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September 30, 2024 3 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 01 October 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 railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the first of October. Israel's delivering a
series of blows across southern Lebanon as it begins a
ground defensive. Lebanese health officials say Israeli attacks have killed
more than one thousand people in the past two weeks.

(00:24):
Seen Ann's Jeremy Diamond says, for the past few hours,
a steady thud of artillery fires been ringing through the
air close to the border. We have wondered whether or
not this conflict between Israel and Hasbela would escalate to
this point, and tonight it certainly has. Meanwhile, state media
in neighboring Syrias reporting three people have been killed and

(00:45):
nine injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus. Transpower has completed
transmission line repairs in the Mackenzie Basin and power should
progressively come back on in coming hours. Tekapoor Fairly and
Aubrey cut off yesterday morning when a crop dusting helicopter
hit the line. Transpars which the system back, allowing Alpine

(01:07):
Energy to start reconnecting customers. Alpine Energy says affected residents
should expect thirty minute outages before six thirty tonight as
supplies progressively restored. A Facebook marketplace deal has ended in
an Auckland woman's arrest, accused of robbery and seizure of
a firearm. Polis say a victim met a woman at

(01:29):
Westgate just after one am overnight to carry out a
purchase Thomas Rice has More.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
The victim's phone and ATM card were allegedly stolen and
used to withdraw cash. Police tracked and stopped a vehicle
in Manurewa, finding a modified pistol, ammunition, cannabis and stolen property.
A twenty five year old woman is due in the
Waitaketi District Court charged with theft and possession.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
A person's died after a workplace incident at Nelson's Port
just before one this afternoon. Emergency services located the person
in a critical condition and they couldn't be revived. Support
for the Commerce Commission blocking Food Staff's merging North and
South Island operations. The watchdogs found it could substantially lessen

(02:16):
competition and increase the risk for price coordination with Woolworth's.
Food Staff says it's disappointed. Consumer n z's Jamma Rasmussen
says merging could have also hurt suppliers.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
There are three magi byers and that's Foodstuffs, North Island,
South Island and Wilworth and to reduce that down would
really increase supply of vulnerability.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Businesses are becoming a little more confident. In Zie's quarterly
survey of business opinion shows owners a less persimistic about
economics and coming months. Business reporter Michael Circle has more just.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Five percent expect deterioration compared to forty percent three months ago.
Almost a third of seen activity decline in the last
three months, but I expected in the next three. Ensid
Ier says the results could be used to make a
case for another official cash right cut next week.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
To sport and Athletics, New Zealand and the Government are
working on a bid to bring the World Indoor Athletics
Championships here in twenty twenty eight. Liam Lawson has revealed
he was fielding conversations from other Formula One teams and
the lead up to getting signed as a full time
driver with racing balls for the remainder of the season.

(03:31):
And the Tall Blacks have found their new head coach
form Canterbury Rams charge jud Flavel will lead the national team,
replacing Pedrol Cameron. I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update tomorrow
morning from the news Talk ZEDB newsroom.
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