Afternoon Edition: 30 August 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 30 August 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 Wendy Petrie and this is your afternoon news.
Thanks for Friday, the thirtieth of August. The Police Commissioner says,
pulling police back from attending less risky mental health callouts
will be done in stages to avoid any unintended consequences.
The four stage plan begins in November and will be
complete by September next year. Andrew Costa says the change

(00:25):
in protocol should free up officers to focus on core
duties like foot patrols. He says, how strongly monitor the
phase rollout. If as things progress we find that aspects
are not working, we will test image us. We are
confident though, that the timeline we are working too is achievable.
An expression of love and sympathy from the royal family

(00:46):
of Altiero in New Zealand to the far no of
Maori King two Haitia. He's died age sixty nine after
complications from heart surgery. Political reporter De Malsa Jackson has more.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
In a statement, King Charles says he had the great
pleasure of knowing kingy Tuhitia for decades and is profoundly
saddened to learn of his death. He says Tikini was
deeply committed to forging a strong future for Maori and
Alteroa founded upon culture, traditions and healing.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
All flags and government buildings, public buildings and navy vessels
will be flown at Half Masterday to Haitia will lie
in state at Turangawaii for a week before a tongue
he is held, and Tikini will be moved to his
final resting place on Topari Mountain. The Prime Minister seemingly
taken the side of its transpasment counterpart in a styleshowver
a recorded comment during the Pacific Island Forum this week,

(01:38):
and RNZ reporter recorded a conversation taking place publicly between
Australia's PM and a senior US official discussing harving costs
for a policing plan and in the Albanizi has claimed
she acted unethically, and Chris Luxen agrees, we.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Expect you to behave ethically and make sure that you're
not putting open microphones.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
We shouldn't be having them while these private conversations going on.
ARENZ s as it stands by its reporter and their
reporting and there's nothing to suggest she acted unethically. Police
arranging the public to be alert for another scam email
threatening arrest. It claims authorities of search the recipient's computer
and found illegal explicit material. It demands a reply within

(02:18):
seventy two hours or face arrest or a hefty fine.
Police say government agencies will never contact you out of
the blue and ask for password or credit card and
bank details. The Whitecutle train service connecting Hamilton and Auckland
is smashing passenger targets. The Regional Council says to who
he has carried more than fifty one thousand people in

(02:38):
the first seven months of twenty twenty four against almost
seventy thousand in all of last year. There are plans
to add a Poky Koy stop and offer half price
fares for five to fifteen year olds, as well as
charging senior's full price on peak services. Counselor Angela Strong
hope's use will keep building based on those numbers that
we're seeing the popularity of the service grow. Excited to

(03:00):
be able to offer more for our customers to sport
Now and Sophie Divine has relinquished the White Ferns twenty twenty.
Captaincy shall step down from the roll after October's t
twenty World Cup and the UAE wing Mark Tellier, who
has South African heritage, is vowing to make the most
of his first all black strip to that African nation

(03:21):
to face the spring Box on Sunday, and Wallaby's coach
Joe Schmidt is appointing the fourth different captain of his
five match tenure, number eight, Harry Wilson for their Rugby
Championship meeting with Argentina. I'm Wendy Petrie. That's your latest
news fix. We'll have me back in the next tomorrow
morning for the next update from the news talk as
ZEDB newsroom.