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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon, I'm railing Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the third of October. Warnings to keep
off the roads in North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Kluther
to avoid surface flooding during the most rain in five
years are red heavy rain warnings and force with up
to one hundred and fifty millimeters of rain expected. Otago
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Regional Council is monitoring river levels. Dunedin City councils encouraging
people in low lying parts like South Dunedin to check
weather updates and is offering sandbags. Herald reporter being Tom
sat says there's been huge demand as people brace for
the brunt of the weather. It's not too.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Serious at the moment, but there's definitely that potential and
people are well aware in getting prepared.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Civil Defense is urging people with horses and live stock
near waterways to move them to higher ground. An orange
heavy rain warning remains for parts of Bay of Plenty
and Tide. Alfiti Health New Zealand says its deficit for
the past financial year is likely nearer billion dollars. The
organizations released its report for the quarter ending June earlier.
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In quarter three, a two hundred and ninety nine million
dollar surplus was forecast, but the preliminary financial result for
the year to the end of June is a nine
hundred and thirty four million dollar deficit. Danika McClain reports.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Health New Zealand says it's due to one off impacts
and a deterioration in underlying financial performance. Those one off
impacts include COVID nineteen stock being written off or consumed,
and costs related to paying staff for Holiday's Act remediation.
Others include reductions in holder Maori funding.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
The Prime Minister says New Zealand's made richer culturally, economically
and socially by immigration. Census data reveals one point four
million New Zealanders were born overseas. The nationwide headcount shows
the highest number of foreign born Kiwis are from the UK, China,
India and the Philippines. Chris Larkson says he has huge
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admiration for immigrants to New Zealand.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They leave everything that they know behind, their family, their friends,
their culture, their language. They come to New Zealand because
they believe this is a place if they work hard,
they can get ahead.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
A forty two year old who threatened to kill Damegis
and Rad Deurn has been convicted. Richard Trevor Savell represented
himself in todong A District Court with aspects the judge
called legal gobbledegook. The prosecution's case included multiple online threats,
messages and voice recordings between November of twenty twenty one
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and January twenty two. Savell's also been convicted of obstructing police.
He's been remarded on bail ahead of sentencing in January.
In New Zealand and neighboring nations have renewed security commitments
and will form a Pacific response Group. The Defense Minister
has hosted counterparts from across the South Pacific at this
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week's annual meeting. Australia, Fiji, France, Tonga, Chile and Papua
New Guinea attended. Japan, The UK and US observed from
afar Now to Sport and former Silver Ferns Captain Bernice
Menne believes Dame Noline Todo is still searching for the
best combinations following the Tiny Jamison Trophy Netball Series loss
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to England. Maddie Gordon, Camiodopoi and Kate Hefferan all featured
at center in game two. Retaining his PGA Tour card
is Ryan Fox's biggest priority heading into the home stretch
of his golf season. Isaac Peach, the trainer of middleweight
boxer Andre Mkalovitch, has labeled the IBF World champ yannibek
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alem Hanel Hanel Hannela, a disgrace to boxing ahead of
tomorrow night's title Barton, Sydney, I'm Raylen Ramsey. That is
your latest news fix and we'll be back with the
next update tomorrow morning. From the News Talks, it'd be
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