Morning Edition: 03 July 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Wednesday, third of July. In this update,
the Police Minister was warned significantly more prevention works required
to meet his youth crime reduction target, reducing the number
of serious youth offenders by fifteen percent by twenty thirty.
Official briefing show in February police advised Mark Mitchell the

(00:26):
target was ambitious and many levers to reduce youth crime
sat outside police influence. However, Mitchell says he's confident there's
enough investment in other agencies to deliver a whole of
system response, but Police Association President Chris Carhill says too
much of the work still falls to police. Meanwhile, an
MP says help us on the way. As South Auckland

(00:48):
business owners take to the streets to vent their frustration
about retail crime, about one hundred people marched yesterday for
a jewelry store owner who was hit over the head
in an attack by masked men just over a week ago.
The demonstrators arousking for stronger sentences, more victim support and
a greater ability to use force against robbers. ACTMP Pamjet

(01:11):
Palma turned out for the protest and says the government
is taking the issue seriously.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
So number of legislations have gone through and there are
a number of legislations they are still going through parliament.
But I do understand that the community wants to see
real results and they will come.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Several offenders have been arrested concern the government's coming after
new drivers by reducing people's access to licenses. Transport Minister
Simeon Brown's announced the eighty nine dollar fees coming back
into effect from next week for those who need a
second reset. He says the weight lists of blow announcements
Labour made resets free, leading to delays, and Labour's transport

(01:47):
spokesperson Tangi Uti Kere says there's always been weightless pressures,
but the focus of the free resets was removing the
initial cost barrier. Steady progress in reducing passport delays, although
kiwis still face lengthy application weight times. The median weight
for standard passports is just under seven weeks, a drop

(02:07):
in the ten week weight some faced in May, but
it's still higher than Internal Affairs goal to issue ninety
percent within two weeks by August.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Blake Benny reports Internal Affairs spokesperson Adrian Jarvis says it's
consistently issuing more passports than applications it receives. He says
as of last Friday, DIA was working on thirty six
thousand applications, reducing the queue by a third since it's
paid with fifty four thousand two months ago.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
And international student numbers have started to bounce back, but
there is concern the traction isn't holding more than sixty
nine thousand students enrolled with our education providers. In twenty
twenty three, English language school enrollments increase the most of
all sub sectors, but still sit at about a third
of pre COVID levels. And in sport, women's defending champion

(02:55):
Marquette von Drusheva is out of Wimbledon, losing in the
first round to Jessica Bothas Manero. Meanwhile, Sir Andy Murray
will bow out of his home Grand Slampaign playing doubles
with his brother Jamie after ending a bid to contest
the singles. Today, Pagaca has attacked near the top of
the first mountain pass of cyclings Tour de France to

(03:16):
take bank the Yellow Jersey on stage four, and the
Netherlands have beaten Romani at three zero to advance to
the quarterfinals of football's Euro twenty four. I'm never ready manuvent.
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