Midday Edition: 14 July 2025 (1)

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Raylen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the fourteenth of July. Locally Led, regionally
responsive and future focus Polytechnics its vocational education Minister Penny
Simmons description of a new approach. Political editor Jason Walls
has more.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
From next year, ten of the formerly sixteen polytechnics across
the country will be re established, restoring what the government's
calling their local voice. And this marks the end of
simmons bid to unwind the previous government's moves to bring
all the institutions under one centralized umbrella called Tipukanga.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Polytechnics returning to regional governance include Ara Institute of Canterbury,
the Southern and Waikato Institutes of Technology, and the Open
Polytechnic of New Zealand. Work Safe is that an Auckland
property where a concrete truck fell on a house, leaving
one person dead. Emergency services were called Dranguitoto Avenue and

(01:03):
remawto just after nine am. Work Safe says initial information
indicates it was construction related, but inspectors are gathering evidence.
The property owner says the homes being renovated. No one
was there at the time. The mother of Malachi. Shubeck
says it breaks her soul that his daycare knew he

(01:23):
had injuries. The five year old was murdered in twenty
twenty one by his care, dying in hospital after being
abused for months. A coronial inquiry under way this week
will look at where the mandatory reporting of child abuse
by schools and daycares might be effective. Jasmine Cotta spoke
of the frustration of trying to keep her son safe

(01:44):
while she was in prison.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
I understand that Malachi's case is going to be used
to bring changes, but nothing has changed. If anything, he's
become another statistic.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
Submissions week is over for the Regulatory ste and It's bill,
but the controversial legislation hasn't gone away just yet. The
Green Parties are staunch critic and points out just nineteen
oral submissions last week were in favor out of two
hundred and eight. Spokesman Francesco Hernandez says it's proof the
bill should be scrapped, but the New Zealand Initiative and

(02:19):
the Taxpayers Union claimed submissions were plagued by misinformation, including
the bill letting international companies sue our government. Continued tough
news for our economy, with the service sector still not
back in recovery mode. New bn Z Business and Z
data shows the sector contracted in June for the fifth
consecutive month. It makes up two thirds of our economy,

(02:43):
his business reporter Michael Circle.

Speaker 4 (02:45):
Despite signs of a turnaround, the sector is still continuing
to shrink. It's only had one month of minimal expansion
in the past sixteen months. Benz now expects GDP to
fall zero point two percent in the June quarter.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
In Sport, All Blacks when Caleb Clark time on the
sidelines will extend until at least the first couple of
rounds of the Rugby Championship. Sunny Bill Williams has swatted
off Paul Gullen's final attempts to get under his skin
ahead of their boxing bout in Sydney, and Warriors forwards
Leka Halasima has escaped a ban for his high tackle

(03:20):
in their win over the Tigers in Leagues nrround yesterday.
That is your latest news fix. We'll have another update
for you tomorrow morning from The News Talk's ZB newsroom.