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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Rayleen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Wednesday, the twenty first of August. Research into
police buyers suggests Mariya over represented in use of force
and tasering, prosecution and racial profiling complaints. A year's long
study has showed ongoing inequities and treatment by police based
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on race, sexuality, gender, and mental health. It suggests urgent changes.
Research director Catherine Leonard says more than eighty percent of
family harm complaints came from women. About forty percent of
those were from mary women, saying after the police attended
my family harm event, I felt less safe or I
felt further victimized. The Police Minister says officers always treat
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mental health cases with compassion. Among other findings, the report
found the majority of taser discharges over a six month
period involved mentally distressed or unwell people. Mark Mitchell says
many people police deal with have mental health issues, and
they always try to de escalate where possible.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Sometimes people with mental health issues also exhibit violence and
act out violently, and policing got responsibility to keep them
both themselves in the public safe.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The Energy Minister's launched a barrage of attacks on New
Zealand's electricity gen Taylor's spiking electricity prices have forced Windstone's
Central North Island pulp and saw mills to close. Shane
Jones met with the electricity authority this morning for a
please explain around prices. Jones told media there's no point
having an electricity regulator if it's not willing to flex
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its muscles to regulate pricing.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
If they don't, and they'll find there'll be something akin
to road kill because we're not going to tolerate Kiwi's
going through while a tiny cast of New Zealanders who
have the privilege of owning shares for profit.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Part of State Highway seventy nine is closed between tip
Lady Road and Kennedy ste Wreat near Canterbury's Geraldine after
a two vehicle crash about three point fifteen. Fletcher Building
is reporting a group net loss after tax of two
hundred and twenty seven million dollars, a turnaround from a
two hundred and thirty five million dollar profit last year.
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It won't pay a dividend this year, hees business reporter
Michael Circle.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
The construction giants faced more costs from the sky City
International Convention Center in Auckland. It's also had losses from
its civil business Higgins and its Australian plumbing company trade Link,
which it's agreed to sell The residential boating armors doing well, however,
building over nine hundred homes.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has endorsed Carmela Harris's
presidential run before a crowd of thousands at the Democratic
National Convention in Chicago. Obama says Harris has what it
takes to be president, one.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Of the most qualified people ever to seek the office
of the presidency, and she is one of the most dignified.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
To sport and Jarnick Sentner's coach insists the world tennis
number one played no part in his positive doping tests
and its only right Centner should keep playing given the
contamination was accidental. Newcastle NRL coach Adam O'Brien believes league
has big problems heading into the playoffs due to a
flawed system that doesn't know when it should use technology
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to check on crucial decisions. Roosters and Kiwi League and
for Sir Jared Wauria Hargreaves has been shortlisted for the
Australian Sports Dad of the Year award to be announced
on Father's Day. I'm railing 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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