Midday Edition: 26 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 26 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 Wendy Petree and this is your midday news.
Thanks for Friday, the twenty sixth of July. The lawyer
who gave advice to an Otago religious care facility about
the destruction of records that were of interest to the
abuse and care inquiry except it's appalling. Presbyterians of Port
Otago sought advice from Fraser Barton, who was a board

(00:24):
member at the time and is now president of the
Law Society. There are claims of records were destroyed to
protect the reputation of the organization. Barton is now subject
to a formal complaint. He's told Irene Zed he wrote
an eleven word email advising that records could be destroyed
at an appropriate time, but he believed that would be
after the death of those discussed in the records. My

(00:46):
advice was to destroy them at an appropriate time.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Let's not go ahead and destroy them now.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
From the practical point of view, you must have.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
The files so you can deal with claims.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
The Regulation Minister says people in early childhood tell them
they're sick of the amount of red tape and regulation.
Labour to party. Maori and the Greens have united against
the Regulation Ministry's regulatory review. They claim the government's making
dangerous changes. The NDA Union is also calling for it
to stop regulation. Minister David Seymour says it's the first
time the opposition has united around something this term. They

(01:20):
say that they want to stop dangerous changes, but we
haven't even announced a single change yet. We're still just
listening to people, Labour's leaders says as a cause for
minor parties to dial down their political rhetoric. Speaking on
the Tiles podcast, Chris Hopkins was asked about the language
used by potential coalition partners the Greens and to Party Maori.

(01:42):
The latter have this year called the reversal of smoke
free law system genocide. Hepkins says other parties are also
guilty of unhelpful language.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I think the Party in New Zealand first also need
to dial it down a bit. I think Mary are
being used as a wedge in New Zealand in a
way that's really unfair and I don't think it's going
to be good for New Zealand and the longer term.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
A highly divisive speech from Benjaminette and Yahoo as thousands
protest his visit to the US, the Israeli Prime Minister
is meeting Vice President Krmala Harris today, as talks to
the US Congress yesterday were boycotted by dozens of senior
lawmakers over his role facilitating the war and humanitarian catastrophe
in Gaza. US correspondent Mitch McCann says, in contrast, Republicans

(02:25):
who showed up were largely supportive.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Some people called it epic, whereas the Democrats were unhappy
with it. Nancy Pelosi called it one of the worst
speeches from the foreign dignitary invited to speak to the Congress.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Security forces are highly visible on the streets of Paris
as the official opening ceremony for the Olympics that draws
closer track. Cyclist Aaron Gate and sailing athlete Joe Arlais
have been named as New Zealand's official flag bearers. Herald
reporter shren Shari Kennea is on the ground in Paris
and says tourists are flooding the city with the boosted population.

(02:57):
She says it's more demanding for authorities. Lots of sirens,
lots of security, lots of police vans lined up in
many places, so there is a huge, huge presence here,
but it is for a good thing. It is making
people feel really safe as well. In sport, a devastating
exit from the metal contention for the All Black sevens
at the Paris Olympics. The men defeated fourteen to seven
in the quarter finals by South Africa. The football Ferns

(03:20):
lost their opening match of the Games, beaten two to
one by defending champions Canada, who had been found guilty
of spying via a drone in the build up, and
black Caps all rounder Ratchanravendras reaffirmed his commitment to playing
for his country amid the rise of global T twenty
franchise leagues. I'm Wendy Petrie and that is your latest
news fix.