August 12, 2024 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon, I'm Railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twelfth of August. Job Seekers face
new sanctions under the government welfare regime, and at their
harshest level, half their benefit will be tagged for essentials only.
Social Development Minister Louise Upstin's unveiling the package of reforms
under the new traffic light system. Here's senior political reporter
(00:27):
Sophie trigger Well.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Job Seekers will now have to reapply for the benefits
twice as frequently, while obligation failures will count against their
name for longer. Those in breach of obligations will face
community work experience and a new money management sanction, with
half their benefit placed on a payment card for limited essentials.
Upston says the welfare system will always be a safety net,
but has become a dragnet capturing too many people that
(00:51):
can work.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says the government will always champion
a welfare safety net for those in genuine need, but
he says there's this wrong expectation people able to work
should work.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Quite simply, employment is always going to offer people and
their families, more independents, more choice, more opportunity and more
money than welfare.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Will Metservice says warning extreme weather is going to hit
many parts of the country as the system makes its
way north and earlier severe thunderstorm warning has now been
extended to Carterton, Taradua, Masterton, Upper Hut and South Wide
and Upper. It also applies to much of Wellington and Canterbury.
The National Emergency Management Agency is advising people to take
(01:33):
shelter and take extreme care on the roads. Lockdowns at
two Nelson's South schools have ended after beginning about ten
thirty this morning during a nearby family harm and potential
hostage situation. Nelson College students have been leaving in a
staggered release and parents have been collecting Victory Primary School
students from the hall. The AA says the government's time
(01:58):
of use at traffic Charge JINK system needs to be
well planned. The Transport Minister will introduce legislation this year
with a goal of getting people onto public transport. AA
Auckland issue spokesperson Martin Glynn says it will be quite
a task to set it up in our biggest city.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Making it work with Auckland's public transport system, particularly for
trips and aren't coming in the name the city centers
can be really challenging.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
The former Labor leader's broken party ranks and supporting orchis
Pillar two. Former Defense Minister Andrew Little's delivered a speech
saying the government's right to investigate the Intelligent Sharing Pact.
Political editor Jason Walls has more.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Little says that some of the advanced technology that's part
of Pillar two is of interest in New Zealand and
the world is very different now from ten to twenty
years ago. This puts him at odds with the Labor
leader Chris Hopkins, Foreign Affairs spokesman David Parker, and former
Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Investigations are under way and Cairns into whether a helicopter
that crashed into a hotel in the middle of the
night was stolen. The pilot died after hitting the Double
Tree by Hilton about two am. Sky News reports charter
company Nautilus Aviation says its helicopter was stolen. Police are
waiting for the pilot to be identified. Acting Chief Superintendent
(03:21):
Shane Holme says it was a close cause was just
pure luck that no one else was injured and we're
so grateful that it could have been much worse. In sport,
New Zealand's greatest ever Olympian, Dame Lisa Carrington, has signaled
her desire to keep competing in the sport she loves.
Adamant age is no barrier to kayaking's success. All Blacks
(03:44):
assistant coach Scott Hansen's pinpointing a lack of adjustment from
attack into defense as an issue in the Argentina defeat,
saying they're defending needs to be far better and the
desire to make another ICC World Test Championship Final is
motivating the black Caps ahead of two crucial tests in
Tri Lanka next month. I'm Raiding Ramsey. That is your
(04:07):
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom
Good afternoon, I'm Railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Monday, the twelfth of August. Job Seekers face
new sanctions under the government welfare regime, and at their
harshest level, half their benefit will be tagged for essentials only.
Social Development Minister Louise Upstin's unveiling the package of reforms
under the new traffic light system. Here's senior political reporter
(00:27):
Sophie trigger Well.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Job Seekers will now have to reapply for the benefits
twice as frequently, while obligation failures will count against their
name for longer. Those in breach of obligations will face
community work experience and a new money management sanction, with
half their benefit placed on a payment card for limited essentials.
Upston says the welfare system will always be a safety net,
but has become a dragnet capturing too many people that
(00:51):
can work.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says the government will always champion
a welfare safety net for those in genuine need, but
he says there's this wrong expectation people able to work
should work.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Quite simply, employment is always going to offer people and
their families, more independents, more choice, more opportunity and more
money than welfare.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Will Metservice says warning extreme weather is going to hit
many parts of the country as the system makes its
way north and earlier severe thunderstorm warning has now been
extended to Carterton, Taradua, Masterton, Upper Hut and South Wide
and Upper. It also applies to much of Wellington and Canterbury.
The National Emergency Management Agency is advising people to take
(01:33):
shelter and take extreme care on the roads. Lockdowns at
two Nelson's South schools have ended after beginning about ten
thirty this morning during a nearby family harm and potential
hostage situation. Nelson College students have been leaving in a
staggered release and parents have been collecting Victory Primary School
students from the hall. The AA says the government's time
(01:58):
of use at traffic Charge JINK system needs to be
well planned. The Transport Minister will introduce legislation this year
with a goal of getting people onto public transport. AA
Auckland issue spokesperson Martin Glynn says it will be quite
a task to set it up in our biggest city.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Making it work with Auckland's public transport system, particularly for
trips and aren't coming in the name the city centers
can be really challenging.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
The former Labor leader's broken party ranks and supporting orchis
Pillar two. Former Defense Minister Andrew Little's delivered a speech
saying the government's right to investigate the Intelligent Sharing Pact.
Political editor Jason Walls has more.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
Little says that some of the advanced technology that's part
of Pillar two is of interest in New Zealand and
the world is very different now from ten to twenty
years ago. This puts him at odds with the Labor
leader Chris Hopkins, Foreign Affairs spokesman David Parker, and former
Prime Minister Helen Clark.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Investigations are under way and Cairns into whether a helicopter
that crashed into a hotel in the middle of the
night was stolen. The pilot died after hitting the Double
Tree by Hilton about two am. Sky News reports charter
company Nautilus Aviation says its helicopter was stolen. Police are
waiting for the pilot to be identified. Acting Chief Superintendent
(03:21):
Shane Holme says it was a close cause was just
pure luck that no one else was injured and we're
so grateful that it could have been much worse. In sport,
New Zealand's greatest ever Olympian, Dame Lisa Carrington, has signaled
her desire to keep competing in the sport she loves.
Adamant age is no barrier to kayaking's success. All Blacks
(03:44):
assistant coach Scott Hansen's pinpointing a lack of adjustment from
attack into defense as an issue in the Argentina defeat,
saying they're defending needs to be far better and the
desire to make another ICC World Test Championship Final is
motivating the black Caps ahead of two crucial tests in
Tri Lanka next month. I'm Raiding Ramsey. That is your
(04:07):
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom
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