Morning Edition: 15 September 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 15 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the Newstalks Heady newsroom. This is Newsfex. In this update,
there's potential for roadside testing to affect medicinal cannabis users.
The government's rolling out up to fifty thousand random saliva
tests a year, but Cannabis Clinic's Chief executive, doctor Jasim
Elsa Here says some prescribed products could come up positive.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
If you are taking the prescribed product and you are
not impaired, then it is a significant inconvenience to have
a stand down period of twelve hours.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Human made global warming made the flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle
wurse nee Were Research shows that greenhouse gas admissions created
ten percent more rainfall. Climate scientist Dahi Stone says the
warmer climate affected other features of the storm too.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Even more, particularly that that rainfall would have been less
concentrated in time, so the peak hourly that we thought
would have been about twenty percent less.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Businesses are set to increase corporate travel and encourage face
to face interactions. A new survey for Flight Center reveals
forty percent of businesses plan to increase travel for the
twenty twenty five financial year and indicate companies plan to
prioritize trade. Corporate Traveler New Zealand General manager Andy Forsyth

(01:24):
believes Kiwi's value taking things offline. They're going over for Dales,
or they're going to get a new contracts or whatever
it might be, or just meet with a team that
they haven't seen in a while. Rural Women New Zealand
is shining the light on the mental health needs of
our smaller communities. The advocacy organization says many people are

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grappling with the ongoing impacts of job losses, extreme weather
events and farming conditions, but face barriers to support. Board chairs.
Andra Matthews is calling for improved access to mental health
services like counseling assessments. We all know a shortage of
health professionals at the moment, but we're really urging the

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government to step up and really make it a priority
to cut down those waiting lists. And that's news. I'm
Donna Marie lever to Sport. The Black Ferns have been
beaten twenty four twelve by England and their Rugby International
at Twickenham Kee We cruise aweight bok SA David Nieker
now has a ten win no loss record up to

(02:26):
Tommy Carpency's corner through in the town during round three
of their belt in Auckland, Newcastles and our ral season
is over, losing their elimination final twenty eight sixteen to
the Cowboys in Townsville. Nights captain Kaylin Pong is gutted.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
I know, I'm glad there, but we're in every single
moment but to the death and we just gonna come
over it.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
The Storm have thumped the Shanks thirty seven ten in Melbourne,
consigning Cronelle to a sudden death clash at home against
the Cowboys next weekend. Lunar Rossa and Brittanny have each
had two wins on the opening day of the America's
Cup Challenge semifinals in Barcelona and Ferrari. Char Lecleur has
brought to pole at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for the

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fourth year in a row. And that sport. For more news,
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