Afternoon Edition: 14 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 14 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

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On the News Talk's edby Newsroom This is newsfecs. In
this update, the Breast Cancer Foundation celebrating the proposed funding
of a game changing drug. FARMAK has opened public consultation
to propose funding for Enner two, which treats for her
too positive metastatic breast cancer. Its clinical trials have seen
the risk of death reduced by a third and boosted

(00:26):
over all time cancer was held at bay To over
two years. Chief Executive Arlene Rainer says while it won't
entirely reduce the financial burden, it will have significant long
term benefits. She says the drug will mean breast cancer
can become a chronic condition for advanced patients rather than
one may die from the start of spring has brought

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more snowfall road warnings for drivers in the South Island.
All the main roads are affected, including Porters, Haarst and Milford.
Met Services clar O'Connor says we may see more of
these warnings in the coming weeks. She says combinations of
western and cold southerly air can produce a lot of snow,
especially in that central South Island area. Northlanders are being

(01:07):
asked to do their bit to bring a secret of
wetland bird back from the brink of extinction. The hard
to find Australasian bitterns likely nesting on private land, With
estimates of fewer than one thousand left in the country.
The biggest threats have been drainage and destruction of their habitat,
predation and water sedimentation. Keiwek Coast coordinator Marie Sullivan says

(01:29):
they're asking landowners to check if the birds on their properties.
This monitoring is sort of just helping people find out
more about what the thought and at the effort they're
putting in clock after it as making a difference. The
United States has imposed new sanctions against Russian state broadcast
to RT. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has accused the
outlet of being a de facto intelligence arm for Russia

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and is part of a network of state backed outlets
undermining US democracy. The US has already indicted two RT
employees for allegedly attempting to interfere in the u s
upcoming presidential election. Mister Blincoln says RTE poser's cyber capability
threats and is engaged in covert information and influence operations
and military procurement. That's news in sport. New Zealand football

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CEO Andrew Pragnall won't say whether he tried to persuade
Yitka Klimkova to stay as Football Ferns coach. Climkover announced
she's standing down from the role, despite being contracted through
until twenty twenty seven. It follows a workplace investigation earlier
this year in which she was ultimately cleared, though she
did not lead the side at the Olympics in Paris.
Pragnell says Climkover has left the team in a better place.

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I think that ultimately, you know, these things should come
from her. She's a good person. She weighed it up.
I think she's even her all one hundred percent. They
have Plenty has temporarily moved up to second on the
NPC Ladder with a thirty three to twenty winner for
Taranaki and Todonger, New Zealand's won kneel down and the
Davis Cup World Group two tennis type with Luxembourg in

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Palmerston North. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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