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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this as your midday
news fix for Friday, the seventeenth of October. Kuiperer will
get a result in its three way merrial race this afternoon,
no matter what. Incumbent counselors have been meeting behind closed
doors to discuss outgoing mayor Craig Jepson's concerns about how
the elections were operated. They were expected to discuss whether
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to ask internal affairs to investigate, but electoral officer Dale
Offsoski says the results can only be challenged through the
courts and the results must be released first. There will
be nothing to prevent that. In fact, not to do
so would be breaking the law. So I will be
proceeding and announcing and declaring the results. A push to
prohibit permanent name suppression for those convicted of sexual violence
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against children rich lister Matt Mowbrays had his name dragged
on social media, falsely accused of being the person convicted
of having child abuse material. Earlier this year. Businessmen Wine
Wright Junior called for a change to suppressions after ex's
chatbot named him as the individual. He told carry Woodham
Mornings he and Mobray are lucky that they can set
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the record straight publicly, but I'd have to be very
concerned for folks who don't have that and the trauma
that it must lead to within their family unit and
their local community. Calls from community groups for the government
to end sanctions on benefits, the Child Poverty Action Group
says thousands of people are being unfairly sanctioned by the
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Ministry of Social Development. The group's recent research shows more
households relying on income support are in deficit. The government
believes sanctions are in place to ensure there's compliance. Auckland
Action Against Poverty's Agnes Margalay says there's many reasons why
someone might miss an MSD appointment. If you've got a
mum that's looking after children as well as elderly parents,
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it's impossible for who to be able to take that
time out to even the tend an appointment. The Senior Doctors'
Union is fighting back on accusations from the Health Minister
that they're crossing an ethical line. Simeon Brown was greeted
by jeers at the Association of Salary Medical Specialist conference
yesterday when he slammed the union's decision to strike next week.
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Tens of thousands of union members across health, education and
the public sector are walking off the job on Thursday.
Association executive director Sarah Dalton says Health New Zealand's rejected
all their recent offers to meet again. We are trying
to continue to discuss the situation with Health New Zealand
and they have walked away. The Government's giving more funding
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to allow kids to learn bike safety skills in schools.
Transport Minister Chris Bishops confirmed the Transport Agency will provide
up to three and a half million dollars in new
funding to keep the Bikes in Schools program. New Zealanders
are urged to be careful online this upcoming holiday season
as scams become more prevalent. A report by cyber safety
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software company Norton shows more than half of respondents I'm
worried about falling for an AI generated shopping scam. Norton's
senior systems engineer Dean Williams says scam as our hyper
aware of every shopping period throughout the year that generates
online traffic to sport. The Silver Ferns have trimmed their
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squad for tonight's opening Constellation Cup netball Test against Australia
in Melbourne Paris. Mason drops out to leave interim captain
Karen Berger, Kelly Jackson and Katherine Hall as the circle
defense options. Liam Lawson set to learn of his Formula
one future at the Wider Red Bull Syndicate after the
Mexican Grand Prix on October twenty six, and the Blues
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have confirmed the appointment of former ASB Tennis Classic boss
Carl Budge as the rugby franchise's new chief executive. I'm
Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be back
with the next update at five pm from the newstalk
ZB newsroom.
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