Morning Edition: 16 June 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 16 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 morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Monday, sixteenth of June. In this update,
the Police Commissioner has confirmed he wants body cameras worn
by frontline staff and workers underway. Police considered buying cameras
last year, but decided to delay the decision. They're still
looking into ways to deal with transparency issues laid bare

(00:26):
when new taseres for frontline officers didn't include a camera.
Richard Chambers says he tasked a member of his leadership
team to look into options for body cameras. He says
they'll come up with options over the next twelve months
or so. A push to boost Chinese visitor numbers with
an improvement in visa settings and processes, they remain the
lowest market, sitting around sixty percent of pre pandemic visitor levels.

(00:50):
From November, the government will trial visa waiver status for
Chinese passport holders traveling from Australia, allowing them to visit
for up to three months. They must have a valid
Australian visitor, work, student or family visa, with the trial
lasting a year. The Prime Ministers on a mission to
boost New Zealand's profile in China during this week's meeting

(01:12):
with Shi Jinping. Christopher Luxen's leaving for Shanghai with the
business delegation tomorrow morning before making his way to Beijing
to meet with the President. Luxin says the visit will
focus on growing trade, strengthening education and tourism links, and
maximizing business opportunities. He says the challenge is around awareness
within China's domestic market, which he says, gets bombarded with

(01:34):
many messages one or two. Here we are outraged over
a secret radioactive waste facility near Palmsta North. The facility
stores low level and intermediate level waste, including depleted uranium
from redundant radiation devices used to treat cancer patients. Documents
obtained by our newsroom show officials avoided consulting the public,

(01:56):
including EWEI, on its establishment, prioritizing security and confidentiality. They
also state ministry officials faced a high risk safety situation
in twenty nineteen at the old site in christ Church.
A large scale manhunters continuing in the US after a
Democratic politician and her husband were shot dead in Minnesota.

(02:17):
Another politician and his wife was shot and injured in
their Minnesota home. Earlier Sky News report at David Blevins
says the suspect, fifty seven year advanced bolter, is believed
to have impersonated a police officer.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
The gunman was dressed as a police officer, wearing a
flat jacket and barge, armed with a taser, and he
drove a car with flashing lights enabling him to approach
without suspicion.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
It appears to be a politically motivated assassination. Hamilton Airport's
first international boarding call in thirteen years will echo through
the terminal today. Along with its existing domestic services, the
airport will operate four return flights a week to Australia's
Sydney and three to the Gold Coast. The airport's been
a direct down seven million dollars on the newly refurbished

(03:02):
terminal in Sport, Swedish Pole Vault. Mondo de Plantis has
set the twelfth world record of his career, this time
clearing six point two eight meters at his home Diamond
League event. Bayern Munich have trounced Auckland City ten nil
at Football's Club World Cup in Cincinnati. The Tactics have
extended their lead atop netballs as Premiership, beating the poll

(03:25):
sixty one point fifty. Canterbury have returned to the top
of the NRL League standings via a twenty four to
eighteen win over South Sydney. I'm never Retty Mano and
that your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update at midday from the news Talk zb news roupe.