Morning Edition: 17 August 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks HEADB Newsroom. This is Newsfax in
this update, the Prime Minister may not have achieved all
he wanted from his world win trip to Australia this week,
but he's still come away with some major wins. Political
editor Jason Walls traveled with Chris Lusen.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Luxon wasn't able to convince Anthony Albanezi to scrap his
controversial five h one criminal deporty program to New Zealand,
despite his strong advocacy against the policy, but he says
the Trans Tasman relationship remains as strong as ever. He was, however,
able to secure a new cyber defense policy, meaning if
one country's hit by a major cyber attack, the other

(00:42):
could automatically be called upon to act in their collective defense.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
The Green Party is urging the Prime Minister to drop
the Treaty's Principle's Bill. A White Tanguey Tribunal report says
it's unfair and discriminates and recommends it be abandoned. Green
Party Moldy and Crown Relaytion spokesperson Steve Abel says Christopher
lux And should move to drop it now.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
It should never come before the Parliament. It just causes
harm in the vision and national doesn't tend to support
it beyond the secretating anyway, so be done with it now.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Police have now recovered thirty three mess contaminated lollies that
were donated to the Auckland City Mission. They believe a
further eight have been disposed of and are now in
the process of recovering another twenty four. Police say they're
following up on new information that a further five families
have also received lollies and warnings. The country's plasma supply

(01:39):
has reached tipping point as the Blood Service puts out
the call for donors. The New Zealand Blood Service says
there are currently over seventeen thousand donors, but plasma collection
targets are projected to grow by fifty percent over the
next three years. Transfusion medicine specialist Richard Charlie Wood says
they're really stroling to keep pace with demand.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
We're very keen to get back to a position where
we're collecting enough plasma to meet the hospitals and the
patient's needs so that we're not reliant on other countries.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
And that's news. I'm dono ma Ree Lever to Sport
the Worriors NRL playoff hopes are officially over following a
twenty four to ten loss to Many in Sydney. O
Targo has beat in Auckland twenty seven twenty five in
their NPC rugby contest in Dunedin. The new English Premier
League season is underway with Manchester United at home against Fulham.

(02:38):
Coach Eric ten Hags adamant they'll be in the title
mix again after a poor eighth place finished last season,
but he says the new seasons come around far too quickly.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
The team is not ready, but we have to make
a start.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
We can't hide ourselves.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
We can't run away from it, so we have to
deal with it.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
And no upsets. On night one at the New Zealand
Masters in Hamilton, with all top seeds progressing to the quarterfinals,
defending champ Rob Cross came the closest to crashing out,
fighting back to win six ' five over local high
power Pooh and That Sport. For more news, listen to
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