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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Adam Cooper and this is your mid
day news fix for Wednesday, the sixth of May. Unemployment
has fallen slightly in the first three months of this year.
Later stats n Z data shows the rate was five
point three percent of the March quarter, down from five
point four percent in the December quarter. With more Hair's
Business reporter Michael Sergle.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Economists had forecast the rate would land between five point
four and five point five percent. Job numbers have been increasing,
particularly in healthcare, in public administration and in otago in Canterbury,
but the workforce has also been growing fast with more
people moving here and fewer people leaving.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Police are launching an investigation after they found a body
in Northland's kai Koi overnight. They were called to Napepeto
Road just after eleven pm, where one person was found dead.
Jordan Dunn has more.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Police currently believe two people were knocked off their dirt bikes,
one on our Pepito Road and the other on adjoining
Tana Road in Moyoe. The second writer is in hospital
with serious injuries now. Pipito Road is expected to remain
closed between State Highway fifteen and Tarna Road for some time.
Those with information are urged to come forward.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour's calling for people to have
a level head around potentially joining a coalition to reopen
the Strait of horn Moose. The US has invited New
Zealand to help. Foreign Minister Winston Peters has said we're
not close to a point where the government would make
decisions on this with only initial and preliminary information on
(01:33):
the issue. Seymour says we should take a mature and
thoughtful approach to participation. Where a trading nation, where an
island nation, or a maritime nation, we need the seas
to be opened, we need to contribute to that. Air
New Zealand could be eyeing up further cuts, with forecasts
that could lose four hundred and twenty seven million dollars
this financial year. Investment advisory firm Craigs fore casts the
(01:56):
airline's already taken a two hundred and twenty one million
dollars hit since the Iran War started. It estimates inflated
jet fuel prices has added about three point four million
dollars a day to the airline's costs. Airports and z
Chief executive Billy Moore says airlines globally will be looking
at changes to longer haul flights because those are the
(02:18):
ones that the greatest fuel exphotus that there's something we
should be ready for. But let's see how New Zealand
and other your mind should make those decisions. A warning
kids screen use can have a long term impact on
their self control, attention and planning. An Auckland University review
of fifty eight international studies found eighty one percent show
(02:38):
higher screen use led to worse mental skills later on
in life. It notes this includes focus, remembering instructions, controlling impulses,
and managing emotions. Lead researcher clear Read says some studies
revealed long term physical changes to children's brains.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Children with high screen use at one time point showed
smaller increases in their brain volume over time and poorer
or dysfunctional connectivity.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
These are in areas to its executive function. Arsenal have
beaten Atletico Madrid one nil on the night and two
to one on aggregate to reach a second Champions League
football final. Their previous appearance came twenty years ago. Golfer
Daniel Hillier will feature it as made in PGA Championship
in Pennsylvania next week. He gained entry as one of
the world's top one hundred ranked players, and six New
(03:27):
Zerland combinations will contest the Badminton Horse Trials this week
in Gloucestershire, led by former winners Caroline Powell and Janelle Price.
I'm Adam Cooper and that's your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at five pm. From
the News Talks they'd been newser
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