Afternoon Edition: 15 August 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 15 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 Petree. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Friday, the fifteenth of August. A New Zealand
woman and his six year old son will walk free
from a Texas detention center this week. US Immigration took
Sarah Shaw into custody with her son Isaac three weeks
ago over a visa discrepancy when they tried to re
enter from Canada. Jacob Jones reports.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Friend Victoria Bizansen says she's not revealing their exact release
date because of privacy concerns. She says they're happy and
thankful to be leaving. Bizansen says some families have spent
up to seventy days in custody.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
A government wants protesting outside people's homes made illegal. Justice
Minister Paul Goldsmith's introducing a new offense for disruptive demonstrations
after increased reports of action at residences of people, including
MPs and judges. Here's political reporter Azariah Howell.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Paul Goldsmith says everyone should be able to expect peace
and privacy in their home and promises this protects the
right to protest in a reasonable way. The bill would
carry a maximum penalty of three months in jail or
a two thousand dollar fine.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Data shows Auckland Councilor Mike Lee has the lowest meeting
attendance of any sitting councilor in the city and just
over seventy five percent. Alf Filipina and Mayor Wayne Brown
were the only ones turning up less than eighty percent
of the time. Council reporter Jacob Jones has more.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Mike Lee says he has to do a lot more
travel than other counselors because his ward includes remote regions
like Waikiki and Great Barrier Islands. Ol Philipina says he's
been affected by health issues which have meant stays in hospitals.
Councilor Julie Fairy has the best record, attending ninety three
point nine percent of meetings.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
I remind if a traveling key we is to keep
on top of their debts. After a woman was arrested
over her student loan while trying to return to Australia,
rested at the airport, taken to court and released on
bail due to her outstanding loan of more than fifty
thousand dollars, her lawyer, Dave R. Nath says he's negotiating
a bank loan so she can pay ird and have

(02:12):
her passport returned. He was surprised by the authority's response,
but the law allows it. A nanth is encouraging people
not to neglect their debts.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
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Speaker 1 (02:26):
With it a surgeon. Dog attacks may not be exclusive
to Auckland and is likely under reported. Auckland Council received
nearly three thousand reports of dog attacks in the last
financial year, well up from two thousand five years ago.
It's prosecuted more than six hundred and eleven owners since
twenty twenty. Dog Safe Workplace Director Joe Cloff says ACC

(02:49):
data from last year shows nine thousand dog related injuries
in Auckland alone. In New Zealand we had twenty nine thousand,
two hundred and thirty three dog related incidents, costing over
thirty nine million dollars to sport. All Blacks coach Scott
Robinson's return to a largely familiar looking lineup for the
Rugby Championship opener against Argentina on Sunday morning. Silver Firn

(03:12):
Maddy Gordon says doubling the number of the imports allowed
in A and Z Premiership Netbal teams to two or
make the competition more interesting for viewers and provide a
test for rising homegrown talent. And Some of the world's
top arrowsmiths are in action this weekend at the New
Zealand Darts Masters in Auckland. I'm Wendy Petrick. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update

(03:33):
tomorrow morning from the News Talk zid B newsroom