July 4, 2024 • 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Friday, fifth of July. In this update,
it's election day in the UK, where millions of Brits
have only a few hours left to cast their votes.
Polling booths close at nine am our time and the
exit poll results will be released. Hinting at the likely result,
Kirstarmer's Labour Party is expected to close a fourteen year
(00:26):
chapter of Conservative rule in a landslide win. Belief the
government shake up of the housing sector is a great
start to tackle the housing crisis, but there's still more
to be done. Housing Minister Chris Bishop is promising to
fill urban areas with development land and remove council powers
to mandate boundaries and standards. They'll also dump minimum floor
(00:46):
areas in balcony requirements for apartments. Info Metric's chief executive
Brad Olsen says it's now key the government invest in infrastructure.
Everyone's quite clearly un noticed for the need for greater
investment and anyone that doesn't provide for that in trying
to how powers and affordability going forward. Auckland Council has
voted almost unanimously against the government's plan to increase speed limits.
(01:08):
Transport Minister Simeon Brown claims the higher speed limits will
better balance economic growth and safety, but several counselors say
Brown hasn't provided enough evidence for those claims, while others
claim the policy went against the localism the government favors.
The final decision, however, is the governments. A team of
experts has come up with advice around balancing the benefits
(01:30):
and drawbacks of screen time in education. In an article
published in Today's Medical Journal, they advocate time limits using
blinking exercises and rewarding students with non screen activities. Pediatric
physiotherapist and Auckland University researcher Julie Cullen says the team
included educators, health professionals and digital media experts. She says
(01:53):
while there are gains to be had, there are also
concerns mister privacy and securities inappropriate and harmful content exposure,
but also with frequent extended risks to how well being
an educational outcome. One person's died and others remain unaccounted
for after a house fire in Southland early yesterday morning.
The blaze that the single story View Street property in
(02:15):
Mana PORTI was reported just after three point thirty am,
and police still haven't determined the cause. Dunedin's once again
facing accommodation issues ahead of tomorrow's or Blacks test. More
than thirty thousand people will pack out Forsyth Bar Stadium
for the match against England, with twenty thousand expected from
out of town. Local Facebook groups are full of fans
(02:36):
desperate for somewhere to stay, even if it's a patch
of grass for a tent. Meya Duell's Radick says there
was an increase in Airbnb's an alternative accommodation before the pandemic,
but with COVID then a lot of that accommodation was
converted to other purposes a longer term rentals and things
and people have been contented with that. Raddick says there's
a number of hotel proposals and in sport, the Tall
(02:58):
Black's Olympic basketball has been snuffed out by Slovenia at
the game's qualifying tournament in Greece. Dylan Honravegan has won
Stage six of Cycling's Tour de France. Manchester United football
manager Eric Tenhuk has signed a contract extension until twenty
twenty six and women's number one Eigish Fiontech and men's
(03:19):
second seed Novak Djokovic have advanced to the third round
at Wimbledon. South Sydney's registered a fifth straight NRL win,
thirty two to sixteen over Paramatta. I'm nevaretty manuvachelatest news
Fix and we'll be back with the next update of
midday from the news Dog ZB Newsroom.
Good morning, I never ready Manu and this is your
morning news fix for Friday, fifth of July. In this update,
it's election day in the UK, where millions of Brits
have only a few hours left to cast their votes.
Polling booths close at nine am our time and the
exit poll results will be released. Hinting at the likely result,
Kirstarmer's Labour Party is expected to close a fourteen year
(00:26):
chapter of Conservative rule in a landslide win. Belief the
government shake up of the housing sector is a great
start to tackle the housing crisis, but there's still more
to be done. Housing Minister Chris Bishop is promising to
fill urban areas with development land and remove council powers
to mandate boundaries and standards. They'll also dump minimum floor
(00:46):
areas in balcony requirements for apartments. Info Metric's chief executive
Brad Olsen says it's now key the government invest in infrastructure.
Everyone's quite clearly un noticed for the need for greater
investment and anyone that doesn't provide for that in trying
to how powers and affordability going forward. Auckland Council has
voted almost unanimously against the government's plan to increase speed limits.
(01:08):
Transport Minister Simeon Brown claims the higher speed limits will
better balance economic growth and safety, but several counselors say
Brown hasn't provided enough evidence for those claims, while others
claim the policy went against the localism the government favors.
The final decision, however, is the governments. A team of
experts has come up with advice around balancing the benefits
(01:30):
and drawbacks of screen time in education. In an article
published in Today's Medical Journal, they advocate time limits using
blinking exercises and rewarding students with non screen activities. Pediatric
physiotherapist and Auckland University researcher Julie Cullen says the team
included educators, health professionals and digital media experts. She says
(01:53):
while there are gains to be had, there are also
concerns mister privacy and securities inappropriate and harmful content exposure,
but also with frequent extended risks to how well being
an educational outcome. One person's died and others remain unaccounted
for after a house fire in Southland early yesterday morning.
The blaze that the single story View Street property in
(02:15):
Mana PORTI was reported just after three point thirty am,
and police still haven't determined the cause. Dunedin's once again
facing accommodation issues ahead of tomorrow's or Blacks test. More
than thirty thousand people will pack out Forsyth Bar Stadium
for the match against England, with twenty thousand expected from
out of town. Local Facebook groups are full of fans
(02:36):
desperate for somewhere to stay, even if it's a patch
of grass for a tent. Meya Duell's Radick says there
was an increase in Airbnb's an alternative accommodation before the pandemic,
but with COVID then a lot of that accommodation was
converted to other purposes a longer term rentals and things
and people have been contented with that. Raddick says there's
a number of hotel proposals and in sport, the Tall
(02:58):
Black's Olympic basketball has been snuffed out by Slovenia at
the game's qualifying tournament in Greece. Dylan Honravegan has won
Stage six of Cycling's Tour de France. Manchester United football
manager Eric Tenhuk has signed a contract extension until twenty
twenty six and women's number one Eigish Fiontech and men's
(03:19):
second seed Novak Djokovic have advanced to the third round
at Wimbledon. South Sydney's registered a fifth straight NRL win,
thirty two to sixteen over Paramatta. I'm nevaretty manuvachelatest news
Fix and we'll be back with the next update of
midday from the news Dog ZB Newsroom.
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