Morning Edition: 26 July 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 26 July 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 morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news books for Friday, twenty sixth of July. In
this update, Joe Alay and Aaron Gate have been confirmed
as the athletes who will lead New Zealand at tomorrow
morning's Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. The sailing athlete and
tracks cyclists to be formally announced at a ceremony this morning.

(00:24):
Lay is a two time Olympian who won gold at
London twenty twelve and silver in Rio twenty sixteen, while
Gate one bronze at London twenty twelve and is now
a four time Olympian. New Zealand Olympic Committee Chief Executive
Nicki Nichols says it's a well deserved honor.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
They are both amazing athletes, two amazing people who will
represent Zylan.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
With Shote Pride, winter illnesses and COVID nineteen are filling
up our hospitals. ESR data shows the biggest single week's
spike in hospitalizations in Auckland for serious acute respiratory illness
since twenty fifteen. Health New Zealand says that's likely to
be the case in other parts of the country. Otago
University Professor of Public Health Michael Baker says it's being

(01:07):
caused by a perfect storm of disease behavior and he
says we have a bad flu year, the usual RSV
infections and a new wave of COVID nineteen infections. Meanwhile,
the stagnating Bell Kanser screening rollout is concerning some in
the health sector. More than two million home screening kits
have been distributed, detecting almost two thy five hundred cancers. However,

(01:29):
Bell Cancer New Zealand Medical advisor Professor Sue Kringle says
the rollout for Mardy and Bussyfeker from fifty years has
only reached three districts in the past eighteen.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Months and the regions were not available. There will be
some Mary people whose vow cancer will be diagnosed later.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Praise for the government over its action at a transcancement
food safety meeting. Ministers from Australia and New Zealand met
yesterday to discuss a controversial proposal to overhaul regisation of
infant formula. It's understood Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggart is
opting out of the proposal after a failed bid to
have it reviewed. Infant Nutrition Council Chief Executive Jonathan Chew

(02:11):
backs the decision.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
They listened to industry and took our concerns seriously and
tried to get the reviews and because they were unsuccessful
in convincing the Australians are now looking to go their
own way.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Nelson's disabled community says a proposed sandwich board ban is
a step in the right direction. The City Council's looking
at banning the signs and changing the rules so businesses
require a resource consent to put one in a public place.
Retailer sent will be damaging to the already struggling CBD.
Local CCS Disability Action Chair Elizabeth Pironi says signs make

(02:46):
footpaths hazardous for people with disabilities and the elderly.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
Between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and forty three,
the numbers of Nelson residents aged sixty five and over
as projected to more than double.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
In sport, Canada have beaten New Zealand two one in
their women's Olympic football fixture. The match was much anticipated
after Canada had been found guilty of spying via drone
in the build up in the men sevens at Star
de France. New Zealand have reached the quarter finals unbeaten
after defeating Ireland fourteen twelve and Paul Play. Some women's

(03:23):
skateboarders have literally demonstrated their streets savvy in the build up.
A bus failed to collect them from training, so they
skated back along the Parisian boulevards to the athletes village.
I'm never ready, Manu. When that's your latest news, fooks.
We'll be back with the next update at midday from
the newstalk ZDB newsroom.