May 13, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 14 May 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the fourteenth of May. The teenager
accused of murdering American student Kyle Warrel has pleaded not guilty.
The thirty three year old victim was attacked at a
bus stop in Auckland's Meadow Bank last month. Jordan Dunn reports.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The sixteen year old, who has interim named Suppression, appeared
in the High Court at Auckland charged with murder and
aggravated robbery. The public gallery was packed with the victim's
teary eyed family, including Kyle Warrell's mother. A thirty two
year old woman charged with being an accessory after the fact,
appeared via videolink and also pleaded not guilty, appearing tearful
(00:42):
at times.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
The pair have been remanded in custody and more face
trial next August. The government's cracking down on truancy, hoping
to meet its attendance target. It's putting one hundred and
forty million dollars into a new attendance service and supporting
current providers. The Associate Education Minister wants eighty percent of
students attending more than ninety percent of the time by
(01:05):
twenty thirty. David Seymour says some penalties could be enforced, but.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
They only work for a small portion of people who
are a won't rather than a can't. So if you
persistently don't send your children to school, you could be fined.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Meanwhile, Seymour's not keen to specifically involve the Treaty of
White Tongy as he introduces contentious red tape cutting legislation.
His Regulatory Standards Bill has prompted an urgent hearing of
the White Toungy Tribunal. Seymour says it'll reduce regulation and
create a benchmark for good legislation, but critics oppose its
(01:42):
lack of a treaty clause and consultation with Maldi. Seymour
says it's for all New Zealanders.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
The White Tangy Tribunal can do what they like, but
it's the people of New Zealand that elect a government.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
The Green Parties releasing its alternative budget. It includes a
wealth tax to pay for a raft of social and
environmental policies. It also includes free GP visits, early childhood
education and dental care. Co leader Chloe Swarbrick says it'll
be paid for by taxing the wealthiest fairly. The budget
(02:15):
calls for tackling climate change and introducing more jobs in
nature and climate friendly industries. The Government's conceded it's unlikely
to meet it's November target of five hundred new police.
Police bosses say more trainees are failing and more people
are leaving the force. Policemanister Mark Mitchell says they're not
going to get hung up on the target. Donald Trump's
(02:39):
considering attending talks on the Ukraine War on Thursday. Russia's
President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Voladimir Zelensky are expected
to meet in Turkey. This comes as Western allies and
the Coalition of the Willing have offered a US backed
thirty day ceasefire proposal to Russia, alongside the threat of
sanctions see air ens Nick patten Walsh says if all
(03:01):
three leaders end up in a room together, it's set
to be a tense meeting. To sport, Sunderland will face
Sheffield United at Wembley on May twenty five. New Zealand
Time in the match, dubbed the richest game in football
for the last promotion spot to the Premier League. It's
worth three hundred and eighty million dollars. Scott Dixon's finished
(03:24):
with the fourth fastest lap time in the opening practice
session at the Indianapolis five hundred. He's completed a lap
at three hundred and sixty two kilometers an hour. And
Jasmine Parlini has become the first local woman to reach
the Italian Open tennis semifinals in eleven years. I'm Malcolm Jordan.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
(03:44):
next update at five pm from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the fourteenth of May. The teenager
accused of murdering American student Kyle Warrel has pleaded not guilty.
The thirty three year old victim was attacked at a
bus stop in Auckland's Meadow Bank last month. Jordan Dunn reports.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The sixteen year old, who has interim named Suppression, appeared
in the High Court at Auckland charged with murder and
aggravated robbery. The public gallery was packed with the victim's
teary eyed family, including Kyle Warrell's mother. A thirty two
year old woman charged with being an accessory after the fact,
appeared via videolink and also pleaded not guilty, appearing tearful
(00:42):
at times.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
The pair have been remanded in custody and more face
trial next August. The government's cracking down on truancy, hoping
to meet its attendance target. It's putting one hundred and
forty million dollars into a new attendance service and supporting
current providers. The Associate Education Minister wants eighty percent of
students attending more than ninety percent of the time by
(01:05):
twenty thirty. David Seymour says some penalties could be enforced, but.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
They only work for a small portion of people who
are a won't rather than a can't. So if you
persistently don't send your children to school, you could be fined.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Meanwhile, Seymour's not keen to specifically involve the Treaty of
White Tongy as he introduces contentious red tape cutting legislation.
His Regulatory Standards Bill has prompted an urgent hearing of
the White Toungy Tribunal. Seymour says it'll reduce regulation and
create a benchmark for good legislation, but critics oppose its
(01:42):
lack of a treaty clause and consultation with Maldi. Seymour
says it's for all New Zealanders.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
The White Tangy Tribunal can do what they like, but
it's the people of New Zealand that elect a government.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
The Green Parties releasing its alternative budget. It includes a
wealth tax to pay for a raft of social and
environmental policies. It also includes free GP visits, early childhood
education and dental care. Co leader Chloe Swarbrick says it'll
be paid for by taxing the wealthiest fairly. The budget
(02:15):
calls for tackling climate change and introducing more jobs in
nature and climate friendly industries. The Government's conceded it's unlikely
to meet it's November target of five hundred new police.
Police bosses say more trainees are failing and more people
are leaving the force. Policemanister Mark Mitchell says they're not
going to get hung up on the target. Donald Trump's
(02:39):
considering attending talks on the Ukraine War on Thursday. Russia's
President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Voladimir Zelensky are expected
to meet in Turkey. This comes as Western allies and
the Coalition of the Willing have offered a US backed
thirty day ceasefire proposal to Russia, alongside the threat of
sanctions see air ens Nick patten Walsh says if all
(03:01):
three leaders end up in a room together, it's set
to be a tense meeting. To sport, Sunderland will face
Sheffield United at Wembley on May twenty five. New Zealand
Time in the match, dubbed the richest game in football
for the last promotion spot to the Premier League. It's
worth three hundred and eighty million dollars. Scott Dixon's finished
(03:24):
with the fourth fastest lap time in the opening practice
session at the Indianapolis five hundred. He's completed a lap
at three hundred and sixty two kilometers an hour. And
Jasmine Parlini has become the first local woman to reach
the Italian Open tennis semifinals in eleven years. I'm Malcolm Jordan.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
(03:44):
next update at five pm from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
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