Afternoon Edition: 17 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 17 November 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):
From the news talks edby Newsroom. This is newsfex In
this update, ACTS leaders feeling uncertain about meeting to Hikoy
more tutidity as it nears Weddington. The March in opposition
to Act's Treaty Principles Bill and the government's policies effecting
Mardi arrives in the Capitol on Tuesday. David Seymour says
he was initially keen to meet the marchers, but he's

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losing enthusiasm.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Can I hope to have a decent exchange through and
the communication with protests being organized by the same people
that were responsible for that display in Parliament this week?
So I'm becoming a bit more hisotant I got to say.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Auckland's Crowned Cabs is being called out for overcharging Coldplay fans.
One person paid one hundred and sixty three dollars for
a ten kilometer trip to Mount Roskill, roughly seventeen dollars
a kilometer. Another fan caught a Crown Cabs taxi to
Titterangi Village, a distance of thirteen kilometers, and was charged
one hundred and seventy dollars. The Small Passenger Service Association's

(00:58):
Warren Quirk says they've received multiple complaints about Crown Cabs.
Crowncab's phone number appears to have been disconnected. More than
sixty landmarks will light up in purple this evening to
mark World Prematurity Day Today. Every ninety minutes a baby
that will need neonatal or special care is born. In
New Zealand. Little Miracles Trust CEO Sarah Rusholm says having

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a premature baby can be stressful and unexpected, and families
can be totally unprepared. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky believes Donald
Trump's new White House team will end its war with Russia.
Mister Zelensky says he's had a constructive exchange with the
President ellect Throughout his campaign, Trump signaled ending the war
to be a priority, but he hasn't yet divulged how

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he plans to do it. Mister Zelenski, translated here by
the BBC, says, while there's no exact date, he's sure
the incoming US administration will have the policies to end
the war faster.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
This is their approach, this is their promise to their society,
and it is also very important for them, not only
for the sake of Ukraine.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
That's news. In sport, the All Blacks are concerned about
the health of second five Jordi Barrett, who was forced
from the field with a knee injury during their thirty
to twenty nine lost to France in Paris this morning.
Barrett recently had a left knee injury that sidelined him
for six weeks. Assistant coach Jason Holland hopes this new
injury is not serious.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
And he's hoping there's nothing too much wrong with his
knee the other knee that he has, other knee, so
hopefully it's only a short, short term a couple of weeks,
but you know, we'll know about that. Wet Skins and.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
The black Caps are banking on a better batting effort
in tonight's second One Day with Sri Lanka in Candy.
The black Caps are one kneel down in the three
match cricket series after a batting collapse in the first
One Day International. Brock Feenie has taken poll for the
final Supercars race of the season in Adelaide. That's sport.
I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news, listen to news Talks,

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