May 27, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 28 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 figs for Wednesday, the twenty eighth of May. The
Prime Minister is challenging New Zealand businesses to step up,
saying the government can't do it all. Chris Luckson has
addressed business leaders in Wellington this morning at a post
budget a n Z event. He says his government and
community groups are striving to improve New Zealand, but businesses
(00:27):
can do more.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And I think if the three actors work together and
collaborate well and work in an adult adult adult way
with each other rather than parent child, I think we
can get a lot of stuff done together.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Meanwhile, Luckson's commented on eighteen's tragic death. Nineteen year old
Ryan Sattathwait died after playing a tackling game with friends
in Palmerston North on Sunday. Run at straight competitions where
people charge into each other, have gained notoriety on social media.
Luckson says the government can't ban the trend outright. He
says people should reflect very strongly about doing it.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a good reminded people to take personal responsibility for
individual responsibility, to think about the activity.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
The Minister for Regulations aiming to trim rules in hairdressing
and barbering. From July, Cabinets accepted all his Ministry's recommendations,
returning decisions on offering drinks during cuts and allowing dogs
and a salon to the business owner. David Seymour has
popped into a salon in Auckland's Newmarket and had a
hair wash. He says these changes will give people running
(01:28):
small businesses more freedom.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
This is a buzz cup.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Season for rotate and regulation of salons up and down
New Zealms.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
A push to keep growing the value of our primary
sector exports. Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McLay says we
have positive numbers across the board, including a projected one
point two billion dollars revenue from beef and lamb exports.
He says we're also on the lookout for more trade opportunities.
He says free trade negotiations with India have been heavy
(01:57):
going so far, but there has been progress.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I'm on a plane over the weekend and we'll be
meeting with my counterpart from India in Paris at the OECD,
just to make sure we're moving the right direction. And
for both sides to give a signal to our negotiators
go faster.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
The building satisfaction is dropping as the number of new
builds needing fix ups rises. New brands Build Inside data
shows eighty one percent of new homeowners rated their builders
overall quality is good in twenty twenty three, down from
eighty nine percent in twenty seventeen. It also reveals eighty
six percent need a trade to come back and deal
(02:33):
with a defect board chair. Nigel Smith says the data
relates to a significant boom period. It was very difficult
for trades to come back in the normal timeframe, and
so that led to some of the concerns I guess
from the general public, who are built in your home?
Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin is playing with fire by
refusing to engage in cease fire talks with Kiev, as
(02:54):
Russian forces have made gains in Ukraine's northeast and The
official trailer had been released for Pike River, a film
based on the twenty ten West Coast tragedy. The movie
tells the story of Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two
women who lost loved ones in the disaster. To sport
the hot of Fenowa Company. Rugby Union is preparing to
(03:16):
crack down on referee abuse. Any further instances will see
senior rugby across the region canceled for a weekend. Seventeen
year old footballer La mien Yamal has signed a new
contract with Barcelona until twenty thirty one, worth an estimated
thirty eight million dollars per annum. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's
(03:37):
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news figs for Wednesday, the twenty eighth of May. The
Prime Minister is challenging New Zealand businesses to step up,
saying the government can't do it all. Chris Luckson has
addressed business leaders in Wellington this morning at a post
budget a n Z event. He says his government and
community groups are striving to improve New Zealand, but businesses
(00:27):
can do more.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
And I think if the three actors work together and
collaborate well and work in an adult adult adult way
with each other rather than parent child, I think we
can get a lot of stuff done together.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Meanwhile, Luckson's commented on eighteen's tragic death. Nineteen year old
Ryan Sattathwait died after playing a tackling game with friends
in Palmerston North on Sunday. Run at straight competitions where
people charge into each other, have gained notoriety on social media.
Luckson says the government can't ban the trend outright. He
says people should reflect very strongly about doing it.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
It's a good reminded people to take personal responsibility for
individual responsibility, to think about the activity.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
The Minister for Regulations aiming to trim rules in hairdressing
and barbering. From July, Cabinets accepted all his Ministry's recommendations,
returning decisions on offering drinks during cuts and allowing dogs
and a salon to the business owner. David Seymour has
popped into a salon in Auckland's Newmarket and had a
hair wash. He says these changes will give people running
(01:28):
small businesses more freedom.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
This is a buzz cup.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Season for rotate and regulation of salons up and down
New Zealms.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
A push to keep growing the value of our primary
sector exports. Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McLay says we
have positive numbers across the board, including a projected one
point two billion dollars revenue from beef and lamb exports.
He says we're also on the lookout for more trade opportunities.
He says free trade negotiations with India have been heavy
(01:57):
going so far, but there has been progress.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I'm on a plane over the weekend and we'll be
meeting with my counterpart from India in Paris at the OECD,
just to make sure we're moving the right direction. And
for both sides to give a signal to our negotiators
go faster.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
The building satisfaction is dropping as the number of new
builds needing fix ups rises. New brands Build Inside data
shows eighty one percent of new homeowners rated their builders
overall quality is good in twenty twenty three, down from
eighty nine percent in twenty seventeen. It also reveals eighty
six percent need a trade to come back and deal
(02:33):
with a defect board chair. Nigel Smith says the data
relates to a significant boom period. It was very difficult
for trades to come back in the normal timeframe, and
so that led to some of the concerns I guess
from the general public, who are built in your home?
Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin is playing with fire by
refusing to engage in cease fire talks with Kiev, as
(02:54):
Russian forces have made gains in Ukraine's northeast and The
official trailer had been released for Pike River, a film
based on the twenty ten West Coast tragedy. The movie
tells the story of Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two
women who lost loved ones in the disaster. To sport
the hot of Fenowa Company. Rugby Union is preparing to
(03:16):
crack down on referee abuse. Any further instances will see
senior rugby across the region canceled for a weekend. Seventeen
year old footballer La mien Yamal has signed a new
contract with Barcelona until twenty thirty one, worth an estimated
thirty eight million dollars per annum. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's
(03:37):
your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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