Afternoon Edition: 25 September 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 25 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'mrailan Ramsay. This is your afternoon news fixed
for Wednesday, the twenty fifth of September. A persons died
after an avalanche near Mount Arrowsmith in mid Canterbury. Rescuers
including a helicopter was sent to the Arrowsmith Range just
before twelve thirty this afternoon. A person was trapped and
in a critical condition when recovered about one and died

(00:26):
soon after. Rescue chopper pilot Dan McPherson says a group
was hally skiing when the avalanche happened. The worker who
released a Transpower pylon off its moorings, which fell, cutting
power to Northland, had been employed for less than three months.
Power was cut to eighty eight thousand people after anexperienced

(00:47):
unsupervised maintenance crews from contractor a Mexim unfastened three legs
at once. An Electricity Authority report found the trades assistant
responsible doesn't recall what they would to do while removing
nuts on the day. Chief Executive Sarah Gillies says they'd
been worries within Transpower.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
I was I believe a senior engineer who raised a
concern about specifics in terms of training and how that
could possibly be improved that wasn't picked up.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says she feels for every
single public servant losing their job. Housing agency Cuying Order
has today confirmed proposals to shed another three hundred and
twenty one roles. Willis is pushing a policy to trim
the public sector with thousands of job cuts across the board,
but she says she feels bad.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
It has to happen, and I feel that really deeply,
and it is why we are so driven to rebuild
this economy, stabilize it, make sure inflation is under control,
interest rates are coming down and we're growing again.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Belief staff safe rooms are only part of improving safety.
Administry of Social Development Offices MSD has spent sixty five
million on making conditions safer since two workers were murdered
at the Ashburton Wins office ten years ago. One news
reports assaults on staff rose eighty nine percent between twenty

(02:12):
nineteen and last year, totally one hundred and forty three
over five years. PSA National sector lead Kathy Higgins says
things can always be improved. Give the security guards more
permission to be able to do some start because Kelly
they can't do what these can do. Kiwis are being
urged to stick with current key we save funds during

(02:35):
market uncertainty. Westpac data shows someone with twenty five thousand
dollars you switch from a growth to a conservative fund
during COVID would have lost about ten thousand dollars. By now,
just over a quarter of those who changed to conservative
funds in that time haven't gone back. Ke We Save Ahead.
Nigel Jackson says, the pandemics made it clear what level

(02:58):
of risk is acceptable to make my future returns.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
And because a lot of people haven't switched back, you
know they're going to play their price in the longer
term if they don't take.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Action to sport and Towering basketball center Taco fall is
keen to push his claims for a full time contract
with the Breakers when he guest stars on their three
match tour of the United States next month. Ration Ravender
says the black Caps will take a more positive approach
to playing spin in the second Test AGAINTRILNCA starting in

(03:28):
Gaul tomorrow. The Sydney Roosters will continue to bring the
brutality to the postseason, believing a physical approach is the
key to winning Friday's NRL preliminary final against the Storm
in Melbourne. I'm railing Ramsey. That is your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning from
the news Talk zed B newsroom