Morning Edition: 04 July 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 04 July 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 (00:08):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Friday, fourth of July. In this update,
a New Zealand tourist and a British tourist have been
killed by an elephant in Zambia. Sixty seven year old
Alice gen Taylor from New Zealand and sixty eight year
old Eastern Janet Taylor were on a walking safari at

(00:28):
a national park when they were attacked by a female
elephant that was with a calf. They say safari guides
attempted to stop the elephant from charging at the women
by firing shots, leaving it wounded. Last year, two American
tourists were killed in separate encounters with elephants in different
parts of Zambia. A welcome change to insulation standards with

(00:49):
an end to a one size fits all approach. They'll
give more flex to requirements in the Building Code by
the end of the year in a bid to cut
construction costs, which have gone up significantly. The governments also
looking to make the Far North a separate climate zone,
stating the region's warmer climate allows for a more tailored approach.
Far North District councilor Felicity Foy told Ryan Bridge, current

(01:11):
standards are over the top. For the every day mum
and dad just trying to get into a house. That's
a significant barrier, particularly up here where we're subtropical. We're
much warmer. More rains on the way for most of
the country today, with orange warnings still in effect in
Bay of Plenty and Gisban District. Slips of blocking State
Highway four between Pangannu and Rentahe. Flooding and slips have

(01:32):
affected several Tatanaki roads, including State Highway through at Awaquino
and State Highway forty five at Manaya. Local states of
emergency remain in effect in the Upper South Island. A
group of prominent Kiwis, including a former Prime Minister, are
calling on the government to drop the Regulatory Standards Bill.
The bill, put forward by David Seymour, aims to put

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forward a set of principles to guide what good regulation
looks like. In open letters signed by professors and Prime Minister,
Sir Jeffrey Palmer calls the bill undemocratic, legally unsound and
contrary to teteity or white tangy. The Public Sector Union
claims Wellington is taking a hit from government cutbacks. Latest
totality figures show Wellington house prices have dropped zero point

(02:17):
five percent in the past year, despite national prices rising
zero point two percent. It comes as the Public Service
Commission warns of a slowing of wage growth in the
public sector this quarter. Confidence in Dunedin's events seen as
the threat of christ Church's new stadium looms. The first
All Blacks Test of the year takes place at four
South Forsyth PA Stadium tomorrow, one of the biggest events

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on Dunedin's calendar. Dunedin Venue CEO Paul Dawn says he
already thinking many years ahead. Blood is so important to
the top to here in the South and in particular,
so we will do our very best to continue to
put our best re forward and we've also got to
think about other events. Christ Churches one en Zed stadium
is due for completion in April. In sport a car

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crash has killed Liverpool and Portuguese footballer Diogo Dotta. In Spain,
Le Bleau look green to face the All Blacks and
they're opening rugby test tomorrow. In Dunedin, five deputantes feature
in the run on side and three in the reserves.
Subin Gils two hundred and sixty nine, the highest score
by an Indian Test cricket captain, has helped his side

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dominate England. On the second day of the second match
at Hmiston, the host is seventy seven for three in
reply to the visitors five hundred and eighty seven and
Novak Djokovic is into the third round at Wimbledon. I'm
never ready, Manu, and that's your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB news room.