Afternoon Edition: 23 June 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 23 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 Wendy Penttree and this is your afternoon
news fixed for Monday, the twenty third of June. The
government says has been a flood of interest in investing
using New Zealand's Golden visa. Finance Minister Nikola Willis says
giving startups access to investment is a big part of
the government's economic growth strategy.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
We are here to mark a significant milestone, which is
that the Active Investor plus visa has already passed a
billion dollars and committed investments for New Zealand Immigration.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
New Zealand's received one hundred and eighty nine applications for
the visa since April, which makes it easier for business
people with money to invest to gain residency in New Zealand.
Immigration Mister Erica Stanford says it significantly more than the
one hundred and sixteen applications received more than two and
a half years ago under previous settings. The majority of
the applications are from US investors, followed by China, Hong

(00:58):
Kong and Germany. A warning a possible escalation in the
Middle East, tensions are at boiling point, with the US
attacking three nuclear sites in Iran. The US State Department
is cautioning citizens worldwide of the potential for acts against them,
but former Regional National Security official Brent McGirk told CNN
Donald Trump cannot take a victory lap. He says in

(01:20):
twenty twenty, when Trump ordered a strike against a top
Iranian military commander, Iran took five days to respond.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
They fired about fifteen ballistic missiles at US facilities in Iraq.

Speaker 4 (01:32):
Doesn't say what they might do here, but that we're
kind of in that window.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
The Prime Minister says. Keiw cosmetics companies are one winner
from his recent China trip. Chris Luckson's wrapped up his
first official visit. He says eight hundred and seventy one
million dollars of commercial agreements have been signed between New
Zealand and Chinese businesses. Luckson says our cosmetic brands hadn't
been able to sell into China partly because of different

(01:56):
rules around animal testing.

Speaker 4 (01:58):
We found impass through with the government there that actually
enables us to make sure that we don't have our
products tested on animals and it's acceptable to the Chinese,
and that creates about two hundred million dollars for brands
like Trilogy in London, Lee's and.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Echostore Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants a major redesign of
the upgraded Eden train station and he's taken the problem
into his own hands. The station closed in twenty twenty
and is set to reopen next year alongside the City
rail Link Council reporter Jacob Jones has more.

Speaker 3 (02:28):
Mayor Brown has compared the Mongafoe station to Gaza and
complained it lacks access for buses in private vehicles. He
says he's redesigned nearby bus routes to go to the station.
The mayor would also like a nearby empty site developed
and to be marketed as one big lot.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Too.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Smort and he's nicknamed Jim The difference Now the All
blacks Hope Powerhouse utility back Timothy Tava Tavan Nahwai can
be the difference. At test level, the Highland as co
captain has been included as one of five new Caps
in the squad to face France next month. The other
new Caps are Olin Norris, Brody McAllister, Fabian Holland and

(03:10):
Duplasy Caiffe. And the NBA's best regular season team has
secured the Championship Crown. The thunder have claimed a one
hundred and three to ninety win home win over the
Pacers in Game seven of the final series. I'm Wendy Petrie.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with your
next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk zb Newsroup.