Morning Edition: 28 October 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs
in this update New Zealand's labor weekend road tolls since
it's zero with less than twenty four hours to go.
Six people died on New Zealand roads over the weekend
in twenty twenty three, while seven died over the latest
easter period. There have been several disruptions on South Island
roads due to wet and snowy weather, where State Highway

(00:26):
six through Bulla gage still closed due to a slip
the floor's been found. In Auckland's new local alcohol policy,
it's been over a month since a two year ban
on opening new off licenses in the city's neighborhood centers
and priority suburbs kicked in, but only those established before
twenty thirteen are covered by the freeze. Communities Against Alcohol

(00:46):
Harm Secretary Grant Hwison says there's already one store planning
to open and a center that should be under the
man He says the policy needs updating, it doesn't really
change the intent and purpose of the protections, and there
is a provision in the Act for amending a local
alcohol policy. A retired surgeon says we need to get
away from the idea that finding and training more doctors

(01:09):
is the only answer to shortages in our health system.
It's after a group of professional organizations wrote to the
Health Minister asking him to pause legislating and training more
physician associates. They argued it was better to put more
funding into the existing workforce, but share of medical indemnity
insurance provider MEDICAS Richard Stubbs says we should embrace the

(01:29):
likes of physician associates and nurse practitioners. He says the
tasks they're doing can be learned more quickly than the
time it takes to train doctors. And survivors of abuse
and care and their loved ones are being called to
add to their names to a stream of ribbons to
be represented at the government's national apology organized at Cathcostae
says there are more than seven hundred names already attached

(01:51):
for those too old or sick to attend and those
who died waiting. The Prime Minister will address survivors of
abuse and neglect in the state and faith based care
system on November twelfth. Costas as people can add a
name to a ribbon through the Survivors on Ribbons going
to Parliament Facebook page and that's news. The Sport and
the Silver Ferns have taken the sparkle out of the

(02:13):
Australian Diamonds with a third crushing win in a row,
cleaning up by eighteen goals in Perth to claim the
Constellation Cup. Coach Dame Noling Totoas says their hustle was exceptional.
We've got good attackers who are defenders and good defenders
who are attackers and the ability to be able to
transition really fast. A star turn by skipper Sophie Devine

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has propelled the White Ferns to an emphatic seventy six
run win over India, leveling their three match ODI series
at one all. Keeweiz coach Stacy Jones acknowledges there's plenty
of work to do following their twenty two to ten
Pacific Championship lost to the Kangaroos in christ Church. New
Zealand needs to beat Tonga at Mount Smart on Saturday
to reach the final against the Aussies, and the Breakers

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are up to third on the Australian NBL Ladder after
beating the Sydney King ninety three eighty nine that sport.
I'm Scarlet Swartanovic. For more news, listen to news talks.
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