Afternoon Edition: 30 July 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 30 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 Rayleene Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Tuesday, the thirtieth of July. Police believe remains
found in christ Church today a missing real estate agent
Jan Fay Bao. The forty four year old's been missing
a year, with a man already heading to trial in
October charged with murder and kidnapping. Police say the remains

(00:26):
were in a shallow grave along the tree line of
a rural property in Green Park. Detective Inspector Nikola Reeves
says the news has been immediately shared with Baro's family.
There will be a forensic post mortem. The coroner will
confirm the identification, but I am comfortable that we were
searching for yam Fay and that we have found her.

(00:47):
Strong support for the government's introduction of roadside drug testing,
Transport Minister Simeon Brown says progress stalled on laws past
two years ago by the previous government. He says previous
laws require oral fluid tests to meet evidentiary standards, but
his government will let it be used for screening purposes.

(01:07):
Break Road Safety charity director Caroline Perry says drugs are
a serious contributor to road deaths.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Having this ability to do roadside shrug testing is really
important in terms of reducing dusts and serious injuries on
our roads and also deterring people from drug driving as well.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Revered Auckland retailer Smith and Coey's may be saved from closure.
The companies announced a seekend option. Thomas Rice reports the
options include its original proposal to shut up shop in
early twenty twenty five and a second now to have
a smaller presence in its Queen Street building with enhanced
online offerings from February. The Newmarket store would still close.

(01:49):
Cheer Tony Coe says they aim to have a decision
by the end of next week. The Mardi Development Minister
says a proposed law change could provoke protest at the
scale of the foreshore seabed controversy. The government is restoring
the threshold for Mardi customary claims over coastal areas by
tightening criteria. The Court of Appeal had lowered Crown attempts

(02:11):
in two thousand and four to take foreshore and sea
bed ownership, triggered wide protest. Thalma Portaka says he doesn't
know what reaction will be to this amendment, but the
law needs clarity. But I think we've been very clear
about how we see things and I've been really excited
to see a lot of people assert their Muna Warna,

(02:32):
the Trade Minister, has had to apologize for a remark
labeled racist in the House Green mp Ricardo Menandez Marches,
originally from Mexico. He was speaking to a question about
boot camps when Todd McLay interjected. Minutes later, Menandez March
raised mclay's comment with the speaker saying he took offense
Tod mcley, the Minister of Trade, through a bar back,

(02:56):
saying quote, as best as a kinem sand, You're not
a mexicanal don't do things like that here. Maclay withdrew
the comment and apologized. To Sport. The men's triathlon at
the Paris Olympics has been postponed due to poor water
quality and the river sen shunt it from tonight to
tomorrow night. New Zealand Olympics tennis coach Neil Carter believes

(03:20):
Lulu Soon has a way to go before she's the
complete package, saying she needs to work on her fitness
to survive at the top level and the breaks have
gone on. Liam Lawson's hopes of taking a Red Bull
seat for the rest of the Formula One season, with
Sergio Parrez sat to stay as Max Vestapen's partner for
the rest of the twenty twenty four campaign. I'm railing

(03:42):
Ramsey and that is your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update tomorrow morning from the newstalk
ZB newsroom.