Afternoon Edition: 20 July 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 20 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 (00:04):
From the news talks edby Newsroom This is newsfecs. In
this update, the government says a crackdown on illegal car
meetup says on the way it comes after hundreds of
boy races spent last night in a cat and mouse
chase with police across Auckland. Drivers invaded the streets by
rivving engines loudly, drifting dangerously and performing burnouts while attendees

(00:25):
shot fireworks and filmed. Prime Minister Chris Luxon says legislation
covering destroying seized vehicles is underway and severe penalties are
coming to the Associate Housing ministers acknowledged reports of rising homelessness,
saying there is a range of factors. Last August, the
government tightened eligibility criteria for emergency housing. Tama Portucker told

(00:47):
TVNZ's Q and A. Many people believe the policy changes
have contributed to more people being homeless, but mister Portucker
would not make that connection himself.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
People who are providing the information for various reports are
also reported It's not just one course, there's a whole
range of things. Homelessness is not just about a house.
It's about a range of challenges.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
A special connection between the Marrii tourism industry and Chinese visitors.
Chinese tourists remain our smallest markets, still lagging at about
sixty five percent of pre COVID levels. A report released
in February reveals New Zealand has almost three thousand, six
hundred Marriy tourism businesses. New Zealand Mary Tourism chair Dale
Stephens says key operators often report back on how much

(01:28):
Chinese visitors enjoy immersing themselves in Mary culture. These are
things that the Chinese visitors they really connect with and
so this is a really important step for us to.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Encourage more Chinese and Asian back into New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
The best authors, publishers and booksellers were honored in the
New Zealand Book Industry Awards last night. Martinborough Books and
Post was named the best Bookshop of the Year and
HarperCollins the best publisher. Tasty by Chelsea Winter made the
top spot among the best selling New Zealand books, and
Delirious by Damian Wilkins was awarded the Jan Medlicott Acorn

(02:01):
Prize for Fiction. That's News in Sport to Wellington. Don't
come to the polls.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
They can't find it. They have to find.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
Timmants fights all three. Col Timmet says much the Wellington
Saints and New Zealand Basketball League champions for a thirteenth time.
They've beaten the Southland Sharks eighty eight eighty three in
the Grand Final, fending off a fourth quarter comeback from
their visitors. Skipper Hiram Harris top scored with twenty points

(02:31):
and fourteen rebounds. Forward Jordan Martai says they knew it'd
be a scrap.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
We never made the moment bigger than what it was.
It stay composed, We knew things were gonna work. It
was just wit and no win and we stuck with
it and obviously it all fared off.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
The Warriors are setting aside their continuing injury troubles ahead
of tonight's Nril visit to the Newcastle Knights. That's Sport.
I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to News Talk
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