Morning Edition: 06 August 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 06 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 morning. I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Tuesday, sixth of August. In this update,
New Zealand has won silver and come ever so close
to gold at the track cycling in Paris, Rebecca Pitch,
Sean Fulton and Elise Andrews being narrowly defeated by Great
Britain and the women's tracksprint.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Throttler finished now as Britain in front and Britain hold it.
Britain have held its Great Britain the gold millan forty
five point one eight.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Six earlier, Finn Butcher won gold in the men's kayak crossing.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Finn Butcher is an a loop back chaprion.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
More shortly in sport, the government's cracking down on primary
schools over poor math's achievement. It's directing the focus to
accountability in an Education Review Office overhaul and replacing the
curriculum for next year. Principals Federation President Leanne or Tenney
says the sector's pan there isn't enough time and resources
for teachers to adopt the new program. She says many

(01:05):
schools are seeing success with their own programs and know
that relying on student workbooks alone won't improve math's outcomes.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
We have an extremely long tale of underachievement in this
country and the key to making a difference here is
learning support.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Uncertainty about whether New Zealand will adjust its terror threat
level to keep in line with Australia. The Australian governments
lifted its domestic terrorism threat from possible to probable. It
notes a global rise in political polarization and the war
in Gaza As drivers, MASSA University's John Battersby says New
Zealand is a long way from the rest of the world,

(01:42):
so it can be difficult to predict, and he says
we'll be looking at Australia, but we're a different country
and the drivers may not be found as quickly or
as strongly. New evidence has come to light surrounding three
year old Lachlan Jones death as the second phase of
a coronial in quest starts today. The god toddler died
five years ago, his body found in a council oxidation

(02:04):
pond about a kilometer from his home. Jamie Cunningham reports.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Police concluded he walked there himself, but his father, Paul Jones,
believes he was murdered. Last week newsroom revealed messages between
two anonymous people discussing a third party putting a boy
in a pond. Forensic pathologists, an investigator and a child
behavior expert are set to be called in the expert
phase of the inquest, starting today. It will last for

(02:30):
two weeks.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Further DNA analysis is expected to dominate day seven of
Philip Pulkinghorn's murder trial. The Auckland eye doctor is accused
of murdering his wife, Pauline Hannah in twenty twenty one.
The defense maintains it Hannah took her own life. The
crowd's DNA expert told the court Hannah's neck had DNA
from both herself Polkinghorn in a much smaller amount, possibly

(02:53):
from a third person. Yesterday's events centered around blood in
the bedroom and urine on the dressing gown Hannah wore
at the time of her death. More DNA and forensic
evidence from the scene is expected today. In sport, fin
Butcher has claimed New Zealand's third gold medal of the
Paris Olympics, leading from start to finish in the four
man final of the kayak cross. Rebeccah Pitch, Sean Fulton

(03:16):
and Elise Andrews have taken silver in the track cycling
Team Sprint Britain pipped them for gold by zero point
four to seven three of a second in the final.
Sailors Michael Wilkinson and Erica Dawson are third in the
mixed multi hull with three races to go Tomorrow, and
Shawn Johnson will retire from the Warriors at the end
of the current NRAL League season. I'm never ready man

(03:39):
who Thanchi Latest newsweks. We'll be back with the next
update at midday from the newswalk ZB newsroom.