Midday Edition: 22 June 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 22 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):
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, US Air Force aircraft capable of carrying
bunker busting bombs have been seen flying towards Guaham in
the Western Pacific. CNN reports flight tracking data shows multiple
b two bombers have left Missouri. As President Donald Trump

(00:24):
weighs up whether to join Israel's attack on Iran, CNN's
Betsy Klein says these bombs are the only ones able
to reach Iran's underground neclear site.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's a move that could get them into place should
the President make that decision. I want to caution that
a decision has not been made according to sources, but
this really presents that option.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Two people are recovering in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital following an
alleged stabbing at the Packering a light night market last night.
Police received reports at the incident on Aylesbury Street shortly
before seven and found two very badly injured people. They
say they're currently following lines of inquiry to locate the
alleged offender. A witness told our newsroom they heard screaming

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and then saw a group of people gather around a
badly injured young man. Police say inquiry suggests that this
is an isolated incident and there is not believed to
be any further risk to the public. A person has
died after a single vehicle crash in East Tarmaki. Emergency
services were called to the scene between Kerwin Avenue and
Smales Road at around ten thirty last night. A vehicle

(01:31):
had rolled and the sole occupant died at the scene.
It takes the Mutterliky Road toll to one. The Transport
Agency says it's tried to over deliver on its state
highway maintenance after previous shortfalls. Paul Weather meant a just
seventy six percent of scheduled highway maintenance was completed in
the twenty three to twenty four financial year. So far

(01:52):
this reporting period of the agency's managed to get one
hundred and six percent of scheduled work completed, meaning they've
overshot their National Maintenance and Operations manager Andrew Clark says
they were clear with their supplies that need more resources.
He says they used other strategies as well.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
We did some rolling closures from tier route to over
including the Desert Road closure just after Christmas.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
That's news in sports the Crusaders have revealed prop forly
To Newell played through the Super Rugby Final with a
significant knee injury. Newell was influential for the full eighty
minutes in the sixteen twelve went over. The Chief's assistant
coach Dan Perrin revealed the twenty two Test Props status.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
He played with a little Grade two mc ell injury,
so he's earned a badge of honor.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Then that's tough. He is mentally and physically one of
the best rugby players that we ever coached. Scott McLaughlin
has qualified fourth fastest for tomorrow's IndyCar Race at Rroade America.
Marcus Armstrong will start fifteenth on the grid and Scott
Dixon twenty fifth. Former Scotland rugby captain and British and
Irish Lions great Ian McLaughlin has died aged eighty three.

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