Morning Edition: 10 August 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 10 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):
From the news talks he had been newsroom. This is
newsfax end this update. A passenger plane carrying sixty two
people has crashed on the outskirts of sal Paolo in Brazil.
Local civil defense report the plane hit multiple buildings. Official
say it appears all passengers may have died in the crash.

(00:24):
The flight, with fifty eight passengers in four crew on board,
left cass Cavil and was en route to sal Paolo
when it lost signal. Dramatic social media videos of the
crash showed the plane spiraling out of the sky to
Paris and another gold for New Zealand at the Olympics,
Dame Lisa Carrington and Alisha Hoskin triumphed in the women's

(00:47):
K two five hundred final. For Dame Lisa, it's gold
medal number seven and she says everything went to plan.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
We just stuck to us, strateity, our strengths, and I
guess at the end of the day, it's kind of
the performance that we can put together, and I guess
the field is there to help push us. But it
was just amazing that we could pull out that performance.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Sky high energy prices could have detrimental flow on effects.
Both regionally and nationally. Wholesale power prices have doubled in
the past three weeks. As a result, Hawks Bay Mill
pan Pack has had its pulp production operations on standby
all week. Major Electricities User Group Chair John Harboard since

(01:26):
it represents thirty percent of Napier's ports business and other
businesses depend on its chips, so those wood chips are
no longer available, then you have a large number of
other businesses whose viability is now called into question. So
the ripples of this will go through the whole economy.
Geo NAT says increased activity at Facadi White Island could
continue for a while. A minor eruption at the Bay

(01:49):
of Plenty volcano yesterday produced a vigorous plume briefly sending
minor volcanic ash westwards towards the northern end of East Cape.
Due to volcanologist Jeff Kilgore, since the volcano is currently
seen elevated unrest and that's news, I'm donno Marie lever

(02:09):
to sport trusting the process was the key behind the
women's K two boat's dominant gold medal effort at the
Paris Olympics. That's the view of Dame Lisa Carrington and
Alisha Hoskin, who triumphed after besting their nearest rivals by
more than two seconds. Carrington, who picked up Olympic gold
number seven, says everything went to plan in the medal race.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
We just stuck to our strategy, our strengths, and I
guess at the end of the day, it's kind of
the performance that we can put together, and I guess
the field is there to help push us, but it
was just amazing that we could pull out that performance.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Lydia Coe has fired a four under past sixty eight
to move into a share of the lead after three
rounds of the women's golf tournament at the Paris Olympics.
The Kiwi's nine under overall, alongside Switzerland's Morgan Metro with
the two shot lead over American Rose and Japan's Meyu Yamashita,
who are tied for third at seven under. And That Sport.

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