Afternoon Edition: 06 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 06 September 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.
Fixed four Friday, the sixth of September. Auckland police appalling
violence took place at a Graylen property last night where
one person was killed. Family of named the deceased as
eighteen year old Maxwell d Rapia. He was shot along
with three others after an ongoing neighborhood dispute escalated on

(00:24):
Tuurangi Road. The two groups involved fled and police are
asking members of the public to come forward with any
video footage. Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin says two men with
gunshot injuries presented at Auckland Hospital last night and a
third man was taken to hospital after speaking with police.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
It is understood that all three men will undergo surgery today.
At this point, we are not aware of anybody else
who has been injured.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Police are now treating the unexplained death of a woman
in Dargaville last month as a homicide. Joanna Sioni Lwaki's
body was found at the start of August between Oma
Marii and Rai breaches. Police are asking for sightings of
a white Toyota Hi lux ute, a black Mitsubishi Outlander
and pieces of the victim's clothing the white T shirt
with a red tick, dark gray trousers and red slip

(01:12):
on sandals. Wait times for passports are back to normal
after blowing out to peak delays of ten weeks in March.
The Internal Affairs Minister says a department has hit its
target of having ninety percent of passports issued within two
weeks by September. Political reporter DEMLSA Jackson has more.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
An upgrade to processing software is being cited as the
cause of unexpected delays. Minister Brook van Walden says it's
the most significant system update in a decade and means
applying for passports online is now much easier. The changes
include allowing people to make group applications, track application progress,
and report their passport as stolen online.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Wellington Waters appointed a new CEO after its previous boss
abruptly left last month. Former CEO Tanya Haskell left under
a cloud after a report found significant leadership failures within
the organization. Now, water engineer Pad Doherty is taking the
top job. He is a former Nelson City Council CEO
and currently acts as a director at Wellington Water Catherine

(02:16):
Rich is taking over as the head of Lobby Group
Business NZ today. The former three term National MP sat
on several boards and held a number of chief executive
roles with industry associations. Outgoing Chief Executive Kirk Hope is
stepping down from the role after nine years to head
the Financial Services Council. Two. Sport now and there will

(02:38):
be an American in the US Tennis Open Women's singles
final after Jessica Pergola rallied to be Czech Carolina Mukiva
in three sets. High hopes from the All Black camp
the Chiefs Lucile Wallace Atti can shine in his first
test start on Sunday morning against the spring Box. The

(03:00):
Chiefs Manoa Super Rugby or pickI side have a new coach,
with assistant Dwayne Sweeney promoted to replace Crystal Koha. I'm
Wendy Petrie. That's your latest news fix. We'll be back
with the next update tomorrow morning from the news talk
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