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June 6, 2024 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 07 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu and this is your
morning news books for Friday, seventh of June. In this update,
staff are being praised for their actions during the Waiktia
prison riot despite not having enough training. A new report
has been released into the violence that broke out at
Waiktia in waikat Or in December twenty twenty two. It's

(00:24):
found significant issues with corrections, preparedness and response to the event,
including a lack of right training for staff. However, Chief
Inspector Jenesidea acknowledges staff who went back into the building
after it caught fire think it's.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
So certainly at their own considerable personal risk, and it's
undoubtedly without their actions, lives would most likely have involved.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
A need for more flexibility in return to work policies
for long COVID. Research and the Medical Journal has analyzed
just under one thousand people who had COVID, with more
than two hundred of them having long COVID. Of those people,
forty two percent could not work during the first months,
thirty percent cut down the hours, and seventeen percent worked
the same but were less productive. Health Services Research Center

(01:09):
Associate Professor Mona Jeffrey says employers need to adjust people's
hours in response to their healths. Christopher Luxen today ramps
up as brief tour of the Pacific after reaffirming close
ties to both Fiji and Youwear. Political editor Jason Walls
is traveling with the Prime Minister and has the latest.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Luxin was full of smiles, handshakes and a hearty bullova
knaka to almost everyone he met this week, but when
things got down to brass tax the increasing level of
crime and drug abuse in Fiji swung sharply into focus.
Luxin's pledged New Zealand supports to combat the importing of drugs,
but conceded it will be tough to stop foreign bad
actors from bringing more drugs into Fiji.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Auckland Council has landed itself in court over a multi
million dollar car park sale. It's facing a judicial review
over its decision to sell downtown car park to precinct properties.
Legal action has been brought on by Save the Queen
Street Society, which accuses the council of failing to abide
by local government legislation. Secretary Andrew Crooksoner believes that the

(02:14):
council did not consider alternative proposals, and he says that
their proposal was to retain the public car parks and
sell the air rights to develop towers above it, giving
the council up to three hundred and fifty million dollars.
Wellington Mayor Tory Farno has revealed she's been diagnosed with
ADHD and significant traits of autism. Farno told news Talk

(02:35):
zeb the diagnosis came when seeking professional mental health support
for a drinking problem. Lotto's Powerball has rolled over to
fifty million dollars and it must be won tomorrow. CEO
Jason Dellamore's one point seven million tickets was sold for
Wednesday's drawer and expects more for tomorrow's draw. Are we're
predicting or going well? We could be around that two

(02:56):
million mark on Saturday, which is amazing. Sport Egoshviiontech and
Jasmine Paulini will meet in the Women's French Open tennis final.
Novak Djokovic has had successful surgery on his knee after
he was forced to pull out of the tournament with
a medial meniscus tear. Premier League football will continue to
be officiated by var next season after club's voted to

(03:20):
stick with the technology. Wolverhampton had issued a proposal to
scrap the concept, and a number of potential Tour de
France riders have been injured in a crash on wet
roads during the Criterium de Fine race. I'm never ready,
mar who Anno's your latest news feks. We'll be back
with the next update at midday from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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