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Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Monday, the twenty fourth of June. The government's
delivering National's Cancer drug Promise and funding twenty six cancer
medicines along with twenty eight other treatments. Health Minister Shaneretti
says it includes up to seven of thirteen drugs promised
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last year, and the remainder are being replaced by equal
or better alternatives. His senior political reporter, Sophie Trigger.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It comes through a six hundred and four million dollar
funding boost for FARMAK, a pre commitment against next year's budget.
Coretti says some of the newly funded cancer treatments will
be available from this October or November, with more phased
in over the next year.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Far maker estimates one hundred and seventy five thousand people
will benefit within the first year. A judge has just
announced she'll reserve her decision on sentencing Gorris Kahmann for
shoplifting until Thursday. Judge June Jelas earlier today said no
one could reasonably suggest imprisonment for a first time offender.
(01:09):
Her defense lawyer, Annabel Creswell says a mental health report
reveals Gutterman has PTSD linked to her early life in
war torn Iran and being targeted by vitriol and threats
as a parliamentarian, but the Crown Solicitor says there may
be another explanation than mental health, describing the offending as
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a spree not a one off event. Transpar is appointing
an external party to investigate a major pylon falling over
on Thursday, wiping out Northland's power contractors maintaining the tar
removed all the nuts holding three legs to the base
plate during cleaning and it tipped over. Transpar says doing
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so is unprecedented and inconceivable. Chief Executive Alice and Andrews
says they're finding out why so many bolts were removed
at once. Very important for us to understand what had
caused that. Was there saboteur involved? Was their corrosion issues
with the tower. The Social Development Minister says regular check
ins for beneficiaries will better support them into work. From today,
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people on job seeker must attend MSD work Cheecken seminars.
Louise Upstein says she's concerned how many job seekers go
months without talking to the Ministry. A job seeker will
need to check in two weeks after signing on and
after six months.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
We want to have a welfare system that's far more
active in providing assistance and helping to make sure that
people are taking the steps they need to take to
improve their chances.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
KIWI Rail has confirmed the ot Teddy ferry, which ran
aground on Friday night, has been moved to a berth
outside Picton's main wharf. It was refloated after the suspected
steering failure and is stationed in Picton. Azariah Hall has
the latest.
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Inter Island Executive General Manager Duncan Roy says it's now
at Wimer Hudder Wharf, usually used by log ships. It
frees up the main wharf so other ships are not disrupted.
Investigations have opened, but q E Rail cannot confirm how
long it'll take before the ship receives clearance to sail
from Maritime New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
In Sport, the Black Foils are happy to have the
momentum heading into the sale GP Grand Final after beating
Canada and England to claim victory at the penultimate event
in New York, a sixth win of the PGA Tour
season for the world's number one golfer, Scottish Scheffler taking
up the latest event in Connecticut in a playoff. And
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Olympic debutante Dylan McCulloch has joined Hayden Wilde, Nicole Van
de Kay and Ainsley Thorpe in a four strong New
Zealand triathlon team for the Paris Games. I'm Rayleen Ramsey.
That is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning. From the news Talk Seed
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