Midday Edition: 20 September 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 20 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the twentieth of September. It's been
revealed a back seat passenger has been a victim of
a stabbing in christ Church. A man's in a critical
condition after being attacked by a driver at the intersection
of Clarence Street and Blenham Road just after five point
thirty yesterday afternoon. The alleged attacker was on his own

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in the car, and the victim was a rear seat
passenger in another car of four adults. The vehicles were
stopped at red lights when the incident unfolded. The man
then fled north on Clarence Street towards Ricketton Road. Police
would like to speak to anyone who witnessed this incident
or has footage of it. The government says it's putting

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people's property rights at the center of its plans to
reform the REMA. It's developed two laws to replace the legislation,
which has been tinkered with dozens of times since its
inception in nineteen ninety one. Political editor Jason Walls has
more the.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Thrust of the new provisions is eliminating the superfluous objection process,
whereby people or groups with nothing to do with construction
activity can object to the development on private property. The
scope of the resource management system will also be narrowed
to focus on what the ROMA ministers are describing as
the more significant impacts on the environment.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
The new Rami legislation will be introduced and passed into
law before the next election. Israel's unleashed a fresh wave
of airstrikes on Lebanon while the country reels from this
week's fatal exploding devices attacks. At least thirty five people
are dead and thousands are injured from devices like pages,
walkie talkies, phones and laptops exploding. The Finance Minister says

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unemployment is set to keep rising, but the government's confident
it can keep moving people into jobs. Four carst show
those on the job seeker benefit are expected to peak
at two hundred and fourteen thousand next January, an increase
of more than ten thousand on the last set of forecasts.
In the budget, the government set a target of reducing
the number by fifty thousand by twenty thirty. Nikola Willis

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told Mike Cosking she's focused on how many people are
exiting the job seeker benefit and going back into work.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
That number is higher this year than it was last
year on a month on month basis.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Sailings on Bluebridge's Connemara are canceled today after the ship
lost power last night. The ships now berthed in Wellington Harbor.
The ship and its eighty eight passengers were assisted back
with tugboats after it lost power near Sinclair Head. Maritime
New Zealand is investigating the incident. Ongoing maintenance is hurting

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Air new Zealand's bottom line. The fifty one percent government
owned airline has ten of its aircraft out of action
due to engine issues. Air New Zealand chief executive Greg
Foruran says this, paired with an increasingly competitive market, means
international roots aren't earning enough to cover the cost of capital.
He says it's had a significant impact. Previous year we

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made five hundred and eighty five million dollars.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
This last year we've come in with what two hundred
and twenty two million.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
To sport, Marcus Armstrong will join the Meyer Shank Racing
team next IndyCar season. He will drive with Felix Rosenquist.
Wallaby's coach Joe Schmidt concedes he will consult mental notes
on his former All Blacks charges heading into tomorrow's Bledislow
Cup opener in Sydney. Live golfers will be eligible for

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the Ryder Cup and the USPGA Championship after the PGA
of America added the circuit to their list of approved tours,
and Paul Cole has won his quarterfinal to advance to
the last four at the latest Squash World Tour event
in Paris. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm

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from the news Talk ZB newsroom.