Afternoon Edition: 26 June 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 26 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 railing Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Thursday, the twenty sixth of June. Parliament has
risen and flags are at half mast as the MPs
reflected on the death of the party Marii MP Takutai
tash KEMP. Today Political editor Jason Walls has the reaction.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
MPs from across the House joined together in Wyata this
afternoon after paying tribute to the late Tamaki Makoo MP
one after the other MPs spoke of the mark she
had left on the political landscape and the lives of
the people she touched. Many directed their comments towards her
usual seat in the House, which today was wrapped in

(00:47):
a Tipati Mahdi flag and festooned with wreaths.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
A town planning consultant says housing intensification around Auckland's rail
is likely to give some the golden opportunity. The government's
acquiring the Council to allow apartments at least fifteen stories
high around the Mount Eden, Kingsland and Morningside stations. It
will be ten stories near the Mount Elbert and Baldwin
Avenue terminals. Mount Hobson Group director Hamish Firth says amenities

(01:15):
like a nearby train station will be perfect for particular groups.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
This isn't going to suit everybody, is it.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
This is probably a stage in life, so you might
be younger or older and unencumbered by children. Fines reaching
tens of thousands for black market seafood sales. Three commercial
Southland fishers and a seller have been fined just under
thirty seven thousand dollars after pleading guilty to illegally selling
large amounts of kinner power and blue cod. None had

(01:44):
permits or were licensed fish receivers or farmers. Fisheries manager
Greg Forbes says the sales were a slap in the
face to the majority doing the right thing. A survivor advocate,
while sexual offending jury trials scrapped, a bill has passed
its third reading in Parliament giving survivors more control over
the name suppression of themselves and their offender. Advocate Louise

(02:09):
Nicholas is pushing for judge alone trials to further protect survivors.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Even if a judge comes back with not guilty, they
explain their reasoning behind that, and that is huge for
our survivors, whereas with a jury trial they just say
not guilty and we move on.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Martin Borough Winemaker is celebrating top honors that the London
Decanter World Wine Awards with a Pino Noirs Craigie Rangers
twenty twenty four vintage Pinot took out the prize. Chief
Winemaker bend Toombs says he knew it was something special,
but it's been a fantastic year for all New Zealand wines.
Butt like a really long hangtime to develop, lots of concentration,

(02:48):
so yet to stunt off for New Zealand, which is
I think evidence in those you know, three hundred and
three medals that were awarded to New Zealand. Just Sport
and Canterbury Rugby CEO Tony Smail disagrees with the claim
referee abuse is a nationwide problem, saying he's canvassed widely
and any issues are isolated. Hockey New Zealand are appealing

(03:09):
for corporate sponsorship and funding support to enable the Black
Stacks men to appear in the Pro League and prepare
for next year's World Cup. After a stressful crack at
another golf major last weekend, Dame Lydia Coe's eagerly anticipating
being a team player at this week's LPGA pairs event
in Michigan, teaming with longtime friend Danielle Kang. And that

(03:33):
is your latest news fix. We'll be back with another
update tomorrow morning from the news Talk z'd be Newsroom