September 22, 2024 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 23 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
news fix for Monday, the twenty third of September. The
Foreign Minister says it's a disgrace to suggest a bribe
was paid to free Philip Merton's urn z's reporting a
local politician paid the West Papu National Liberation Army to
hand over the Kiwi pilot. He was freed on Saturday
(00:24):
and is with family in Jakarta after nineteen and a
half months captivity in West Papua. Whinston Peters told our
n Z he can't give any detail on the give
and take of negotiations, seeing.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Things are not on one off more than other circumstances
before where the im modus operande is think that has
would be keptical hunt. But I can tell you that
the all cases, it's lawful of you.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
That uncounted homeless people will be falling through the cracks.
The number of families in emergency housing has reduced fifty
seven percent compared with December. Community Housing Alterro, a chief
executive of Paul Gilbert, says Social and Community Housing is
picking up many of those people, but he says not
everybody's plight will be visible in the figures.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
People lost in the system, who don't fill out a
census data and who we're not picking up. So you
can't take this measure as the only measure of homelessness.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
New Zealand lawyers are some of the unhappiest in the world.
A Melbourne University study commissioned by mental health awareness group
Life Squared Trust reveals greater rates of depression and stress
in our cohort than overseas and in other professions. Of
eight hundred lawyers sampled over three years, twenty three percent
reported their workplace doesn't foster a positive culture. Clinical psychologist
(01:46):
Jackie Maguire says that negativity needs to be urgently addressed.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Organizations must seriously take on their shoulders how they create
and promote mental health and well being throughout their organizations.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Concerns a volatile weather could close Central Otago's Milford Road
several more days. State Highway ninety four has been shut
between Holyford Road junction and dun River since Saturday evening
because of avalanche risk. Jamie Cunningham has.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
More NZTA is hoping conditions will allow for assessment and
avalanche mitigation works to be carried out tomorrow, but it
says unpredictable weather this week could bring further disruptions, increased
avalanche hazard and road closures. There's no detour currently available.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Auckland Airport is encouraging people to get to its new
Monowa Bay outled mall using public transport. Travelers were stymied
by heavy congestion on the crucial route to the airport
over the weekend as the mall launched. Council reporter Jacob
Jones has.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
More Auckland Airport sees extensive traffic management plans were put
in place for the opening weekend, with an event management
team on site. It says there were no flight delays
because of the congestion. The Munowa Bay website says the
nearest bus stop is a ten minute walk from the mall.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
The Workforce Development Council is presenting Parliament an initiative this
week for training under utilized pacifica youth in manufacturing, engineering
and logistics to fill gaps as the workforce ages to
sport Lydia Cooe's career resurgence continues after claiming a fourth
tournament this year. She's won the latest LPGA events in
(03:22):
Ohio by five strokes at twenty three under par after
carding a final round nine under sixty three and ten
man Arsenal have been denied an away Premier League Football
victory against Manchester City, conceding a late equalizer to settle
for a two all draw. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
(03:42):
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
news fix for Monday, the twenty third of September. The
Foreign Minister says it's a disgrace to suggest a bribe
was paid to free Philip Merton's urn z's reporting a
local politician paid the West Papu National Liberation Army to
hand over the Kiwi pilot. He was freed on Saturday
(00:24):
and is with family in Jakarta after nineteen and a
half months captivity in West Papua. Whinston Peters told our
n Z he can't give any detail on the give
and take of negotiations, seeing.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Things are not on one off more than other circumstances
before where the im modus operande is think that has
would be keptical hunt. But I can tell you that
the all cases, it's lawful of you.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
That uncounted homeless people will be falling through the cracks.
The number of families in emergency housing has reduced fifty
seven percent compared with December. Community Housing Alterro, a chief
executive of Paul Gilbert, says Social and Community Housing is
picking up many of those people, but he says not
everybody's plight will be visible in the figures.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
People lost in the system, who don't fill out a
census data and who we're not picking up. So you
can't take this measure as the only measure of homelessness.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
New Zealand lawyers are some of the unhappiest in the world.
A Melbourne University study commissioned by mental health awareness group
Life Squared Trust reveals greater rates of depression and stress
in our cohort than overseas and in other professions. Of
eight hundred lawyers sampled over three years, twenty three percent
reported their workplace doesn't foster a positive culture. Clinical psychologist
(01:46):
Jackie Maguire says that negativity needs to be urgently addressed.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Organizations must seriously take on their shoulders how they create
and promote mental health and well being throughout their organizations.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Concerns a volatile weather could close Central Otago's Milford Road
several more days. State Highway ninety four has been shut
between Holyford Road junction and dun River since Saturday evening
because of avalanche risk. Jamie Cunningham has.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
More NZTA is hoping conditions will allow for assessment and
avalanche mitigation works to be carried out tomorrow, but it
says unpredictable weather this week could bring further disruptions, increased
avalanche hazard and road closures. There's no detour currently available.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Auckland Airport is encouraging people to get to its new
Monowa Bay outled mall using public transport. Travelers were stymied
by heavy congestion on the crucial route to the airport
over the weekend as the mall launched. Council reporter Jacob
Jones has.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
More Auckland Airport sees extensive traffic management plans were put
in place for the opening weekend, with an event management
team on site. It says there were no flight delays
because of the congestion. The Munowa Bay website says the
nearest bus stop is a ten minute walk from the mall.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
The Workforce Development Council is presenting Parliament an initiative this
week for training under utilized pacifica youth in manufacturing, engineering
and logistics to fill gaps as the workforce ages to
sport Lydia Cooe's career resurgence continues after claiming a fourth
tournament this year. She's won the latest LPGA events in
(03:22):
Ohio by five strokes at twenty three under par after
carding a final round nine under sixty three and ten
man Arsenal have been denied an away Premier League Football
victory against Manchester City, conceding a late equalizer to settle
for a two all draw. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
(03:42):
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the newstalk zb newsroom.
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