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August 13, 2024 4 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 13 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Raining Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the thirteenth of August. New Plemits Maya
says it's time for a cross party energy strategy. Neil
Holdham has a background in the energy industry and is
asking the Labor Party to support oil and gas exploration
onshore and off through to twenty fifty Labor bandit while

(00:26):
in government. Hold Him says all parties need to together
develop a bipartisan strategy to keep the lights on.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's a long term problem and it will only be
solved by a long term strategy, all the parties working together,
putting their party politics aside and actually just working for
the good of all New Zealanders.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
A man at the center of a Nelson hostage situation
yesterday has named Suppression as he faces charges including kidnap,
firearm use, and threatening to kill. Open Justice reports police
were called in from as far as Wellington and Canterbury
during the hours long deal on Mutaweka Street. Emily Ansel reports.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Two schools and the hospital went into lockdown and the
last person left the property about two a m. When
a fifty six year old was arrested. Has entered no
plea to charges which also include intimidation and breaches of
a protection order involving psychological abuse.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
The Office for Mardi Crown Relations appears to have dodged
a ministerial bullet. Mardi Development Minister Tama portuckers confirmed to
Arafetti will remain its own standalone agency after speculation it
would be folded into the Ministry of Justice. Political reported
mails of Jackson has more.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
Tama Portucker says, Tiarafitti and Moldi Development Agency Tepuni Corkeri
will remain more or less as is, bar a few
changes defining their responsibilities. For example, Tipuni Corkey will now
monitor and report treaty settlements and coordinate significant events on
behalf of the Crown.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Than leaders say modernizing gene technology laws is only the
first step to advancing the field. The government's legislating to
lift the ban on the tech outside the lab to
free up innovation in the health, climate and economic fields
in said Tech Chief Executive Graham Muller. Says regulation has
hamstrung the sector for years, leaving it trailing globally, but

(02:22):
he says the law change alone won't suddenly stimulate new
products and solutions.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Things like this, which is encouraging fires by removing regulation.
I guess it's a great thing to do because it
has limited costs, but ultimately investment has to go into
continuing the science in this area.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Police have taken in for christ Church teens after chasing
a stolen Toyota yesterday. Superintendent Lane Todd says a driver
fled at speed after being signaled to stop in Shirley
about six thirty pm. Police later found the vehicle on
Dallington's Gayhurst Road in Police in Queensland say they are
still working to identify a pilot who crashed an unauthorized

(03:01):
helicopter into the top of a Ken's hotel early yesterday morning.
He died. Police are preparing a report for the coroner.
To Sport Sam Daries raping his head around what it
means to be an all Black after his elevation to
Test Starter, Darry says after playing a strip back Blues style,
there's a bit more to remember at Test level. Warriors

(03:24):
playmaker Shawn Johnson and Luke Metcalf are both recovered from
injuries and in the mix for a return to NRL
action against Manly on Friday. New silver Fern specialist. Coach
Bryani Akeel says her time with the New Zealand side
during January's Nation Series left her wanting more. The New
South Wales Swift's mentor will join the team next month.

(03:48):
I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the
News Talk, said B Newsroom.
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