Midday Edition: 04 June 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 04 June 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this as your midday
NEWSFACS for Wednesday, the fourth of June. The University of
Auckland's been ordered to pay two hundred and five thousand
dollars of high profile scientist Susie Wilds's legal bills. The
Employment Court ruled last year the university breached wiles employment
agreement but not her academic freedom when she suffered abuse

(00:24):
during the COVID nineteen pandemic. Jamie Cunningham has more.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
University says it was entitled to claim more than five
hundred thousand from Wiles, but later offered to settle costs
at sixty five thousand. Judge Joanna Holden concluded it should
pay Wiles two hundred and five thousand dollars within twenty
one days. Suzie Wilds sayes she's delighted to be the
successful party and entitled to the costs.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
The Coroners formally opened the inquest into an Auckland terror
attack by acknowledging survivors and the bravery of those who intervened.
Ahamed Samsudin was shot dead by police after STATF having
six people at Newlynn countdown in September twenty twenty one.
He was under police surveillance at the time after being
released from prison months earlier. Coroner Marcus Elliott says the

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inquest won't repeat the findings of previous investigations, but will
analyze options available to police at the time and anyways
some Sudine could have been diverted on his path of
violent extremism. The Sport and Recreation Minister says people need
to exercise personal responsibility when engaging in combat sports after

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a teenager died in Palmerston North last week. Nineteen year
old Ryan Sattathwaite suffered a fatal brain injury after playing
a run at straight style game. Mark Mitchell's confirmed are
reviews underway into our combat sport laws, but says the
government shouldn't get involved with private sporting events. He told
Mike Hosking a review will look to put rules in

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place for public run at straight events. You don't want
the government busted into your property in telling you what
you can and can't do. You've got to use a
bit of common scene. Whenston Peters is getting a boost
of confidence from two separate polls showing his New Zealand
First Party is on the rise, A one News variant
poll shows the coalition being able to form a government
for a second term, with a boost for New Zealand First,

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a slight dip for ACT and a larger drop for National.
An r NZ read research poll released this morning showed
the Left Block being able to govern New Zealand First
was above ACT in that pole and neck and neck
with it on the other. Peters says experience matters. Now
I'm the lead of New Zealand First and that'll go
on into the twenty twenty sixth election. Food Stuffs in

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North Island's promising to take the Privacy Commission's facial recognition
trial feedback on board. A Commission report stage the technology
was compliant and reduced harm in stores, but it says
more works needed to ensure accuracy due to the software
coming from overseas. Foodstuff's general counsel Julian Bennifield says, they
put a lot of work into creating the most act

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It's system possible. We do acknowledge the concern and we
will work with our vendors to see a physion testing
that it can be done to get even more confidence.
And Paul Henry has been revealed as the host of
the New Zealand version of the quiz show The Chase
to Sport. Boxer David Nieker will face off against fellow
New Zealander Nick Shara Lampos in his first bout since

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a defeat in January. The pair will meet on the
undercard to the Sonny Bill Williams Paul Gallon Bout on
July sixteenth in Sydney. The Football fern savened their first
win under Michael Mayne as full time coach, beating Venezuela
two to one in Spain. And bengalour U have won
a maiden Indian Premier League T twenty cricket title after

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eighteen seasons, beating Punjab by six runs in the final
at Ametabad. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the newstalk ZB newsroom