Afternoon Edition: 30 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 30 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

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Rayleen Ramsay. This is your afternoon. Fixed
for Monday, the thirtieth of September, Infrastructure will be the
focus of the government's final quarterly action plan for the
year from tomorrow. He's senior political reporter Sophie Trigger.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Prime Ministers celebrating what he calls a crime crackdown as
Quarter three closes, ticking off thirty nine of forty tasks
that includes passing the gang patch ban and firearms prohibition orders.
The next quarters to do list chef scars to infrastructure,
including passing the Fast Track Approvals Bill and the first
Resource Management Act changes.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
The forty three actions also include making Cabinet decisions on
funding tools to build more houses and introducing laws on
building offshore wind farms. A new survey has revealed early
childhood teachers do not feel valued by the government. The
NZDI Union survey found more than seventy percent of respondents

(00:59):
disagree or strongly disagreed early childhood education is heading in
the right direction. National Executive Representative Virginia Oakley says more
than ninety percent agreed current teacher child ratios don't enable
the best quality learner and don't recognize the importance for
the first thousand days for Commodekey, the amount of learning,

(01:19):
the development that goes on, and how vulnerable they are.
Police have charged a twenty three year old inmate with
murder after a death that mounted in prison. On Friday, Utahuhu,
thirty nine year old Andrew chan Chwey was found dead
with multiple injuries in his double bunk cell. Part the key.
Auckland Unlimited could be on the shopping block as part

(01:41):
of an Auckland Council shakeup Wellington's. The Post is reporting
Wayne Brown plans to bring its functions back to council
at a greatly reduced level. The agency's current dual role
facilitates the super city's economic development and event management. Herald
Auckland Council reporter Oorsman says Brown campaigned on streamlining council

(02:04):
controlled organizations.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
He's looking at three CCOs Tataki Ugland Unlimited, Property Agency,
Iki Panuku and or Contransport where he wants greater political control.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
The government's putting five point six million dollars over seven
years into transforming vineyards. The Next Generation Viticulture Program's canopy
management and growing systems lets vines get more light pressures
heating up in the US less than forty days out
from the presidential election. On Wednesday, vice presidential picks Tim

(02:39):
Walls and JD. Vance will go head to head in
a televised debate. Donald Trump has ruled out a second
show down with Kamala Harris. NPR editor Dominico Montanaro told
CNN focus will be on Walls, who, unlike Vance, doesn't
have a lot of national debate experience with him in

(03:00):
TV interviews. But how he's able to sort of parry
attacks from somebody like Gendie Vans, who certainly geared up
for doing that is going to be a big test
to sport. Former Ireland center Johnny Sexton has pointed the
finger at All Blacks opposite Rico Yuani for instigating a
heated exchange immediately after New Zealand's Court of Final win

(03:22):
at last year's Rugby World Cup to New Zealand. Derby's
will kickstart the new Super Rugby Pacific season. The Crusaders
will host the Hurricanes on Valentine's Day and christ Church
before a Grand Final rematch between the Blues and Chiefs
at Eden Park on February fifteen and Dame Nolin Todo
has defended her use of reserves following the silver Ferns

(03:44):
loss to England in Auckland. I'm railing Ramsey and that
is your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
next update tomorrow morning from the News Talk sed B
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