Afternoon Edition: 02 July 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 July 2024, 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 Tuesday, the second of July. The Advertising
Association is pleased television ads will move on to a
level playing field with other media. The Government's announced it
will remove restrictions on advertising for Sunday mornings and some
public holidays. Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith has called

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the bands outdated. The New Zealand Advertisers Association Chief executive
Lindsay Moer says it's the first big change in some time.
He says it made no sense to have bands just
for TV advertising. I think that's the classic case of
the legislation just hasn't kept up with the changing picking
my world, ambulance staff could stop attending some callouts as

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part of wider industrial action. Over two weeks, unionized workers
have been protesting the lack of new ambulance service funding
in this year's budget. This Friday, two thousand Ambulance Association
members will ballot on upgrading action to include strikes and
refusing to attend low risk calls. ENZAA Division chair Mark
Quinn says strong action is the only way to get

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a response from Saint John and the government. We've watched
nessus go out on strike. We've watched junior doctors taking
gun on strike for a day. Our members are saying, well,
why should we be any different. A former community housing
leader says those providers are ready to collaborate with the government.
Guyeger Auro chief executive Andrew mackenzie has resigned, saying the

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government's changes aren't what he signed up for. It comes
after a scathing review of the organization. Former Monte Cecilia
Housing Trust CEO Bernie Smith says the last government stopped
community housing providers buying houses from developers, but did it
themselves time and time again. First home owners were locked
out of the market because Kuyegor came along with a

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big checkbook. Dismay from France's centrist and left leaning parties.
With the right wing National Rally leading the country's election,
Marins anti immigration and European Union skeptic party has a
strong lead in polls for the snap election called by
President Emmanuel Macron. The two round elections wrap up next weekend.

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Correspondent Catherine Field says the huge left wing bloc has
a lot of votes and they're now forming alliances. But
they've come together with Macron's party and then now deciding
which of their candidates will withdraw from the rays. Fires
caused by e scooters and e bikes are on the rise.
When overcharged or charged incorrectly, the lithium batteries can rapidly

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heat up, causing explosions. Fire and emergency stats show they've
been responsible for nine structure fires already this year, compared
to eleven overall last year, which was more than double
the twenty twenty two total. A Wellington man was critically
injured when one exploded in his face last August. Then
spokesperson Tom Ronaldson says you can always use a trusted

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charger and charge them away from exits. It's a good
idea to avoid overturned charging sponsor battery fool unplug. It
also recommend that they are charged while you're at home
and awake to sport. The Warriors are said to help
open the twenty twenty five NRL season in Las Vegas.
The Heralds reporting the Mount Smart Club have been confirmed

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alongside the Panthers, Sharks and Raiders to open the competition
in the United States next year. Two changes to the
England starting fifteen to face the All Blacks and Dunedin
on Saturday, from the one that thrashed Japan and Tokyo.
Props Joe Marlo and Will Stewart are into the front row.
I'm Wendy Petrie. That's your latest fix. We'll be back

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with the next update tomorrow morning. From the News Talks
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