Morning Edition: 13 August 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never ready Manu and this is your
morning news fixed for Tuesday, thirteenth of August. In this update,
Gisbon's mayor says the district is devastated after the discovery
of the body of a missing five year old boy.
Police search and rescue and community volunteers scoured the area
of teny dots Or after Kaiser went missing Sunday afternoon.

(00:26):
His body was found in a farm pond not far
from his home about three point thirty yesterday afternoon. Raheat
Stolt says the news is tragic. Our community is in mourning.
It is such a heartbreaking time and we to send
our salts our Idoha and our prettiest two Kaisers Fano
in this very very sad time. Armed police have spent

(00:46):
the night at the scene of a suspected hostage situation
in Nelson. Emergency services were called to reports of a
family harm related incident at a home on Montuwek Street
about ten yesterday morning. The area was calldoned off, with
Nelson Hospital in nearby schools forced into partial lockdown. Four
people were inside the home, with two safely leaving late

(01:07):
yesterday afternoon without injuries. The armed Defender Squad and police
negotiation team have been working through the night to peacefully
resolve the situation. Labour says placing beneficiaries on money management
will have the opposite effect of what the government is intending.
Under a suite of new measures, job seekers who failed
to meet obligations will be sanctioned, including having half their

(01:28):
benefit being put on a payment card to be spent
only on essentials. The government says it will get more
people into jobs, but Chris Hipkins claims taking away people's
autonomy will actually make them more dependent on the state.
There's plenty of evidence to suggest that the more subservient
you make people, the less likely they are to end
up in sustainable, long term employment where they can stand
on their own two feet. The cost of repairing New

(01:51):
Zealand's roads is skyrocketed by fifty percent in the past
six years. That figure is laid bare and and official
briefing to the Transport Minister from April release to our newsroom.
Under the Official Information Act, drainage renewal costs have increased
by more than three hundred and fifty percent from one
hundred and seventy four dollars per treated meter in twenty
eighteen to six hundred and eleven dollars this year. Sealed

(02:15):
road resurfacing has remained relatively stable and increased by less
than inflation, from about fifty nine thousand dollars to sixty
six thousand dollars. The economic downturn is continuing to be
found in the construction sector. The latest EBOSS Builder Sentiment
report shows sixty seven percent of builders as seen less
demand for their services. Businesses are now working at sixty

(02:37):
seven percent capacity on average, down from the peak of
eighty three percent two years ago. EBOSS Managing Director Matthew
Dooda says it's not looking great and the majority of
builders think things will continue to get worse over the
next year. There are some concerns here, particularly for smaller
builders who told us that hey, they're doing this toughest
than have had the most significantly reduced workloads. Sport to

(03:00):
New Zealand Olympic Team Schef de Mission Nigel Avery has
confirmed a new look Commonwealth Games is poised for Glasgow
in twenty twenty six. Former National Track cycling coach Ron
Cheatley says sheer power is the reason why Elise Andrews
dominated with two gold medals at the Paris Games Belodrome.
The All Blacks have looked internally as they prepared to

(03:21):
reply to the defeat by Argentina on Saturday. In Auckland,
prop Orpha Tulna Fussi says that you can feel down,
but now must figure out solutions. I'm never ready, Manu.
And that's your latest news Falks. We'll be back with
the next update at midday from the newsdalk ZB Newsroop