypolalto at

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home rather than have him traveled to San Diego for
Saturday's Test against Fiji and Blackfern's co captain Kennedy Simon
has signed a four year extension with the with New
Zealand Rugby through until twenty twenty eight That's the longest
commitment by a women's fifteens player since they went professional
in twenty eighteen. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.

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We'll be back with the next update at five pm
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