Morning Edition: 30 July 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning News Fox for Tuesday thirtieth of July. In this update,
data shows nearly three thousand fewer police investigations of family
harm last months than in December last year. Police advised
Minister Mark Mitchell in March the policy of mandatory attendance
had become unsustainable and would be removed regardless of partner

(00:27):
agency's readiness. Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence Minister Karen
Shaw says police will always have a role to play
when it comes to responding to violence, but police warned
their stepping back could result in failure to identify a
safety risk and possibly loss of life. Labour's Jenny Anderson
says the decline in numbers isn't good news and it's
not clear who's responding to family harm, if police or not.

(00:51):
A call for staffing shortages at Thames Hospital to be addressed.
Emergency department nurses will rally today after a recent care
capacity demand management calculation recommended around twenty one extra staff
were needed, but Nurses Organization Delegate Donna Sargent says progress
is stalled on recruitment. She says instead current staff are

(01:11):
working over time to help fill the gaps in the roster.
There are nurses out there willing to tape jobs. We
just need the approval to be able to hire them.
Similar but not the same problems in Dargaville. An email
leaked to Rinz warns of a situation at the small
Northland hospital where on site doctors overnight have been replaced

(01:32):
by a telehealth service. A group of one hundred and
fifty organizations has signed an open letter against the act
Party's Treaty Principals Bill. The Prime Minister has vowed to
support the bill to the select committee process, but no
further action. Station Director Cassie Hartendorp says that the bill
shouldn't even go that far because it's not based in

(01:53):
good faith and will spark division. I. Surgeon Philip Polkinghorn's
murder trial will continue at the High Court in Auckland today.
He is accused of killing his wife, Pauline Hannah in
twenty twenty one, but the defense argues she took her
own life. Day one brought up revelations of his meth
use relationships with sex workers in Hannah's concerns about his spending.

(02:15):
Police officers who did the scene examination and some forensic
scientists will give evidence today. Golden Bay residents are opposing
the idea of a gold mine which could pollute one
of the region's tourism hotspots. Locals are worried the fast
track legislation would enable mining company Siren Gold to bypass
tear White Cord or Poopoo Springs water conservation order. More

(02:36):
than twenty two thousand people have signed a petition which
will be presented to Parliament today. Coordinator Kevin Moran says
they're hoping it will initiate some help from the government.
I believe there's a chance that Towakara, Poopoo Springs and
the other fifteen water conservation orders will be taken out
of the fast track legislation. In sport, the New Zealand

(02:57):
women's seven side remain unbere eaten from three matches in
paul Play. At the Paris Olympics, sailors William mackenzie and
Isaac McCarty lead the skiff event off the coast of
Marseilles after six of twelve fleet races. Sam Gays has
finished sixth in the mountain bike race, behind British defending
champion Tom Pitcock and Tim Price has finished sixth in

(03:19):
New Zealand eighths at Equestrian's three day event. German Michael
Young is the first rider to win three individual titles.
I'm Nevaretti Manho and that your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update at midday from the
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