Afternoon Edition: 29 November 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 29 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Susie nordquiston this is your afternoon news
fixed for Friday, the twenty ninth of November. The Manawanui's
grounding and sinking off the coast of Sama was a
result of human era. The navy vessel went down nearly
two months ago after hitting a reef while surveying the coast.
The interim Court of Inquiry report shows a series of

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human errors meant the ship's auto pilot wasn't disengaged when
it should have been. Thomas Rice has More.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Garren Golding, says the crew
mistakenly believed the ship's inability to respond to direction changes
was caused by a thruster control failure. He says standard
procedure should have prompted the ship's crew to then check
that it was under manual control, but that didn't happen,
so the ship continued an autopilot, eventually hitting the reef

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and grounding.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Rare Admiral Golding says given the human error finding, a
separate disciplinary process will start once the Court of Inquiry concludes.
The Prime Minister says they don't want the country's highest
earners clanging up the Employment Relations Authority. The government wants
to introduce legislation which would prevent anyone earning more than
one hundred and eighty thousand dollars a year from raising

(01:16):
an unjustified dismissal claim. The change will be progressed through
the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, with hopes to introduce it
next year. Chris Luxon is in Ashburton today visiting farmers
and says people earning that money make up three point
five percent of the workforce. At that level, you've got
people who can develop their own employment contracts and their

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own arrangements around when employment contracts and arrangements aren't working,
that they can sort that out themselves. New research shows
the majority of Kiwi's support using facial recognition in retail stores.
Food Stuff's North Island around a six month trial of
the technology in its supermarkets earlier this year to help
identify repeat shoplifters and improve safety. It's surveyed more than

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one thousand and Kiwi adults, finding sixty six percent except
facial recognitions use even if the harm reduction is minimal.
The more harm it reduces, the more people support it.
Six percent of people say they'll never be in favor,
even if it meant one hundred percent harm reduction. The
Crown has finally closed its case and the trial over

(02:20):
the death of christ Church real estate agent Yan Fei
Bao King jun Cha is charged with murder and is
defending himself. The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective
Inspector Nikola Reeves, has been repeatedly denying his propositions during
cross examination, where he called the CCTV photos and texts fake.

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He also told Reeves Bal's damaged phone was planted by police.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Well, that's ridiculous. That did not happen. That's incorrect.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
That is another incorrect assertion. Reeves remains adamant to investigation
was conducted with integrity. There are calls for more regulation
around ol slohole deliveries. A study in the New Zealand
Medical Journal reveals more than seventy percent of alcohol orders
are being delivered without an ID check and almost half

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for being left unattended at the door of our Many
deliveries were also made in less than half an hour.
Alcohol Health Watch director Andrew Galloway says the checkbox many
websites display isn't a foolproof system.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
What we do know from delivery alcohol is that it
can extend a drinking session. People can drink more than
they intended to andrik heavier.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
To Sportner and Black Caps batter Mark Chapman has fallen
just short of creating Auckland cricket history. He was dismissed
for two hundred and seventy six against Canterbury. It is
the second highest first class score ever by an Auckland batter.
I'm Susie Nordquitzt and that's your latest news fix. We
will be back with a next update tomorrow morning from
the News TALKSI bus room