Afternoon Edition: 04 August 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 04 August 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):
From the News Talk's Eddy Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, the Education Minister's given her report card on
New Zealand school system and outlined her plan to turn
it around. Erica Stanford was speaking on day two of
the National Party Conference. She says the ministry told her
the system was not delivering excellent or equitable outcomes. Miss

(00:24):
Stanford also accused Labour of the worst stewardship of education
in history and promised her government has the answers and
I can.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Tell you, ladies and gentlemen, we know exactly what we
need to do to get there. Like Simeon brown Bell's roads,
we have cleared the road cones, we've filled the potholes,
we've changed the signs to one hundred and ten and
we are on our way.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Southland's mayor says the community of Riverton is grieving after
a fatal boating accident. Emergency services were called to the
pol Raquino rivermouth after a boat capsized yesterday afternoon. Two
people were pulled from the water alive, but three died.
Rob Scott says it has a huge impact because they're
a tight knit community. A former speaker believes that tone

(01:06):
in Parliament has declined racially. Children's Minister Karen Chaw has
spoken out about Parliament feeling like an unsafe work environment
and believes the opposition is turning policy debate into personal attack.
Tepati Mardi co leader debing Arewa Paka has also called
Mischaw fragile on social media. Sir David Carter says rational

(01:27):
debate is still possible, but it seems some members are
making that difficult. Let's settle down, debate the issues, not
attack the people, and I think that.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Would be the way we've going to improve race relations
in New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
In the United Kingdom, hundreds of people have turned up
to an anti racism demonstration in Bristol City Center. It's
a response to violent far right protests that have been
taking place across the country. It follows unrest sparked by
the killing of three young girls in Southport on Monday.
Sky News reports police have deployed officers in large numbers

(01:59):
to violence and officers in riot gear appear to have
the situation under control so far. That's news. In Sport,
twenty four time Grand Slam champion Nobak Djokovic says he's
in much better shape heading into tonight's Olympic men's tennis
final against Karlos Algarrath at Roland Garras, Djokovic has yet
to win an Olympic medal and goes in having lost

(02:22):
a twenty one year old Alcarrath in straight sets in
the Wimbledon final last month. Djokovic has been returning from
knee surgery and says his physical conditions improved.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Different surface, I feel different. I feel I'm playing better.
I'm moving better than I did in Wimbledon, So awfully,
I'll come out on the court, play my best tennis
and in a way nothing to lose because I've ready
secured a medal, so I'm gonna go for it.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Italy's Lorenzo Mussetti has won bronze, beating Canadian Felix Aga
Aliassime in three sets. Rower Tom McIntosh will put his
solo aspirations on hold as he prepares to take part
in the famed Oxford Cambridge boat Race next year. The
twenty seven year old missed out on a medal at
the Paris Olympics after finishing fifth in the men's single

(03:03):
skulls final. That's sport, I'm Joe Gilfillan For more news,
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