Afternoon Edition: 24 June 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 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 Ptree and this is your afternoon
news fix for Tuesday, the twenty fourth of June. Opposition
leader CRUs Hipkins says the US strikes on Iran targets
mark a dangerous escalation. He says we should choose the
path of international law.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
New Zealand should not drift from our values simply because
the actions come from one of our traditional allies. We
do not believe in a world where might makes right.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
The Foreign Affairs Minister says the situation in the Middle
East is of the gravest concern. Whenston Peter's ministerial statement
suggests urging the government to condemn either side as virtue signaling,
he says the Middle East situation is not black and white.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
We urge all parties to return to talks and enduring
solution depends on de escalation and diplomacy.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
News GPS concern prescribe ADHD medication from the outset as
being hailed at as a community breakthrough. From February, GPS
can offer a patient stimulant medications without them needing a
specialist recommendation. First specialist wait times vary across the country.
That can surpass a year. ADHD New Zealand spokesperson Darren

(01:15):
Bull says they've been advocating for better access for years.
It will take a while for enough GPS in New
Zealand to be able to really have an impact on
waiting this, but it's a really positive first step. STATS
and Z release more census data on New Zealand's LGBTQ
plus communities. One in ten Kiwis age fifteen to twenty
nine identify as LGBTQ plus, compared to one in twenty adults.

(01:40):
As of twenty twenty three, one hundred and seventy two
thousand adults across all ages, ethnicities and areas identified and
at least one group. Bisexual women made up the largest group,
numbering just over fifty seven thousand since as spokesperson A
dal Quinn says this data will help communities continue to
advocate for themselves. The Regional Development says local government needs rationalizing.

(02:05):
The government is open to considering scrapping regional councils and
introducing a rates cap under changes to the Resource Management Act.
Shane Jones says I'll take consideration of the council system
to the next election. He says New Zealand first will
have robust remitts to change the country's direction.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
But did I sit around indulging all of this, all
of this wocusm which is driving US broke.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Advice for tenants before Healthy Home Standards kick in in
one week, all rental properties must meet guidelines on heating, insulation, ventilation,
moisture and draft stopping. Landlords have since July twenty nineteen
to comply. Renders United President Zach Thomas advises tenants to
check their agreement and contact their landlord and writing if
they haven't met the standards. The third thing they can

(02:50):
do is if they're unable to reachion agreement with their landlord,
is to contact tenancy services to start a mediation process
or to file a tendancy tribunal case. To sport, and
midfielder Quintupia has declared himself ready to rejoin the All
Blacks in camp tomorrow after three years in international rugby.
Limbo Super Rugby champion Antonio Chalfoon and Blues midfielder zav

(03:15):
Elli are among ten uncapped players named in the Maori
All Black squad. They played Japan on Saturday and Scotland
next weekend and football firm's goalkeeper Victoria Essen, will play
professional football in New Zealand for the first time in
her career after signing with the Wellington Phoenix in the
A League. I'm Wendy Petrie. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from

(03:38):
the News Talk ZTB newsroom.