Afternoon Edition: 04 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 04 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Wendy Petrie and this is your afternoon
news fix for Monday, August the fourth. The Deputy Prime
Minister's taken a swing at Labour's criticism of a government
education overhaul in CAAs being scrapped. With yet twelve and
thirteen students needing to acquire certificates, the Education Minister says
will be internationally comparable. Labour's questioning the short consultation period

(00:26):
ending in September, David Seymour says Labor needs a reality check.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
The old Left knew that the pathway out of poverty
was an education. The new Left they wouldn't recognize the
old Labor party that wanted poor kids to be able
to foot it with the best with high academic standards.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
An Auckland University education professor says backing and supporting teachers
will be key. Eliza Hta says tackling the curriculum first
is the right way to go.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
If teachers receive all professional development in new curriculum, that
of course will lead on to being able to assess
what they are actually teaching.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Our Foreign Minister is urging New Zealand and the Cook
Islands to keep close together not move apart. Today mark
sixty years of the Cook Islands Free Association with New Zealand,
as government recently signed a partnership agreement with China without
reference to New Zealand. When St Peters is reiterating nothing
in the model prevents the Cooks seeking full independence if

(01:28):
it's the choice of those living there, he says, we
have a unique relationship.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
We've never got it boys right, but we've never stopped
trying across all the political divide.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
That's the view I believe of our political system and
political parties in museum.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Police investigating the death of a twenty year old after
a brawl in Hamilton last month are looking into the
hours before his death, and eighteen year old's been charged
over the death of Teres Tappidy in hospital on July
twenty after two groups clashed in the CBD. Police want
to hear from anyone with footage from a hip hop
event at Cloud nine bar on Hood Street on the

(02:02):
evening of July nineteen. They're also seeking information on people
who went to the event in a blue Mitsubishi Outlander,
a gray Nissan Tiana and a gold Toyota Prius. A
bad smell from a spoiled thirty million dollar diaper deal
as consumers goods company Zuru takes its former partners to court,
is claiming tens of millions of dollars in losses from breach,

(02:25):
confidentiality and restrained provisions after the sale of nappy business
rascals turn to toxic Darnakan Maclain has more.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
The defendants will strongly contest the claims in a four
week civil trial kicking off in the High Court at
Auckland today. The case largely centers on the soured business
relationship between Zuru's Nick Mowbray and Grant Taylor. Zuru filed
proceedings in twenty twenty one, a year after buying out
the Taylor family.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
To Sport and consistency, physicality and the intimidation factor have
earned uncapped a Simon and Parker a call up into
the All Black squad for the Rugby Championship. Coach Scott
Robinson says they've been impressed by what the chiefs in
Northland loose Forward has delivered this season. Liam Lawson's optimistic
his dark days in the Formula one are over after

(03:14):
another top eight finish, this time in the Hungarian Grand
Prix and Warriors wing Ed Corsey will join the rabbit
Os on a two year deal after this season's leagues.
Narl and that is your update, your latest news fix,
and we will be back with the next update tomorrow
morning from the news Talk SETB Newsroom