Afternoon Edition: 21 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 21 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 Raylen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news Fix.
Four Thursday, the twenty first of November. A security guard
has serious injuries after being stabbed in the neck outside
Auckland's Newmarket Westfield Mall. Police say man produced a knife
after he was approached by guards on Broadway about two
thirty five. Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend says the guards

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were engaging with the man in relation to an earlier incident.
The guard's injuries aren't currently thought to be life threatening.
A twenty four year old is in custody and the
heralds Lindley Ward is there. She says. Police have cordoned
off the mall entrance. Pedestrians are being usher away and
moved quickly on by other security staff and mall management.

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The Police Minister is hailing the first arrests under the
new gang patch ban. A patch member was arrested in
a wide Hose supermarket this morning. A second arrested in
an Auckland street among all mob INSIGNI are displayed on
a car Dash in Hastings was seized three minutes after
the legislation took effect at midnight. Mark Mitchell says it's

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early days, but this is good news. Anyone that comes
out with a patch on then I'll expect the enforcementation
that take place and that police are well trained. They're
well prepared and that's what they're doing. A rural Southland
doctor says he's regularly forced to sedate dementia patients. Psychiatrist
for the elderly, doctor Daniel Allen, made the comments while
briefing the Health Select Committee on his challenges as an

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age care clinician. He says there's no alternatives in rural
locations compared to more resourced areas like christ Church, something
that's extremely difficult for us to do and there's a
lot of moral injury involved in that and it's part
of the reason that he's burnout. In a detector, The
Oppositions slamming the government's boot Camp pilot after allegations of

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participants already re offended. Children's Minister Karen Shaw says she's
disappointed one of the ten and the pilot has allegedly
committed another crime one month after leaving its first residential phase.
Labour's carme Alceeppolone says it proves the programs no silver bullets.
These young people have very complex lives. Boot camps are

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not necessarily the answer. The Greens Rakardo Menendez March says
it was always going to fail. It shows that this
is a minister that refuses to see the evidence in
front of her. Boot Camps do not work. Meanwhile, the
bill to create a young Serious Offender category is being
read in the House for the first time. It'll let
court send some offenders to a military style academy. Australia's

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looking at massive fines for social media companies under proposed law.
World first legislations had its first introduction in Australia's parliament
today to ban under sixteens from social media that include TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit,
x and Instagram, who'd be fined up to fifty million
Australian dollars if they don't prevent children whole accounts. Communications

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Minister Michelle Rowland says it's about protecting the young. The
bill puts the onus on social media platforms, not parents
for young people to sport hopes the full blown TransTasman
Super Rugby women's competition will emerge from the implementation of
a crossover final next year between the winners of Super
Rugby Opecky and Australia's Super w The Warriors have been

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handed a favorable draw for next year, playing this season's
at top four finishes just once next year and having
no five day turnarounds. The Breakers believe the Feber International
window couldn't have come at a better time and are
grateful the Australian NBL is on pause to give their
injury ravage squad a break. I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is

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your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next
update tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom