Midday Edition: 05 October 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 05 October 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):
No the news talks had the newsroom. This is newsfacs
in this update. Bad weather is easy in Dunedin after
two days of intense flooding. Connectivity in Donedin is a
priority with more than forty roads closed. The evacuations center
at Forsyth Bar Stadium was looking after thirty people last
night in the klue That district. The Welfare team is

(00:26):
working to make contact with isolated communities. Met Service meteorologists
Claire O'Connor says the rain continued overnight, but it's easing
with the conditions.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Even small amounts can just be that little bit tips
over the bucket. There are so few shells through there
this morning we are acpecting those too clear off.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
The Transport Agency says closed highways in Otago and Southland
are slowly reopening, except where there's significant slips and boulders
that need removing. Port Charmers Highway remains closed this weekend
due to a two and a half by four met boulder.
State Highway one south of Dunedin is open, while north
is expected to open this afternoon. State Highway eighty seven

(01:08):
Kyburn to Hide is closed due to serious damage from floodwater.
State Highway ninety y Koi Khoi to Tapanui is also
closed due to flooding. A man is in a serious
condition in hospital following a one punch attack in the
christ Church's nightlife precinct overnight. Emergency services were called to
Oxford Terrace at round two thirty a m. The victim

(01:32):
was initially critical but is now in a serious but
stable condition in christ Church Hospital, Polis. A twenty seven
year old man was arrested in a nearby street and
has been charged with injuring with intent to cause grievous
bodily harm. He'll face caught today. Rescue teams are continuing
efforts to find in person missing after a car crashed

(01:53):
into the Wyaweka River in the Bay of Plenty. Emergency
services were alerted before ten thirty yesterday Monk. Two people
are in Fukatane Hospital with moderate injuries and one person
remains unaccounted for. That's news. In Sport Breakers, guard Mitch
McCarran wants his team to embrace their current tour of

(02:15):
the United States. The NBL franchise will take on NBA's
Utah Jazz today in Salt Lake City before meeting the
Philadelphia seventy six's and Oklahoma City Thunder later this week.
Mccaren says it's a great opportunity for the entire group.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
These games are what you make of it. You know,
they're a fun time and you know we've got to
get after it. We've got a big squad and obviously
we brought our development plays over here and we've got
some other guys joining us, so it's just a good
chance to hang out and place more.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
He agne. Teenage motorsport driver Lewis Sharp will make this
step up to the Formula three Championship for the twenty
twenty five season, racing for Rodent Motorsport. The seventeen year
old is coming off victorious GB three campaign where he
won five races with a further five podiums that Sport.
I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to News Talk

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