Afternoon Edition: 31 August 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talks Eddy Newsroom. This is Newsfax. In
this update, questions about the succession of the king E
Tongue in the aftermath of the death of King E
to hey Tia Te King E lies in state at
tuang Awaiwei Marai, where thousands of mourners will gather for
his tangy next week. Our political correspondent says it's expected
the day the king is buried as the day his

(00:25):
successor will be named. Barry Soaper says there is mystery
over who that'll be after tou he Tia disinherited his
eldest son, Fatu Moana, because if he disapproved of his marriage, you.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Would imagine he would be the successor. But having been
stripped of his royal titled by the king, I think
the king tongue may lock at the daughter.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
This week's appointment of Brigadier Rose King as the new
Chief of Army is being described as long overdue. Brigadier
King will be the first woman to hold the position.
Former Defense Minister Wayne Mapp says it's well deserved and
Brigadier King has a very impressive record. Mister Mapp says
New Zealand's well behind other OECD countries who've already reached
this milestone, but it was only a matter of time.

(01:08):
Warkworth and Oudowa residents will have a chance to have
their say on plans for faster travel between their two towns.
The government is set to open public consultation on increasing
the limit on that section of State Highway IE north
of Auckland to one hundred and ten kilometers an hour.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown says it would support their goal
of boosting economic growth and productivity in the region. Rodney

(01:32):
Local Board chair Brent Bailey says he's not sure of
the economic benefits, but a higher speed is potentially feasible.
The commute towns will be shorter and people will feel
better about it. I mean it was a very very
expensive piece of road when Barnswoll use it to its
fullest capacity. New Zealand and Canada have strengthened cooperation around
emergency management. The National Emergency Management Agencies signed an agreement

(01:53):
with Public Safety Canada to share best practice and lessons
learnt from previous disasters. It'll mean more data sharing and
an increase in the number of joint research projects, conferences
and workshops. That's news in sport. A surprising upset at
the US Tennis Open at Flushing Meadows. Australian Alexipofren has

(02:14):
stunned second seed Novak Djokovic in four sets in their
third round game in New York. It's Djokovic's earliest loss
at a Grand Slam since twenty seventeen and earliest at
the US Open since two thousand and six. Poprin is
stoked to reach the round of sixteen.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
If I've been in the third round about fifteen times
in my career, but I haven't been able to get
fast to the fourth round, and to be able to
do it against the greatest of all time. To get
into the fourth round is unbelievable.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
You know.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Taranaki has had a come from behind twenty two to
eighteen winover Otago in their NPC rugby game in New
Plymouth Counties. Monaco picked up their first win of the season,
a thirty six thirty three win over North Harbor in Albany.
That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to
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