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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talks Heavy newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, Cruise will spend the day working through
damage caused by a record downpour on the West Coast.
Widespread heavy rains struck the southern part of the district,
prompting a state of emergency. It's called slips and flooding
isolated communities and forced people to evacuate their homes. Emergency
Management West Coast Controller Kevin Haig says the rain has
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now eased, turning Cruise attention to recovery.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Still responding to any new needs that emerge, but more
focused on how we get people back to where they
want to be, how do we restore communities to full.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Functioning tangatadt preparing for a nine day trek to fight
for New Zealand's founting document. The Hekoy will march from
Cape Riyanga tomorrow morning, reaching Parliament by the end of
the week. It's in response to the government's controvert Treaties
Principles Bill. Northlink coordinator hit at Angi Heemia says the
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young people involved. We'll have a war Nanga later today
on what it's all about.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Just a reminder to ourselves what our responsibilities and obligations
to those covenants are, and how we're going to express
that in how he coil.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
The climate crisis could widen the gaps in Kiwi's private insurance.
Recent modeling shown more than four hundred and forty thousand
residential buildings or at risk of flooding, and more than
one hundred and thirty seven thousand could be uninsurable by
twenty fifteen. Claudia O'Neill explains.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Higher risk property owners are being hit with sharper price
rises as insurers leaned towards a risk based pricing method,
But a new report from the Helen Clark Foundation suggests
implementing a public scheme to reduce the costs of rebuilding
under insured communities in the long term. It also calls
for answers around how much insurance should cost and how
much is too much.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And Christmas food menus are changing in New Zealand. Kitchens
and Appetite Insights report shows younger people are staring away
from roasts and choosing more modern meals. People are also
looking to switch to cheaper ingredients due to financial pressure.
That's news to sport. The all Blacks are sweating on
the fitness of Sam Caine ahead of next weekend's Test
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against France, after the former captain suffered a nasty head
gash in the winover Island in Dublin. Lock Sam Darries
suffered a knee injury in training and we'll miss the
rest of the tour. Australia's shocked to England at Twickenham,
scoring a match winning trying the eighty fourth minute to
tryumph forty two thirty seven. The black Caps have lost
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the opening t twenty two Sri Lanka in Dumbulla by
four wickets. New Zealand could only muster one hundred and
thirty five, which the Lions have just chased down with
six balls to spare. The Breakers have relinquished top spot
in Basketball's Australian NBL after being trunced eighty three sixty
four by Tasmania and Hobart and Fulham is up to
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sixth in the English Premier League after a two mill
away win at Crystal Palace and that Sport. I'm donno
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