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Good afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
News Facts for Monday, the thirty first of March. The
Prime Minister says they'll consult with the grocery sector before
any major shake up. The government seeking advice on breaking
up the food Staffs will words duopoly, possibly separating their
retail and wholesale arms. Foodstaff's North Island says the announcement
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has come as a shock to their hundreds of owner operators.
Chris Luckson says any moves will be well signaled.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
All those major players will be talked to, talked about
it for years and we've got to make sure these
two actions that actually we've got all the options that
we've got.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
We're up for anything and everything to improve competition. Dis
quiet around extreme cost cutting at Health New Zealand. The
government's looking likely too easily exceed its target of shaving
all public service spending on contractors and consultants by four
hundred million dollars in the two years to July. More
than half of the savings for that target it come
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out of Health end Z, accounting for two hundred and
four million dollars. Former HNZ chair Rob Campbell says it's
now about whether the money will be purposefully redirected.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
I'm concerned that with a very narrow rain, priority's being
pushed on to fat Aura. It may well be that
the concentrating on those specific.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Targets international aid is starting to make its way into
Me and Mar. Fatally battered by a magnitude seven point
seven quake on Friday, seventeen hundred people are now confirmed dead.
The BBC's Aruna Day at Makaji is at the border
between Thailand and Me and Mar. He says local rescuers
don't have the right gear to deal with the disaster
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of this size. The humanitarian situation continues to be dire
in the worst affected areas of Me and Mark. A
fiery response from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin's suggestion a
transitional government be established in Ukraine, potentially pushing out President
for ladimyor Zelenski. Trumps gone as far as saying he's
very angry and pissed off with the Russian leader. The
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BBC's Merlin Thomas sees if Russia and the US can't
reach a Ukraine peace deal, and Trump considers Russia to blame,
he'll Impoe's secondary tariffs on Russian oil exports.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
This marks a striking change in tone on commenting on
present Putin and relationship with Russia.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
A new development in the controversy over Wellington's Central Greens MP.
Tamotha Paul, the underfire MP, performed an anti police song
during a DJ set at Wellington's Cuba Dupa Festival on
Saturday night, days after coming under fire for her criticisms
of Beat Cops. Political reporter Azariah Howell has more.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Tamotha Paul played the song's sound of da Police by
KRS one. Also on the playlist was the protest song
Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine and
Kendrick Lamar's disk track of Drake Not like US, Green's
co leader Chloe Swarbrick says New Zealand is facing real
issue with people living cold, hungry and homeless, and she
doesn't think policing people's music taste should be one of them.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
In sport, eighteen year old Finn Melville Ives has won
the half pipe competition at his debut Free Ski World
Championships in Switzerland. Golfer Ryan Fox has finished tied for
fifteenth at the latest PGA Tour event in Houston, ten
strokes behind winner Minwu Lee who finished at twenty under par.
All Black Damian Mackenzie has re signed with New Zealand
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Rugby for another four years, taking him through until the
end of twenty twenty nine. I'm Jody Gill and that's
your latest news fas. We'll be back with the next
update at five pm from the News Talk said B Newsroom.
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