Midday Edition: 16 March 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talks Heavy newsroom. This is newsfacs. In
this update, two men are facing murder charges after two
separate homicides in Northland and Hamilton yesterday. Read Etherington reports.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
A man was found with apparent stab wounds near Kaikohe
just after nine am. He died at the scene. Another
man's died and a second critically injured in Hamilton. Both
men charged will appear in court tomorrow. Meanwhile, a homicide
investigation has been launched following the death of a man
in Fangare yesterday. A fifty three year old man known

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to the victim was arrested at the address.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
A new report has shown small to medium manufacturing enterprise
revenues have struggled in the final quarter of twenty twenty four.
The latest Unleashed Manufacturing report found fourth quarter revenues were
down almost thirty five percent on Q three, and your
sales were down sixteen percent on twenty twenty three, with
around eight hundred and thirty eight thousand dollars worth of

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goods sold. Unleash content manager Greg Rowans says construction was
particularly hit hard. He says they did almost three hundred
and forty thousand on average and turnover in the third quarter,
but that fell to one hundred and eighty eight thousand
in Q four. The brains of Kiwi rugby players have
aided groundbreaking research into CT. Auckland University researchers have found

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new patterns of information and brains with chronic traumatic in cephalopathy.
The world first discovery would allow CT to be diagnosed
in living players. Senior author Helen Murray says this study
was uniquely local as most research centers around American football.
In the US, only a small proportion of people injured

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from injecting recreational drugs are seeking medical help. A University
of Otago study surveyed fifty seven clients at the South
Islands two largest needle exchanges between oct twenty twenty three
and February twenty twenty four. It suggests more than ninety
percent i had injected related injuries, but two thirds have

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never sought help. That's news. In sport, the Black Foils
have the overall lead after day one of the latest
Sale GP event in Los Angeles. New Zealand won the
opening two fleet races, placed ninth in Race three and
second in race four to accumulate thirty one points. Canada
are second on twenty eight points and Australia third on

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twenty seven. France are Six Nations rugby champions for the
first time since twenty twenty two after dismantling Scotland thirty
five sixteen in the competition decider in Paris. Three second
half tries has seen the host shake off at tight
first half featuring three yellow cards. Midfielder yo Ram Mohafana

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scored twice and is crediting their attacking approach on sky
if we want to take a pressure under Fred and
just let's go play with the ball and go for tight.
There is holt seas England miss out after earlier running
in ten tries for a record sixty eight fourteen flogging
of Wales in Cardiff. That Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For

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