Morning Edition: 04 July 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 04 July 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'm never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news Boks for Thursday, fourth of July. In this update,
a New Zealand tourist visiting California has been killed after
an attempted robbery. US media report that the incident happened
at the Fashion Island Mall in the coastal city of Newport.
The Newport Beach Police Department says two suspects attempted to

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rob a sixty eight year old woman and another person.
A third then hits the woman with a car. US
correspondent Catherine Ferkin told my Cosking authorities keep insisting these
sorts of things don't happen in Newport, California, but the
fact is we're hearing more and more of these awful
armed robbery type crimes happening rast the country. Certainly California

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appears to be a hotspot for this sort of crime.
The Primary Teachers' Union says the government's new school tests
won't make a difference. The government's introducing phonics checks done
after twenty weeks of schooling and repeated at forty weeks.
Progression monitoring on reading, writing, and maths will also be
introduced for children in years three through eight and done

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twice a year. Ent DII President Mark Potter told my
costing teachers already assess, analyze and use that to inform
their teaching. It is. That's not mean that don't use it,
but using those particular tests, they have assessments that they
do use that give similar information. The Salvation Army says
this year's winter appeal may be its most important. It

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says government funding, which was cut on Monday, July first,
as reduced the ability to help feed people by twenty
five percent. Community Services National Director John o belsays that
love people to dig deep to help out. Meanwhile, a
begging by law could be on the cards for christ
Church City Councilors have passed a motion to seek advice
on what options are available and would be most effective

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to address the issue. It follows reports of increasingly aggressive
begging in the city, particularly in Addington, which has also
seen rising public intoxication and drug use. Mere Film Majors
sees it's something he's more than happy to support and
if we can give anyone any strength or at least
whatever to be able to combat that sort of thing.
Auckland and Wellington already have by laws prohibiting antisocial behavior

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associated with aggressive begging. Wellington Zoo was running at a
loss despite having the best air on record for visitor numbers,
two hundred and eighty thousand people went through its gates,
but the zoo has recorded a budget loss of five
hundred and seventy one thousand dollars for the twenty twenty
three twenty four financial year. Queenstown Airport's taking steps to

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ensure aircraft safety. It's the first Austrolasian airport to install
engineered materials arresting system beds at both ends of the
main runway. They're designed to bring planes to a controlled
stop if the runway is overrun. Acting Chief Executive Todd
Grace says challenging terrain around Queenstown's runway poses a risk,
So why the likelihood of an aircraft over round the

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Queenstown's a sectionally low. The consequences of it are what
we consider when we product. And In sport history and
Cycling's Tour de France on the fifth leg, Mark Cavendish
has cemented his record as the race's most successful sprinter
by reaching thirty five stage victories. The Tall Blacks have
given themselves a chance of attending the Paris Olympics after

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coming from behind to beat Croatia ninety eighty six in
the opening basketball qualifying tournament game in Athens and Ethan.
Blackadder and Sammy penny Fino appear in direct competition for
the All Blacks blindside flanker spot ahead of Saturday's Test
against England and Dunedin. I'm never ready man. Who eentual
latest news, folks, We'll be back with the next update

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of midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.