Midday Edition: 17 May 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 17 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talks HEDB newsroom, this is NEWSFACS. In
this update, the UN Human Rights Chief fars fresh attacks
and Gaza are the start of an even wider Israeli offensive.
Rescuers say nearly one hundred people, including children, have been
killed in an Israeli attack in the North. Israel says
it was operating to locate and dismantle terrorist infrastructure sites.

(00:27):
UN Human Rights Offer spokesperson Jeremy Lawrence told the BBC
the Human Rights Chief has raised serious concerns you and
Human Rights Chief Vulka Turk says this is tantamount to
ethnic clansing. New Zealand Rhodes contribute to how fast motorists go.
A global study from current insurance experts Money Supermarket this

(00:49):
week reveals the US has the highest speed for long
distance at nearly one hundred and ten kilometers an hour.
New Zealand's average speed is sixty two point one kilometers
an hour. AA Road Safety spokesperson Dylan Thompson says we
have different roads compared to the US. Poor management now
ranks alongside LOPE as the leading calls for resignations. New

(01:12):
data from specialized recruiter syeechs reveals close to eighty percent
of New Zealand employees are open to or seeking new
roles despite economic turbulence. A quarter of our workforce was
directly affected from business restructures in the past year. Managing
Director Gareth Robertson says the fallout from those changes could

(01:32):
be why ineffective leadership lists as a key reason for
staff departures.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
The way some of those decisions were made or actioned
or communicated may be a factor here.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
A new ID checking apt for tourists could make the
country more accessible. The government's released NZ Verify, allowing visitors
to hold verified mobile versions of their driver's licenses. Tourists
from Queensland, Australia as well as fourteen US states can
now rent a car or check into a hotel with
just their phone. Hospitality NZ Head of Communications and Advocacy

(02:07):
Sam mcminnon says it will help to cut down friction points.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Makes me the onland and easier place to visit, more
more welcoming. I guess for people who have already got
out of the habit of carrying a physical ID.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
That's news. In sport. Will Peter Berling appear for another
boat at the twenty twenty seven America's Cup, Brogator, the
outgoing Team New Zealand skipper, announced his departure following a
breakdown in negotiations around his commitments in other sailing ventures.
The protocol for the next America's Cup in Naples has

(02:38):
yet to be released, which outlines rules around the number
of non nationals that can be recruited. Berlin says while
his feature in the Cup remains hypothetical, he's had rival
teams reach out to him.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
I mean, the phones definitely started ringing as soon as
the news broke that I was no longer going to
be part of teamw Zeland. The sailing community is incredibly small,
so everyone knows is ever run incredibly well? Yeah, never
say never. Yeah, definitely opened opportunities.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
Ryan Fox remains inside the top ten after two rounds
of Golf's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. That Sport. I'm
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