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September 4, 2024 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 05 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Susie Nordquist. This is your midday news
fix for Thursday, the fifth of September. Now why honau
Airteponpaki has been named as the new Malti Queen, The
daughter of King ed tu Hatair, will succeed her father
who has been laid to rest today at Tudanga wyy
Maai in Nadu or Wahiir our newsroom. Shari kid Here

(00:24):
is there and she says there's a big feeling of celebration.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
I would say the mood and the vibe here it's
really beautiful actually, and just a lot of people, you know,
gathering together.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Just feels like a really special day.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Police are asking residents in Hamilton's Bada to report finding
any white clothing on their property. Here is Jordan Dunn
with more.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Authorities are investigating the death of an eight year old
boy on Sunday, allegedly attacked with the hammer while sleeping
next to his father. Police are urging people living on
Pine Avenue, Anthony Crescent and Ansford Place to immediately contact
them if they've come across the clothing. A thirty seven
year old man has been charged with murder after the
boy died in hospital, and.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Georgia sheriff says a shooting at a local high school
was pure evil to students and two teachers are dead
after the attack at Appalachi High School this morning. Nine
others are in hospital. Suspected fourteen year old gunman Colt
Gray is in custody and will be charged with murder.
Barrow County Sheriff jud Smith says this was unimaginable.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
My heart hurts for these kids, my heart hurts for
our community.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
But I want to make it very clear that hat
will not prevail in this county. Deaths on Auckland roads
have more than halved over the past year. Stats from
Auckland Transport show there were twenty seven road deaths in
the year two July. That is done from sixty fatality
seen over the previous twelve months. Transport Safety Principal Lead

(01:50):
Ping sim says they are committed to bringing that number
done even further. We're cautiously optimistic that we're seeing the
benefits from work on safe infrastructure and the alongside record
levels of road collection, Christ Dirt residents are being urged
to pay attention to their rubbish following an increase in
curbside collection truck fires. The Council Resources Recovery Team has

(02:13):
also seen a rise in processing facility fires this year,
with increasing numbers of batteries and gas bottles disposed of incorrectly.
Resource Recovery Team leader Tanania Lee says it is a
risk to drivers and the community.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
So when we have a truck fire, for example, the
truck has to go to a quiet street and unload
so that the fire can be put out. So there
was a guest bottle is potential for an explosion.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Artificial intelligence is picking up steam across New Zealand. Organizations.
AI Forum survey found sixty seven percent of those surveyed
are using AI. Of those using AI, ninety six percent
find and improves efficiency and fifty percent experience positive financial outcomes.
EXECUTS director Madison Newman says businesses have already found many

(03:04):
uses for AI.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
AVEMN type tasks that lend themselves to automation or all
kinds of automation, including artificial intelligence and customers service, as
well as.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
To Sportner and Dame Lisa Carrington is hopeful she can
overcome the physical constraints of age as she decides whether
to compete at the Los Angeles Games. In twenty twenty eight,
Swedish pole vaulter Amen Duplantis and Norwegian four hundred meter
hurdler cast and Wilholm have jeweled over in neutral one
hundred meters in Zurich to settle a score between the

(03:36):
respective world record holders. Do Plantis one. I'm Susie ord
Quest and that's your latest news fix. We will be
back with the next update at five pm from the
News Talksivenues room.
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