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No. The news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacts.
In this update, passengers and some crew are disembarking the
stricken Interranda ferri ARATEDI ahead of a second refloat attempt.
The eight passengers and twelve with the non essential crew
have been safely taken off, are and back and picked In.
The vessel ran aground just after leaving picked In at
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ten last night after suffering a steering failure. Plans to
get the vessel back to the port have been delayed
while divers gather more information. The next attempts expected to
be at high tide around nine tonight. Marlbra District Council
Mayor Nadine Taylor's pleased to hear those on board have
been taken off. They will have had a very very
long night on board the Oratory and they will want
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to get off, refresh and get going. Transport Minister Simeon
Brown is also heading to picked In. He says there'll
be several investigations to confirm what's gone wrong and how
to ensure it doesn't happen again. Transpar says it's likely
to have a temporary electricity tower up and running later today.
Northland experienced widespread power outages after a transmission tower fell
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down on Thursday northwest of Auckland. The electricity authorities investigating
as is work safe. Transpar says it's in the process
of erecting the temporary fix and will then move one
of the circuit lines from the fallen tower across to it.
It says they're on track to have it up and
delivering more power to the region this evening, a pole
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is signaling more New Zealander support the government's fast track
build than oppose it. A taxpayer's union carrier pole of
a thousand random people shows forty four percent of respondents
are in favor, while thirty two percent oppose it. The
remaining twenty four percent were unsure. Policy and Public Affairs
manager James Ross says our economies limping along and we
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need to get building again. He says, despite protests from
a very vocal minority, people want to see action on
the large scale projects. That's news. In Sport, no sleep
but no worries. For Bryson D. Chambeau off the back
of his second major golf triumph. Fresh from his triumph
at the US Open, He's sitting just three back of
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leader Abraham answer. After Day one of the Latters Live
Golf event in Nashville, d Chambeau says a will wind
few days made for an interesting opening round. I'm a
zombie right now. I'm a dead man walk and I
feel like it. It's quite an honor to be out
here and I have so much support. It's fantastic. This
is what live is all about. The Blues are holding
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tightly to the pain of their twenty twenty two final
defeat to the Crusaders at Edon Park as they prepare
to make another run for the Super Rugby title. The
sold out decide or against the Chiefs could mark their
first fully fledged championship since two thousand and three. Var
controversy has read its head as the Netherlands and France
have played out a nil all draw in football's European Championships.
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That Sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to
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