September 11, 2024 • 4 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 12 September 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 Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
newsfax for Thursday, the twelfth of September. The Health Minister's
detailed how he plans to reach five key targets without
spending more money. Targets were set in March with a
deadline of twenty thirty. Shane Retti's released a document this
morning that elaborates how those goals can be mess.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
What sort of things we're going to do to improve
shorter stays in the emergency department, to improve for specialist assessment.
What sort of things we're going to do to improve
our elective surgery, to improve our faster cancer treatments.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Actions for boosting vaccination, for example, include expanding the workforce,
running promotion campaigns, and moving on digital solutions to better
record data. The oil and gas ban is being blamed
as potentially responsible for struggles in the energy and manufacturing sector.
The country's largest gas user, methin X, is proposing moving
(00:56):
from two plants to one. Earlier this week, Whinstone Pulp
in the Ruapehu district confirmed plans to close, cutting more
than two hundred jobs. Energy Resources a hero, as John
Carnegie says, Labour's policy position appears the same as it
was at the election. To reinstate the ban massive.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Massive sovereign risk in dampens the desire of those who
might be interested in making those investments.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Darleene Taner argues the Green Party's process to oust her
from Parliament wasn't just wrong, it was unlawful. The second
hearing between the MP and her former party has commenced
at the High Court in Auckland, Tana. As trying to
block the party meeting to discuss expelling her from parliament.
Her council says party leaders inferred Tanner should resign from
(01:43):
the Green Party in emails and phone calls in early July,
her lawyer says a resignation from the House would require
a different process. She argues the party has broken its
constitution and charter throughout the process of austing Tana Two.
Behavior problems in young children from excessive screen time. New
(02:05):
Zealand research has linked more than four hours a day
spent on screens to significant behavioral issues in preschool kids.
The link weekends once they're over eight. WATSU research fellow
Jamie Munk says one to two hours a day is
okay for little ones. Frequently using screens to calm their
children down rather than let it teaching them how to
(02:26):
do that themselves, and then having TV on all the
time in the background, that sort of thing being a problem.
Parliament's pasted a private member's bill put forward by Nationals
Melissa Le requiring gift cards to be usable for at
least three years. Consumer New Zealand's Jessica Walker says one
in four cards end up being unusable because of expiry dates,
(02:46):
with more than ten million dollars going unspent every year.
She says, once this comes into effect in twenty twenty six,
it'll put us in step with Australia.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So right now we've got this crazy scenario. Way to go,
Tiki tapped about you in Australia, gast three years.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
And man to get on and ASB is predicting New
Zealand's reduced migration and plateauing tourism numbers will lead to
a cut in the ocr to sport. The Minister for
Sport and Recreation, Chris Bishop, is considering updating the guiding
principles for the participation of transgender athletes to reduce any
(03:21):
post puberty mail advantage in women's codes. Mike Sandal is
poised to reunite with Crickets Black Aps after accepting his
old position as team manager with an expanded high performance
exponent A component and nine provinces will be bolstered by
returning all Blacks across rugby's NPC this weekend, and cam
(03:42):
Royguard may feature for county's Monaco after more than five
months out within the injury. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
newsfax for Thursday, the twelfth of September. The Health Minister's
detailed how he plans to reach five key targets without
spending more money. Targets were set in March with a
deadline of twenty thirty. Shane Retti's released a document this
morning that elaborates how those goals can be mess.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
What sort of things we're going to do to improve
shorter stays in the emergency department, to improve for specialist assessment.
What sort of things we're going to do to improve
our elective surgery, to improve our faster cancer treatments.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Actions for boosting vaccination, for example, include expanding the workforce,
running promotion campaigns, and moving on digital solutions to better
record data. The oil and gas ban is being blamed
as potentially responsible for struggles in the energy and manufacturing sector.
The country's largest gas user, methin X, is proposing moving
(00:56):
from two plants to one. Earlier this week, Whinstone Pulp
in the Ruapehu district confirmed plans to close, cutting more
than two hundred jobs. Energy Resources a hero, as John
Carnegie says, Labour's policy position appears the same as it
was at the election. To reinstate the ban massive.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Massive sovereign risk in dampens the desire of those who
might be interested in making those investments.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Darleene Taner argues the Green Party's process to oust her
from Parliament wasn't just wrong, it was unlawful. The second
hearing between the MP and her former party has commenced
at the High Court in Auckland, Tana. As trying to
block the party meeting to discuss expelling her from parliament.
Her council says party leaders inferred Tanner should resign from
(01:43):
the Green Party in emails and phone calls in early July,
her lawyer says a resignation from the House would require
a different process. She argues the party has broken its
constitution and charter throughout the process of austing Tana Two.
Behavior problems in young children from excessive screen time. New
(02:05):
Zealand research has linked more than four hours a day
spent on screens to significant behavioral issues in preschool kids.
The link weekends once they're over eight. WATSU research fellow
Jamie Munk says one to two hours a day is
okay for little ones. Frequently using screens to calm their
children down rather than let it teaching them how to
(02:26):
do that themselves, and then having TV on all the
time in the background, that sort of thing being a problem.
Parliament's pasted a private member's bill put forward by Nationals
Melissa Le requiring gift cards to be usable for at
least three years. Consumer New Zealand's Jessica Walker says one
in four cards end up being unusable because of expiry dates,
(02:46):
with more than ten million dollars going unspent every year.
She says, once this comes into effect in twenty twenty six,
it'll put us in step with Australia.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So right now we've got this crazy scenario. Way to go,
Tiki tapped about you in Australia, gast three years.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
And man to get on and ASB is predicting New
Zealand's reduced migration and plateauing tourism numbers will lead to
a cut in the ocr to sport. The Minister for
Sport and Recreation, Chris Bishop, is considering updating the guiding
principles for the participation of transgender athletes to reduce any
(03:21):
post puberty mail advantage in women's codes. Mike Sandal is
poised to reunite with Crickets Black Aps after accepting his
old position as team manager with an expanded high performance
exponent A component and nine provinces will be bolstered by
returning all Blacks across rugby's NPC this weekend, and cam
(03:42):
Royguard may feature for county's Monaco after more than five
months out within the injury. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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