Morning Edition: 23 November 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is NEWSFACS.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, a public health advocate says arise in
hooping cough cases has been a long time coming, officials
say the countries in the early stages of an epidemic.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
ESR.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Reports have been two hundred and sixty three cases in
the past four weeks. The Immunization Advisory Center's Nicky Turner
says epidemics repeat every four to six years, but this
cycle has been interrupted by COVID.

Speaker 4 (00:32):
It's not a surprise, but it's certainly a worry. It
really affects young children and the infants in particular end
up in hospital and they can die, so it's a
really nasty disease.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel
where two Australian teenagers state who were fatally poisoned by
tainted alcohol, in a case that appears to have claimed
the lives of at least six people. A source told
the Associated Press that a number of people had been
detained in the case, but that no charges had yet
been failed. There are fears the relationship between police and

(01:06):
small towns could suffer under new gangpatch laws. The new
police power which came into force this week allows officers
to arrest people for displaying gang insignia and public jordan
done with more.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
More than a dozen gang members are due to face
court under the new law already, including an Auckland leader
of the Headhunters. Police Association President Chris Carhill says the
legislation could lead to more assaults on police in rural areas.
He says it can make enforcement more difficult in places
like Northland and Hawk's Bay because of intergenerational gang members

(01:40):
who make up the community.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
A Wakato prisoner is set to appear in court today
after allegedly escaping custody and assaulting two corrections officers during
a medical appointment. Police say the spring Hill Corrections Facility
inmate carjacked vehicle in the Waikato Hospital car park yesterday,
was then spiked in Cambridge three hours later. The twenty

(02:02):
five year old man is facing a number of charges
and that's news to sports. The All Blacks have signed
off preparations for their final test of the year against
Italy tomorrow and Chili conditions into Urn. Rugby editor Elliot
Smith is.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
There snow last night in Churin and today the All
Blacks will put through their paces in icy high winds,
blowing off the snow darce nearby mountains and making it
feel according to local meteorologists around one degree. Beanies, long
sleeves and track pants for a must for the players,
as though were batted by the arctic blast and the
last time on the training paddock this year. It'll plunge

(02:41):
below zero tonight and again for the ten past nine
kickoff tomorrow local time. Arctic conditions are in to Dunedin
in July, but at least there there is a roof
in Chruran with the all blacks.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Elliott Smith fast bowlers have ruled the opening day of
the first cricket Test between Australia and India in Perth
with seven jan wickets tumbling. Australia is sixty seven for seven,
trailing by eighty three runs after bowling India out for
one hundred and fifteen. And that sport. I'm Donna Marie Lever.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
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