Afternoon Edition: 05 June 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 05 June 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 afternoon. I'm Railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Wednesday, the fifth of June. Concerns work combating
climate change, cleaning rivers and safeguarding biodiversity will be jeopardized
as the Ministry for the Environment looks to slash three
hundred jobs. It's putting forward a mix of redundancies and

(00:25):
ending one hundred and fifty fixed term roles to bring
the headcunt down to just under seven hundred by the
middle of next year. Public Service Association Assistant Secretary flu
That Simmons has a message for the government.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
It is not worth it to cut these critical people
doing important work to make sure that we meet our
international obligations when it comes to climate change. For the
sake of the government's text cut.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
The Prime Minister says. Nue's premiere is well aware of
our government's position on spending restraint. Chris Luckson's announced a
renewable energy package in the Pacific country today worth nearly
twenty one million dollars. He says New Zealand's increasing its
operating allowance for NUE from twelve point eight million to
fifteen million dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Leaves made every dollar to be well spent. It's important
that it is and we're getting a return for that
on you know, I think they're doing a great job
with their public service, trying to build more public finance
capability and capacity as well.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Oil prices have dropped despite producer opek plus extending cuts.
It's alongside greater supply from The US Herald, Business editor
at large Liam Dan says this or put downward pressure
on pump prices in New Zealand.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
That's all added up to a slump in the last
really in the last forty eight hours of about seven
percent on global markets, so that won't have actually flowed
through to the petrol pump yet.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
The Minister in charge of Farmac says he's heard from
disappointed cancer patients. Pre election, National campaigned on spending about
two hundred and eighty million dollars on thirteen cancer treatments,
but last week's budget had no funding for the drugs.
Associate Health Minister David Seymour says the government's investigating ways
to keep National's promise, but he appreciates this is devastating

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for those patients. I have had some correspondents and I
think it's fair to say people are very, very angry,
because of course, you know this is a life or
death situation. Christ Church no longer has an Eyesight visitor
information center. It's closed six months after opening. The individually
owned and operated but run by Tourism New Zealand subsidiary

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vin It terminated the Grand Cathedral Square Limited's membership last
week because it couldn't regularly meet standards. An assurance of
New Zealand's car safety protocols as Japanese car makers face
as scandal. Japan's Transport Ministry found issues with safety certificates
from Toyota, Mazda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda. Some vehicle shipments

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are being paused. Toyota says the issue doesn't comprom the
emissions or safety of its vehicles. Motor Trade Association spokesperson
Larry Fallowfield says vehicles sold here aren't dangerous the.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Safety ratings in the way that vehicles are rated in
New Zealand. As World Clubs and to Sport.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
All Blacks and Hurricanes, prop Trel Lomax remains sidelined with
bone bruising to his ankle a head of Saturday Super
Rugby quarter final against the Rebels in Wellington Warriors coach
Andrew Webster is open to making changes to his team
list a head of Saturday's NRL game against the Cowboys
in Townsville, with six players returning after the bye, All

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White's coach Darren Baisley has revealed club commitments as the
reason behind a host of frontline players missing for the
upcoming OEFC Nations Cup, including micfielders Marco Staminch and Sarpret Singh.
I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning. From the

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