Morning Edition: 03 October 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 03 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 Fox for Thursday, third of October. In this update,
it will take time for Gail Manie to adjust to
life as a free woman after spending half of her
adult life wrongfully in prison. Open Justice reports the convictions
of four people have been quashed in relation to the
nineteen eighty nine death of aucklandman Dean full of Sands.

(00:27):
The Court of Appeal has acquitted Gail Manie, who was
twice found guilty of his murder. Her brother, Colin Maney
and Mark Henrickson were found guilty of being accessories and
have also been acquitted. Stephenstone's conviction has also been quashed,
but a retrial has been ordered. Private investigator Tim McKinnell
says Gail Manie is still coming to grips with the result.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Twenty seven years she's been fighting this and there hasn't
been a day where she hasn't fought it. All of
a sudden, that burden is listed from her. She's no
longer suspected, charged or convicted of murder and it's life changing.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Inquiries are underway into a fatal house fire in Potte Dua.
One person died in the blaze, which broke out in
Whitby about two thirty AM. Senior business leader is a
fairly more upbeat. The Herald's latest Mood of the Boardroom
survey shows they're more optimistic than pessimistic about the industries
and the local and global economy, with more business reporter

(01:20):
Michael Sergle.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
The main domestic concerns the price and supply of energy,
the rising cost of living, high interest rates, emerging cyber
threats and rising insurance costs. The main international worries geopolitical
volatility and tensions between the US and China. When it
comes to politics, leaders rate Christopher Luxon highly for keeping
his cabinet focused on delivery.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
In New Zealand says it's in the process of reaccommodating
passengers affected by changes to its domestic schedule. It's reducing
flights between christ Church and New Plymouth and will run
smaller planes between christ Church and Queenstown due to falling
domestic demand. This follows Monday's news that intends scrapping flights
between Wellington and and the Cargo early next year. Year

(02:00):
in New Zealand says it apologizes for the inconvenience the
changes could cause a rainy day here for everyone, reaching
warning levels in some places. The Cararametal Peninsula, Bay of Plenty,
Rotador and Gisbon District are under a severe thunderstorm watch
until eleven a m with the potential for flooding and
destructive winds. Parts of Tadanaki, Tasman, Marlboro and Otago are

(02:21):
also under orange warnings. Meteorologist John Lewis says an act
of front is moving eastwards across the top of the
country before circling back to the south, taking its time
to clear away from those northern areas and then wrapping
background in towards places like Dunedin and the eastern parts
of Otago. Sir Tim shed Bolt's contributions to Inficargo have

(02:42):
been permanently recognized. In Vicargo Airport's terminal has been unveiled
as the Sir Tim Shedbolt Terminal and in sport to Netball.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
And England have won the Tiny Jamerson Trophy. They have
beaten New Zealand and Tapra Arena and Bodydor by four goals.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
England's fifty nine fifty five win over the Silver Ferns
has secured a first Tiny Gemison Trophy series win since
twenty twenty one. The deadlock's been broken in the America's
Cup Challenger Series final of Barcelona Enniosprtania and now on
match point in the best of thirteen final series after
two race wins over Luna Rossis saw them take a
six to four lead, and Spain's Carlos Alcarathis rallied from

(03:23):
a set down to beat world number one Janick Sinner
in the final of Tennis China Open in Beijing. I'm
never ready man who anential latest news Fox. We'll be
back with the next update at midday from the News
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