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September 16, 2024 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 17 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 morning. I'm never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fixed for Tuesday, seventeenth of September. In the
South date, parts of New Zealand are expecting a wet
and cold day from a new weather system moving over
the country. A band of rain is expected to hit
parts of the upper North Island with more thunderstorms and
strong winds accompanied by cold air. Met Service meteorologist Martapello

(00:27):
Makabutany says central and lower parts of the North Island
can also expect some possible snow. There is a heavy
snow watch out for the Taihapi region, as well as
a number of road snow for warnings for those elevated areas.
Record show the fifty eight year old man accused of
the latest assassination attempt on Donald Trump as an extensive

(00:47):
criminal history in North Carolina, Ryan Wesley Ruth, is charged
with possession of a firearm by convicted fallon and possession
of a firearm with an obstructed serial number. Trump was
rushed to safety and wasn't harmed, but former FBI Deputy
Director Andrew McCabe told CNN law enforcement officers have warned
about more politically motivated violence for a long time. We

(01:10):
notice from the increased level of threats that people, especially
government officials, are facing at every level, state, local, federal everything.
Police have spent the past day at a Munawatu property
at the center of a private search for the remains
of missing woman Brianna mudi Way. A building at the
property was burned to the ground and a suspicious fire

(01:30):
on Sunday night. Neighbours say the police officer in chant
of the investigation has visited the property, which was courtened
off yesterday as officers sifted through singed wreckage. Officers have
been focusing on a green house bus at the isolated
and rural plot of land. Police have not confirmed if
any items of interest have been located at the property.
A victim advocate see she's been feeling the increase in

(01:52):
violent crime. The government's first quarterly report on public service
targets shows rates of people victimized and risen by thirty
over the past two years. It aims to reduce that
by twenty thousand within the next six years. Independent advocate
Ruth Money seys the stats match up with what she's
been seeing. More children in this country are being hospitalized

(02:13):
for preventable diseases. A new Cure Kids report reveals hospital
admissions for respiratory, skin and rheumatic conditions, mental health issues
and dental diseases remain unacceptably high. It identifies social factors
like child poverty, housing conditions and inequitable access to care
as key drivers and notes Mardy and Bussyfaker children and

(02:36):
disproportionately affected. Chief Executive Francis Suta calls for intentional collaborative action.
It's cross party working and health and housing and nutrition
that will rarely move the dial. The government's looking to
come down harder on people posting crimes online. Reforms to
strength and sentencing Laws of being introduced to Parliament this week.

(02:57):
New aggravating factors are also being introduced to include adults
exploiting children by aiding or betting their offending, and for
posting criminal activity on social media. And sport Elingy and
American Magic have survived another day in the America's Cup
Challenger semi finals. Their respective best of nine series with
Britannia and Luna Rossa now sit at four to one.

(03:21):
Former gold medallists and Babwe and swimmer Kirsty Coventry and
British runner Lord Sebastian Coe are among seven in the
race to become the next International Olympic Committee President and
men's tennis number one Yannick Sinner has introduced a new
fitness coach and physiotherapists in the wake of positive tests
of matra band steroid, which were ruled unintentional. I'm never

(03:43):
ready Manu that your latest news and fix will be
back with the next update at midday from the newstalk
ZB newsroom.
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