Midday Edition: 31 August 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 31 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 had been newsroom, this is newsfacs,
It's midday and this update. Thousands of people, including the
Prime Minister, are expected to pay tribute to the Maldi
King today. King yd tou Hatia died after heart surgery
yesterday morning. His chief of staff near A Simmons says
his last conversation with the King was one of great

(00:25):
joy and great hope to.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hats legacy will be shaped around the work of his ancestors,
and he will build on that legacy and it will grow.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Nearly two hundred arrests have been made and drugs seized
as police continue to target organized crime trans Tasman operations
resulted in just over one hundred million dollars worth of
drugs being confiscated, including four kilos of meth amphetamine and
twenty five kilograms of pseudo eph dream. This comes just
weeks after a joint operation targeting motorcycle gangs. Police say

(01:01):
they will do their best to be a thorn deep
in the side of criminals. There are severe weather warnings
across the country, with heavy rain set to unleash in
several places. The Tartardoo Or Range will be under an
orange heavy rain warning. From six to night. Orange warnings
already in place for the Westland District and the headwaters
of Canterbury Lakes and rivers south of Arthur's Pass. Met

(01:24):
Service meteorologist Alwyn Backer says up to one hundred and
forty millimeters of rain is expected until midnight. The heavy
rank can cause streams and rivers to raise rapidly and
service flooding and slips possible, as well as difficult driving conditions.
Could be a faster trip between Northland and Auckland. With
the government wanting to bump up the speed limit on

(01:44):
State Highway IE, it's proposing the section between are Ewa
and Warkworth increase to one hundred and ten kilometers an hour.
Transport Minister sim And Brown says this would increase efficiency
and reduce travel times. It's part of the government's planned
to see one hundred and ten kilometers speed limits on
roads of national significance. I'm kay Gregory and that's news.

(02:08):
In the sports, success breed success. That's the key behind
Paris cyclist Ana Taylor's sell the medal effort in the
women's C four three thousand meter individual pursuit at the
Paralympics in Paris, It follows the triumph of New Zealand
cycling team at the Olympics, with medals to Elise Andrews,
Allie Williston and the women's sprint and pursuit teams. Taylor

(02:30):
says being surrounded by the Olympians on a regular basis
helped her immensely.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
We train with the sprints squad like twice a week,
so we see them on the track and we see
how hard they work, and I think it was really
cool that you know their success the way that it did,
and they set the stage for us really well. So
we're right in the high with them.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
An ex All Blacks coach Sirs Steve Hansen is encouraging
New Zealand to embrace Johannesburg's high altitude ahead of tomorrow
morning's Rugby Championship test against the spring Box at Alice Park.
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