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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Friday, the fifteenth of November. Taparty Maori
is standing by its MP Hannah Raffiti Mighty Clark, who
was suspended from Parliament yesterday. Mighty Clark instigated a hukker
after heated back and forth over the Treaty Principal's Bill
Taparti Maori leader Rawit wait Tits joined the hundreds marching
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through Rotarua today for the National Hikoy. Waitt says hacker
is a natural way for Maori to support their co
Pappa and says they'll be using every tool in their kitty.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
We're in We're not in England. I understand if we're
in England that they that they've got. You know, we're
in Rome do as the Romans. But here in on Taro.
You want to see more of that than you better
buckle up. Donald Trump has announced Robert F. Kennedy Junior
as his pick for United States Secretary of Health and
Human Services. Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic. Trump says he
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will play a big role in insuring people are protected
from harmful chemicals, pharmaceutical products, pollutants, pesticides and food additives.
CNN's Chief medical correspondent, doctor Sanjay Gupta, says the medical
establishment is concerned.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
People sending the emails, saying I can't think of someone
who would be more dangerous to public health.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Clear and present danger to public health.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Consumers will no longer need to track their to rack
their brains to find information related to their insurance policy.
New legislation has been designed to modernize outdated insurance laws,
helping protect consumers and provide certainty for insurers. A bill
has passed its third and final reading in the House.
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Consumer New Zealand Investigative team leader Rebecca Styles says there's
going to be more emphasis on insurers to ask the
right crest questions. We could be paying slightly higher levees
on our power bills by this time next year. The
Electricity Authority is proposing to increase the average household levee
by twelve cents to two dollars six cents per month
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and the average business levee by seventy seven cents to
twelve dollars fourteen per month. It says the electricity system
is becoming increasingly complex. Immigration New Zealands announced it's making
changes to improve the visa application process following a report
by the Order to General. The report made recommendations to
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improve the system to put a greater focus on attracting
skilled residents. Immigration New Zealand says it's welcoming the report
and is working to implement the recommendations. The APEX summits
could be an opportunity for new trading markets. Chris Luxen
arrives in Peru this afternoon along with Foreign Affairs Minister
Winston Peters and Trade Minister Todd McLay. Finance Minister Nikola
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Willis is calling for feedback on how the government can
innovate the ways it helps those to help those most
in need. Willis has given an address at a Social
Investment who he in Lower Half this morning. New analysis
is laying bare the huge challenge of mismanaged waste. It's
found global waste is on track to double by the
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middle of the century. Greenhouse gas emissions are also set
to grow by thirty seven percent. To Sport, New Zealand
cricket great Tim Salvey plans to retire from tests at
his home ground of Seddon Park, Hamilton against England next month.
He will remain available in case the black Caps make
the World Championship Final at Lord's in June, and World
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Rugby vote to implement a global trial of twenty minute
red cards has been deferred until after next year's Six Nations.
I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix. We'll be
back with the next update at five pm from the
newstalk ZB newsroom
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