Midday Edition: 10 October 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 10 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fakes for Thursday, the tenth of October. People in
Florida are now being urged to shelter in place as
Hurricane Milton nears. With no time left to evacuate, conditions
will only worsen. With the Gulf Coast already being hit
by storm surges, the nearing storm has brought tornadoes, torrential rain,

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and thunderstorms. CNN's Boris sand Shares in Tampa says there
have been more than ninety tornado warnings across the state.
That's more than Florida's ever seen in a single day,
and it's very wide. Squad Mvat says eighty six New
Zealanders are registered on Safe travel as in Florida, with
potentially others not registered. They're urged to follow local advice

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and seek suitable shelter. A major salvage operation continues at
the site of the Manawanui's shipwreck. The one hundred million
dollar naval ship hit a reef off Samoa's southern coast
and sank on Sunday. A shiny coat of diesel has
coated the water's surface, and officials are monitoring closely for
further leaks. TVNZ's Barbara Driva is in Samoa. She says

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the smell of the fuel is overwhelming.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
The environmental groups that are working on this to salmon
government have also taken water samples, so those sort of
things are going to be really crucial to find out
just what damage has been done.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Confidence the country will reap the benefits of reforms to
the emergency management system. The government's released a long term
vision for the system over the next five years, which
will see changes to the overall approach taken. Local government.
New Zealander is welcoming the announcement. Spokesperson Rehead Stalts says
associated costs are always an issue, but every dollar invested

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will be worth it, so I would.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Much rather have the discussions about appropriate funding being input
at the front end because that would save us in
the long run.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Banks are introduced ueing a crucial scam reduction measure from
late November. The new Confirmation of Payees service will let
banks check account names against numbers before payments are made.
With more Business reporter Michael Sergel.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Customers will be notified where the names and numbers match
real time records. The government says it's sought the change
to make bank transactions safer consumer and z says it's
shameful it's taken this long to introduce.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Our professor of International Relations is talking up the value
of New Zealand's attendance at the East Asia Summit. The
Prime Minister landed overnight in Laos for the annual forum,
joining seventeen other nations including the US, China, Russia and India.
Chris likes and says he hopes to discuss economic growth,
trade and regional security. Victoria University Center of Strategic Studies

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Director David Cappy says it presents massive opportunities. If you
think about all the countries that want to get to
the door of the White House or the door of
the Premiere of China, at the door of the Prime
Minister of India, those are hard opportunities to make happen.
Dave Latelli is closing down his South Auckland Food Bank
after Christmas because of unsustainable costs. It's been supplying up

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to one thousand families a week to sport. Former Island
rugby captain Johnny Sexton insists he's surprised by the reaction
to revelations surrounding his spat with All Black Rico Yowani
after last year's World Cup quarterfinal fourteen Northern Hemisphere bound
All Blacks will play this weekend's NPC quarterfinals. A failed

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bid to get to Europe has culminated in Australian footballer
Stefan Kolakowski signing with the Phoenix, and basketball's NBA has
canceled tomorrow's Orlando hosted pre season match between the Magic
and the Pelicans due to the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the

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News Talk zb newsroom.