Midday Edition: 29 July 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 29 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
News Facts for Monday, the twenty ninth of July. The
Greens are feeling confident as their standoff with former MP
Darley in Tana hits uncharted territory. Co leaders Choe Swarbrick
and Marama Davidson have given the now independent MP twenty
one working days to resign from Parliament. If she doesn't,

(00:28):
two hundred party members will vote on September first on
whether to invoke Urka jumping legislation. But Political editor Jason
Wall says twenty one days there is a long time
for both sides.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
She could do a lot to annoy and upset the
Greens base between now and then, and you can expect
that Chloe Swarbrick and the Green Party will be leaning
on that narrative to try and get their members to
come around as well.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
For my eye, doctor Philip Polkinghorn has pleaded guilty to
meth charges ahead of his High Court trial. He's facing
a murdered charge after his wife of thirty years, Pauline Hannah,
was found dead in their remuere A home in twenty
twenty one. The day began with Polkinghorn admitting a charge
of possessing meth and a pipe for its consumption. A

(01:14):
pilot program of the government's youth boot camps starts today.
Ten serious offenders will take part in the twelve months trial,
with the three month first stage beginning out of Parmerston
North Youth Justice Facility. Children's Minister Karen Chaur says a
rehability of approach will include specific therapeutic and cultural components,

(01:34):
But lawyer Amanda Hill, whose represented state abuse survivors, isn't convinced.
On the one hand, you're talking about the rappern services
and all of the good stuff, Why then negate All
of that was harsh military style punishment that we know
doesn't work. Public health researchers say any rollback of our
insulation standards will undo savings to the country at an

(01:56):
industry level in energy and in people's health. Building and
Construction Minister Chris Pink wants to change the building codes,
insulation and glazing requirements Otago Universities. Lucy Telfar Barnard says
improving home insulation means people have fewer days off, go
to hospital less and live longer.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
So for every dollar that you spend on insulation, you
get six dollars back in health and other benefits to
the individual into the economy.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
A bit of a rocky start for the Paris Olympics,
scheduled swimming practice for triathletes has been canceled after heavy
rains made the Sends water unsafe. Events should still run
as scheduled in two days. Meanwhile, authorities are still investigating
the sabotage of Paris rail before the opening ceremony. Europe
correspondent Gavin Gray says it's basically back to usual.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
The RALE company said the main western line from Paris
was operating was normal, but three out of four TGV
trains were running on the Northern line for meal, with
no delays expected.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
In sport, veteran flanker Sam Kine is happy to be
back in the All Blacks for the upcoming Rugby Championship,
but he won't be concerned if he doesn't play another
five tests to hit the one hundred test miles stone.
Olympian Erica Fairweather is confident she still has gas in
the tank after qualifying seventh fastest for tomorrow's women's two
hundred meter freestyle final, and Japan is the surprise nation

(03:24):
on top of the Olympics medal table with four golds
and seven medals overall, heading off Australia and the United States,
which has the most medals, worth twelve in total. I'm
Jody Gill and that's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
news Talk zed B newsroom.