Midday Edition: 01 August 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 01 August 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 afternoon. I'm Jody Gill and this is your midday
news FAX. Four Thursday, the first of August, TRANSPARS completed
its investigation into the fallen transmission tower, which savered Parer
to Northland in July. Nearly one hundred thousand people were
cut off in July when a pylon toppled after maintenance
crews unbolted three of its legs at once. Thomas Rice

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reports the.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Reports found of the crew from Omexom did not follow
standard practice and two less experienced work crew members weren't
sufficiently supervised. It shows the supervisor on site was sand
blasting the tower's legs as a relatively inexperienced worker removed
the bolts on Mexom told Transpower and experienced crew would

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be doing it, but those removing the bolts had no
formal training for the work they were doing.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
New researchers farm lifestyle changes could prevent or delay up
to forty five five percent of global dementia cases. The
latest Lancet Commission reporters named vision loss and high cholesterol
as new risk factors, adding to twelve previously named factors.
Other risk factors include hearing loss, high blood pressure, social

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isolation and head injuries. Auckland University brain researcher doctor Helen
Murray says being aware of more factors will be key
in the fight to reduce cases in New Zealand.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
Knowing that there are things that we can be doing
in our life to reduce the risk of dementia means
that hopefully we'll be able to live longer, healthier, happy
life without having to deal with such a devastating condition.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Many New Zealanders are being supplied with water that is
not meeting safety standards in order to General's report shows
councils achieved just thirty three percent of their targets for
drinking water Safety Measures. Order New Zealand says this is
another indicator that some council suppliers aren't investing enough to
ensure safe water supply. Chief executive Gillian Blyth says it's

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putting people at risk of becoming sick. Wellington Zoo is
investigating after a kiwi had to be euthanized for swallowing
a piece of metal. It's unknown how the wire fragment
got into the habitat, with all material going through a
metal detector and magnet before being put in the Zoo
now has no Kiwi in its enclosure. Joel Knight from

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Wellington Zoo believes it was out of their control.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
We have looked at our procedures and a confident at
the stage we're just looking at our practices that our
keeper team are in control.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Of staying in Wellington. Today marks the start of the
capital's annual culinary festival, Wellington on a Plate. Spokesperson Beth
Brash says typically the competition sees Wellingtonian's consume nearly two
hundred thousand burghers. People really excited for it to kick
off today.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
We've had a lot of hype happening.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
I think it's also about going and trying something new
in sport. Captain Katie Bowen is massively disappointed the football
Ferns are out of the Olympics and says the team
needs to lift standards to com pete at the top level.
Kee We triathlete Dylan McCulloch believes Hayden Wild silver and
Paris is just a taster and Wild can snare gold

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at future Olympics. Crusader's head coach Rob Penny has survived
an end of season review and will see out his
two year contract despite only finishing ninth in twenty twenty four,
the Crusader's worst performance since two thousand and one. I'm
Jody Gill and that's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five p m. From

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the News Talk z B newsroom.