Afternoon Edition: 24 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 24 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 Rayleen Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the twenty fourth of September. Debate on
how to improve poor Mari health outcomes under the government's
Need not Race instruction health workers today attended the Health
Coalition Alteruor Forum and Wellington. One health leader called for

(00:25):
workers to ignore the government directive and to target ethnicities
in need, but Director General of Health Diana Safati spoke
saying public service workers have to follow the government's instructions.
When you are working in the Farday as it were,
you have a different role. You can't go out publicly
so much and say what you think. We can't just
do that if we've been instructed not to if we

(00:47):
work in a public service. The Associate Justice Minister says.
A bill being introduced to Parliament will improve regulation of
shooting clubs and rangers. Nicole McKee argues previous changes went
too far. Amendments include streamlining annual reporting for pistol clubs
and simplifying rules for non pistol clubs, only incorporating them

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if they sell ammunition. McKee says ammunition licensing still needed
at the moment. You do require a license to be
in position of full ammunition as well as the buying
and selling of it, and that's never going to change.
Labour's Ginny Anderson has concerns essentially winds back all of
the changes that were made in twenty nineteen and it
opens up multiple loopholes for criminals to exploit. More evidence

(01:32):
is needed to determine what set of christ churches devastating
Porthill's fire in February. A fire investigation report has found
the blaze began on private property, but it's not clear
how it burned through six hundred and fifty hectares, destroying
one home and damaging the adventure park. Canterbury Police District

(01:53):
Prevention Manager Inspector Ash tab says the investigation will reopen
if more information becomes available. We do have a number
of CZTV for age. We've done a lot of work
with the witnesses which we have come forward, so we're
probably the additional information. Police are investigating a threat against
Wellington's East Girls College today, with the school evacuated this

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afternoon as a precaution. Police say nothing unto ward was
found in searches and they're reassuring the public they don't
believe there's a credible threat. The Green Party says it
takes Tikanga seriously. It's at a new special general meeting
mid October to vote on invoking waka jumping rules against

(02:36):
now independent MP Darleen Tana. After her resignation, the party
was questioned about its treatment of Jahene Madi and its
PACIFICA members pend an open letter party Mardy and PACIFICA
Caucus chair Tano Tuyoro says parties can always improve their
cultural competence, but this is about Tana's behavior. Tiking can't

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be a haven for wrongdoing. I think tik On is
about sort of accepting responsibility, not avoiding responsibility in sport.
A refreshed sam Kin believes playing without the burden of
the captaincy has helped him discover some strong form as
he prepares to close his test career. If selected, Kine
will play his one hundredth Test against Australia in Wellington

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on Saturday. Argentina looks forward to Marcos Kremer will miss
the decisive Rugby Championship Test against South Africa this weekend
due to a knee injury, and the New Zealand Breakers
have signed a former Boston Celtics Center Tuco Fall for
next month's tour of the US against three NBA teams.

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I'm railing Ramsey. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the
news Talk zb newsroom