Morning Edition: 27 July 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
On the news talks headby Newsroom, this is newsbacks and
this update. A chaotic start at the twenty twenty four
Olympic opening ceremony in Paris, arseners have attacked France's high
speed rail network, setting fires that paralyzed train travel for
some eight hundred thousand people across Europe, including athletes heading

(00:25):
to the opening ceremony. The fires were predominantly set in
pipes containing critical signaling cables. Herald sports journalist Michael Burgess
since he woke to several warnings about disruptions.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Quite a bit of chaos throughout Paris. Because of that,
people couldn't leave Paris, people couldn't arrive in Paris. So
it was certainly a tricky morning. You won't sure what
to expect.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
But it hasn't stolen the limelight as an impressive opening
ceremony glided down the river sen Global superstar Lady Gaga
one of the first to take to the stage. Rivers
multi Don Wass the pop star singing in French and

(01:11):
playing the piano with backup dancers and pink feathered pomp poms.
Green co leader Chloe Swarbrigg says the party's AGM won't
be overshadowed by its former MP, Darling Tanner. Party members
are meeting in christ Church this weekend. Tan has returned
to Parliament this week as an independent MP, but Swarbrick

(01:32):
says over the past weeks the situation hasn't been raised often.
People were far more interested in talking about the fight
that we're taking to the government on their absolute disregard
to people in the planets and Kiwis are finding it
harder to keep up with housing costs compared to other countries.
A survey by professional services firm GHD found seventeen percent

(01:55):
of US use half oul income on rental mortgage, compared
to eleven percent globally. GHD Stephen Douglas says it raises
questions around housing affordability just to ensure that the decisions
that we're making today that are really setting up our
younger people for the future, and that's news. I'm donno

(02:15):
Marie lever to Sport Warriors coach Andrew Webster's applauded five
eighth Chanelle Harris Devita for a bounce back game on
the tee during their twenty eight sixteen NRL win over
the Tigers at Mount Smart. Harris Devita, who missed all
three conversions during the round twenty loss to the Raiders,

(02:36):
went four from six overall for the game. Steve Alke
is the best of the Kiwik golfers. During the second
round at the Senior Open Championship in Scotland, a one
over seventy three sees Alca even for the tournament in
a tie for thirteenth. Michael Campbell's jumped sixteen places into
a tie for forty fourth at four over, but it's

(03:00):
even over. Michael Long won't make the cart and Ma's
first stapens been the quickest in practice for the Belgium
Grand Prix, but it's been confirmed the Dutch driver will
serve a ten place grid penalty at this weekend's race
for exceeding the number of allocated engine parts and that sport.

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