Afternoon Edition: 08 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 08 November 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 Railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the eighth of November. Tough times ahead
for central Auckland businesses, with months of closures for the
train network. The government's given a two hundred million dollar
boost to Kiwii Rail for extensive repair work. There'll be
ninety six days of full network closures from this Christmas

(00:27):
until early twenty twenty six before the City rail Link
can open. Transport Minister Simeon Brown says he understands the
impact it'll have on businesses. The rail is. If we
don't get this work done now, when the City Rail
Link is opened, we're going to have ongoing disruption and
I don't think that's going to be very good for
businesses and commuters in Auckland going forward. Why do question

(00:47):
of redress for survivors of abuse in state care won't
be fully answered in next week's official apology. Prime Minister
Chris Luxon will make the apology on behalf of the
government at Parliament on Tuesday and we'll outlin future plans
around redress, But he says given the scale of the
level of abuse, it will take some time before key
compensation questions are fully addressed. A stern warning as fire

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crews face a dramatic spike in firework related incidents. Fire
and Emergency has been called to eighty three incidents since
last Saturday, more than double that for the same time
last year. Spokesman Tom Ronaldson says the urging caution to
anyone planning to light fireworks in the coming days as
conditions look to be more dangerous than last weekend. He

(01:34):
says if it's windy and dry, firework should not be
lit well. No sign of dry conditions for the South Islands.
West Coast met Services issued an orange rain warning for
all three districts on the coast. Westland Gray and Buller
meteorologist John Law says Westland is forecast to get up
to four hundred millimeters of rain from today until lunchtime tomorrow.

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Gray and Buller expecting up to one hundred and fifty
is up about the rangers, but will feed them towards
ours and may cause them to rise as well. A
plane engine explosion has sparked a grass fire at Sydney Airport.
It's understood quarters flight QF five twenty was heading to
Brisbane just before one before needing to make an emergency landing.

(02:18):
One hundred and seventy four passengers were on board and
are safe. Sky News as Julia Bradley says huge clouds
of smoke can be seen billowing across the airport. A
member of the media was on board. They've said that
they heard a loud bang on takeoff, then the plane
not gaining much altitude. Otiger University Vice Chancellor Grant Robertson

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is contributing a portion of his salary to seven new scholarships.
Each year. Forty five million dollars will be invested into scholarships,
while close to five hundred thousand dollars will go towards
the Puttier Toe Talk or Financial Aid Fund. Robertson says
he's in a privileged position and promised a total of

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forty nine thousand dollars each year. In sport, a trio
of All Blacks seven Stowarts have called time on their
international rugby careers, with veterans Tim Michelson, Scott Curry and
Sam Dixon all bowing out. Coach Scott Robertson assists the
off field nickel between is All Blacks and Ireland isn't

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just for publicity purposes and the newly formed bad blood
between the teams is genuine. All White and Wellington Phoenix
midfielder Marco Rajas is taking it one step at a
time as he continues to build towards full fitness. I'm
railing Ramsey. That is your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update tomorrow morning from the news

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