Afternoon Edition: 13 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 13 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 Jody Gill and this is your afternoon
news FEKS for Wednesday, the thirteenth of August. Green's co
leader Chloe Swarbrick has been booted from Parliament to second
time and named with some MP speaking in her support,
She's again refused to withdraw a comment made yesterday or apologize,
and Parliament voted to kick her out for another day.

(00:27):
Here Speaker Jerry Brownley, there.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Has never been a time when personal insults like that
delivered inside a speech were accepted by this House, and
I'm not about to start accepting it.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
Swarbrick yesterday ask government MPs to show a spine during
a debate on the catastrophe in Gaza.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
I don't understand what we have to apologize for. What
we're asking for is the government to sanction Israel for
his war crimes and to expert to start the humanitarian
crisis unfolding in Gaza today.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
And ZAID First leader Winston Peters came to Swarbricks.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
I don't agree with the thing that Chloe swill have
said at all, but this is a robust house where
people have a right to express their views as passionate
as they may within certain rules, but I do not
think that eviction was warranted.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
The Prime Minister has now made his strongest comment yet
on Gaza. Chris Luksen says Israel's leaders aren't listening.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Nttiyahoo has gone way too far. I think he has
lost the plot and I think that you know what
we're saying overnight of the attack on Gaza City is utterly,
utterly unacceptable.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
The second week of public hearings for the official COVID
inquiry has been called off after former ministers refuse to participate.
It had planned to hear from government ministers, public servants
and government advisors from next week. Jordan Dunn has more.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Inquiry chair Grant Illingworth says efficiency, cost and public confidence
have all been considered in the decision. He says proceeding
is no longer justified, but confirms the non attendance of
former ministers won't hamper the inquiry's ability to obtained the
necessary information. Illingworth is choosing to not issue a summons
to them and says the decision won't impact the overall timeline.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
UNI and I secondary school teachers across the country will
strike all day next Wednesday over the government's latest collective
Agreement offer. PPTA president Chris Abercrombie says the one percent
pay increase offer is the lowest in a generation. At
a time secondary education is undergoing momentous change, nurses are
striking again next month, claiming Health end Z still hasn't

(02:32):
resolved ongoing concerns about understaffing. More than thirty six thousand
IFATHU auder nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants or down tools
on two separate days in early September. Kee We film
Tina has raked in six point five million dollars at
the box office. Its saled pass records made by Niki

(02:52):
Caro's Whale Rider to become New Zealand's fifth highest grossing
movie in sport. The Warriors of Re sarn to Mighty
Martin for the twenty twenty six season, ending speculation on
his future. A boost for Auckland as they search for
their first win of the MPC against Taranaki on Saturday,
when Kayla tang Tao has been named on the bench

(03:15):
and is in line for his first game of rugby
since the start of April after a groin injury playing
for the Highlanders defending champions Northern districts will open up
domestic crickets Plunket Shield in November with a visit to Canterbury.
In Rungiura, I'm Jody gil that's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
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