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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm never ready MANU and this is your
morning news fixed for Wednesday, twenty fourth of July. In
this update, the dark side of state and faith based
care will be laid bare in a report into historical
allegations of abuse. Today. Hundreds of survivors are expected at
Parliament for the tabling of the report this afternoon. Said
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to be three thousand pages long in way fourteen kilograms,
the document has been six years in the making and
includes evidence of more than two thousand people. Herald reporter
Michael Mora told the front page it's a dark chapter
in the nation's history. We had church leaders who befriended
families to get access to and sexually abused children, and
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it's about time we faced up to this. Also coming
out today, details from the independent review into flooding in
Hawks Bay during cyclone. Gabrielle Shannon Doohnstone.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Reports the Hawks Bay Regional count U Saul commissioned the
review to investigate the circumstances and contributing factors. It's looked
at the council's flood management schemes and programs, how they performed,
and decisions made during the cyclone. It will also make
recommendations around long term flood resilience.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Findings and recommendations will be presented at the Regional Council
meeting today. Suggestions Green members could support using waker jumping
laws the parties previously opposed to get rid of Darling Tanner,
the ex Green MP's return to Parliament as an independent.
The Greens have been calling for Tanna's resignation for weeks
after a reporter to the MP's knowledge of alleged migrant
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exploitation at her husband's business. Co leader Chloe Swarbrick says
any action taken will need to be discussed at this
weekend's AGM. She says a number of members have reached
out to her incredibly frustrated about Tana's refusal to take
accountability for her behavior. She at home ownership has been
flagged as a way to get more people on the
property ladder. Westpac sha sheared home Ownership report has found
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home ownership has fallen from seventy five percent in the
early nineteen nineties to less than sixty today. Chief Executive
Katherine McGrath says they estimate one hundred and fifty two
thousand households could be eligible for options like shared equity
and leasehold.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Only a third of the people are aware of the
option and so we want to get this profile app
the more people know that there are a range of
options for them.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Excitement in Northland as the Transport Minister gives the green
light to a prioritized regional expressway, Sibby and Brown's agreed
to accelerate delivery, letting NZTA move it pace on the
route between Auckland and Fungaday. Locals have been growing irritate
and following repetitive road closures on the Brindeuwins North Chamber
Chief Executive Darren Fisher told Ryan Bridge the projected opening
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date is unknown.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I think there's still some work to go on there
as far as consents and obtaining land in business cases go.
But as a community we are here to make sure
we accelerate th as quickly as we can.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
In sport, Britain, six time dress art medalist Charlotte Dujardin
has pulled out of the Paris Olympics due to an
investigation into horse mal treatment by equestrian's governing body. Andy
Murray has confirmed he will retire from tennis after the Games.
The thirty seven year old is the only man to
have won two Olympic singles gold medals in the sport.
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In a nod to the event's faster, higher, stronger mantra,
rapper Snoop Dogg will act as a torch bearer of
the Olympic flame before the opening ceremony. I never ready
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