July 31, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 01 August 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the first of August. Our government
has yet to hear from the US ahead of Donald
Trump's next tariff deadline. The White House says all countries
will hear from the US by four pm New Zealand time.
The US President has indicated he'll raise tariffs, including the
(00:24):
ten percent baseline tariff currently faced by New Zealand and
most other countries. Trade Minister Todd McLay told Mike Hosking
a fifteen percent baseline seems likely, but a twenty percent
baseline is possible.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We've been engaging with this ongoing conversations, me at my level,
with my counterpart there.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It's been extremely constructive.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Our embassy is talking all the time.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Health New Zealand has made a new payoffer to senior doctors.
It includes salary increases between three point five and eleven
percent depending on experience. With more Business reporter Michael sergele No.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
New Zealand's is the offer also in close funding for
incentives to help retain senior doctors and hard to staff
areas and specialties. It's urging the Association of Salaried medical
specialists to take the offer to its members. The offer
expires at the end of this.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Month, a warning the clearing of the way for oil
and gas exploration to resume could lead to legal battles
for New Zealand and the future under international law. Coalition
parties voted yesterday to overturn a twenty eighteen ban. Wakatol
University Associate law professor Nathan Cooper says the International Court
of Justice issued an advisory opinion on government's legal obligations
(01:36):
on minimizing climate change.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Ferny hasn't had time to form the basis of any
legal action yet, but in principle another state could start
proceedings against the government, alladging this government is not doing enough.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
News of a man's death at a motel in Westport's
main Street is rippling through the community. A homicide investigations
underway after police found demands and critically injured from an
altercation on Palmerston Street yesterday afternoon. The victim later died
in Greymouth Hospital. A thirty five year old man was
arrested and charged with wounding with intent to injure. Baller
(02:13):
District Mayor Jamie Klein says It's very unusual for Westport,
so they do.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Come as a shock when it's as serious as this.
There's people and families affected from the events as well,
so it's just always hard for communities when these things happen.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Right in amongst US, civil Defense officials have lifted the
national advisory for a tsunami threat to the North and
South Islands. Beach and tsunami conditions were observed along the
East Coast overnight. Officials say that's now subsided to strong
and unusual currents, which are likely to continue for the
next twenty to forty eight hours. Emergency Management Minister Mark
(02:48):
Mitchell says the risk has eased. We were still seen
some activity, but that has reduced significantly. The National advisory
for a beach and marine threat remains in place for
the Chatham Islands until for the notice to sport. The
ambition to put a roof over the center court at
Auckland Stanley Street Tennis Arena by twenty twenty seven has
(03:09):
volleyed back into the reckoning. The Auckland Council has agreed
an initial injection of one point five million dollars towards
the project. Golfer Dame Lydia Coe has carded a first
round one over pass seventy three to sit tied for
seventy fourth at the Open Major in Wales. That six
strokes off the lead, and former All Blacks midfielder Brydon
(03:31):
Enore has signed with the Crusaders for their Super Rugby
title defense. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the first of August. Our government
has yet to hear from the US ahead of Donald
Trump's next tariff deadline. The White House says all countries
will hear from the US by four pm New Zealand time.
The US President has indicated he'll raise tariffs, including the
(00:24):
ten percent baseline tariff currently faced by New Zealand and
most other countries. Trade Minister Todd McLay told Mike Hosking
a fifteen percent baseline seems likely, but a twenty percent
baseline is possible.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We've been engaging with this ongoing conversations, me at my level,
with my counterpart there.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
It's been extremely constructive.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Our embassy is talking all the time.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Health New Zealand has made a new payoffer to senior doctors.
It includes salary increases between three point five and eleven
percent depending on experience. With more Business reporter Michael sergele No.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
New Zealand's is the offer also in close funding for
incentives to help retain senior doctors and hard to staff
areas and specialties. It's urging the Association of Salaried medical
specialists to take the offer to its members. The offer
expires at the end of this.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Month, a warning the clearing of the way for oil
and gas exploration to resume could lead to legal battles
for New Zealand and the future under international law. Coalition
parties voted yesterday to overturn a twenty eighteen ban. Wakatol
University Associate law professor Nathan Cooper says the International Court
of Justice issued an advisory opinion on government's legal obligations
(01:36):
on minimizing climate change.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Ferny hasn't had time to form the basis of any
legal action yet, but in principle another state could start
proceedings against the government, alladging this government is not doing enough.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
News of a man's death at a motel in Westport's
main Street is rippling through the community. A homicide investigations
underway after police found demands and critically injured from an
altercation on Palmerston Street yesterday afternoon. The victim later died
in Greymouth Hospital. A thirty five year old man was
arrested and charged with wounding with intent to injure. Baller
(02:13):
District Mayor Jamie Klein says It's very unusual for Westport,
so they do.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Come as a shock when it's as serious as this.
There's people and families affected from the events as well,
so it's just always hard for communities when these things happen.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Right in amongst US, civil Defense officials have lifted the
national advisory for a tsunami threat to the North and
South Islands. Beach and tsunami conditions were observed along the
East Coast overnight. Officials say that's now subsided to strong
and unusual currents, which are likely to continue for the
next twenty to forty eight hours. Emergency Management Minister Mark
(02:48):
Mitchell says the risk has eased. We were still seen
some activity, but that has reduced significantly. The National advisory
for a beach and marine threat remains in place for
the Chatham Islands until for the notice to sport. The
ambition to put a roof over the center court at
Auckland Stanley Street Tennis Arena by twenty twenty seven has
(03:09):
volleyed back into the reckoning. The Auckland Council has agreed
an initial injection of one point five million dollars towards
the project. Golfer Dame Lydia Coe has carded a first
round one over pass seventy three to sit tied for
seventy fourth at the Open Major in Wales. That six
strokes off the lead, and former All Blacks midfielder Brydon
(03:31):
Enore has signed with the Crusaders for their Super Rugby
title defense. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
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