Afternoon Edition: 24 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 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):
From the news Talk's edby Newsroom this is newsfex In
this update, Police across the North Island have been busy
enforcing the new law banning gang patches. Last night, Napier
police arrested a twenty year old for two bail breaches
and for displaying gang insignia. There led she had a
mongrel mob bandana tied to his steering wheel. Police in
pukekohe came across a party with a large Black power presence,

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but all of those seen wearing gang patches were on
private property. The Smalling Engisbon officers arrested a fifteen year
old allegedly wearing mongrel mob attire and yelling gang slogans.
Police have also investigated patches and clothing that turned out
to be associated with other groups not covered by the legislation.
Nearly two hundred countries attending the COP twenty nine summit

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and Azerbaijan have reached a deal. Wealthier countries will pay
more than five hundred billion New Zealand dollars a year
by twenty thirty five to developing countries to help them
deal with climate change. The deal hung in the balance
earlier today as the Alliance of small island states walked
out of the talks. BBC Climate reporter Esme Stellard says

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it's the second year in a row that copp has
been hosted in a country that earns a significant sum
from oil and gas. There was a concern by host
in Azerbaijan, you're effectively kind of greenwashing the conferences. A
beloved cockatoo allegedly stolen from a wildlife reserve is back home.
Pepper was believed to be taken from Upper Huts Staglands

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and was missing for around a week. Staglands had to
put out a public appeal for people to return the
talkative cocker two back to the avery she lived in.
The wildlife reserves. Now confirmed, Pepper was handed into a
local police station by someone who'd recently bought her after
seeing the story about the alleged theft on the news.
In a social media post, Stagland says, it's amazing news

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and their sweet girl is back where she belongs. Roads
in central Auckland are reopening after thousands of people poured
into town for the night first Farmer's Santa Parade. The
festivities from the annual event are now winding down after
Santa's Party in our tear square. That's news in sport.
A brief reflection from All Blacks coach Scott Robertson on

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his first year in charge of the team. New Zealand's
twenty nine to eleven win over Italy and Turin this
morning helped the Men in Black finish with a record
of ten wins and four losses. Robertson says one of
his big lessons has been learning how to deal with
key moments in close games. Auckland FC's embracing the underdog
tag as they head into their first A League football

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game in Australia against MacArthur this afternoon. It's also the
club's first game in three weeks after having their bye
week and the international window pass by. Vice captain Jake
Brimmer's confident his team can continue their hot run of
form following a three game winning streak to begin their tenure.
Obviously being a new team, I think we're going to
a majority of games this year as the underdog, but

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as you can tell already, we're up for the fight
and we'll just continue doing our thing and hopefully keep
leaving up That kickoffs an hour away at six. That's sport.
I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to news talks.
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