Morning Edition: 01 October 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 01 October 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, first of October. In this update,
October is here and bringing with it a suite of changes.
The government's been called on to share a slice of
visitor fees with councils. The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism
Levy is increasing from thirty five to one hundred dollars today.

(00:25):
Local government in New Zealand wants some of what's collected
given to councils to spend only on tourism. President Sam
Broughton says too often ratepayers having to stump up the
costs and the McKenzie we know that one percent of
their rates increased this year was due to needs to
clean the public toilets. Other changes kicking in from today
will see pay parity no longer extended to ECE relief

(00:47):
teachers and people misusing disabled car parks will be stung
with the harsher fine. Penalties for abusing mobility parks have
been hiked fivefold to seven hundred and fifty dollars. As well,
Free supplies of COVID nineteen rated tests come to an
end today, despite the virus still being an issue within
the community, with around fifty people a week being hospitalized.

(01:09):
The tests helped to distinguish COVID nineteen from other respiratory infections,
so people can self isolate. Otago University Professor of Public
Health Michael Baker says life saving anti viral treatments can
only be given to positive cases, so it's important everyone
has access to tests, and a suite of new funded
medical treatments are available today extending and improving patients' lives.

(01:33):
Farmac funding's kicking in for cancer drugs key truder and Opdivo,
as well as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. Patient
voice altered or chair Malcolm Mulholland says the cancer drugs
will lengthen the lives of those, mostly with stage four cancers.
He says about eighteen thousand type one diabetics receiving a
CGM won't have to rely on frequent finger prick tests anymore.

(01:55):
The sum it will mean that their lives will be
saved because as soon as the sea gem alert that
the N seven levels are too low, they will be
able to be self injected. Hopes New Zealanders will warm
up to the idea of more road tolls. The government
is switching gears and focusing on infrastructure. In the year's
fourth quarter. It's laid out forty three goals, including looking
into increasing the use of road tolling infrastructure. Z Chief

(02:19):
executive Nick Leggett understands it may take time for some
motorists to get used to it, but if we can
produce better quality assets, get people to where they need
to go faster and a stronger and more productive economy,
I think Kiwis will come round to that. House prices
remain subdued for the sixth months. The latest one ROOF
Velocity House Value Index shows the national property price hit

(02:41):
nine hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars at the end
of September, down one point one percent. One Roof editor
Owen Vaughan says despite the gloomy outlook, a survey shows
forty percent of people are confident the market will improve
in the next twelve months, and it says the survey
points towards a recovery, but how strong it will be
remains unclear. In sport alban prop Nelson arsl Farso Lamonna

(03:02):
will sit out Sunday's NRL Grand Final against Penris unable
to downgrade as dangerous tackle charge at the judiciary. Both
Luna Rossa and Enniosprtania have led respective races from start
to finish to keep the America's Cup Challenger Series final
level at three. All the Blackfoods are coming to terms
with a shock defeat to Ireland to start their campaign

(03:23):
at Rugby's WXV and Vancouver. And finally, de Kembe Matumbo,
one of the best defensive players in the NBA history,
has died of bran cancer aged fifty eight. I never
ready man who Innial latest newsbooks. We'll be back with
the next update of midday from the newsdalg ZB newsroom