Morning Edition: 06 December 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 06 December 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 morning.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
I never ready Manu and this is your morning news
fix for Friday, sixth of December and this update. CRUs
have been working through the night to fight the fire,
which is burnt through scrub near Lake Pearson and Canterbury.
Eleven homes in Castle Hill Village remain occupied as fire
and emergency encourages self evacuation. Firefighters say those remaining must

(00:26):
be ready to evacuate at short notice should they need
to escape the five hundred and thirty five hectare blaze.
Fire conditions are expected to improve today. Met Service meteorologist
Lewis Fernandez says the area is heading into a cooler
day with isolated showers later.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
We are also expecting the winds to be lighter across
the area, which will be welcome news as well as
regards to the fire.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Shock in a South Auckland community after a man arrived
at a medical center with gunshot injuries. A homicide investigation
has been launched after the man was taken to Middlemoor
Hospital yesterday afternoon, where he died. Witnesses described seeing armed
police and the Eagle helicopter outside Clinton Medical Center in
the afternoon. Police have also established a scene guard on

(01:09):
Gambier Place in wattle Downs, a short drive away from
the center. The Police Association president is backing a decision
to focus on quality cops, not just quantity. The government
had promised five hundred new officers by the end of
next year, but new Commissioner Richard Chambers doubts they'll hit
that target. Before June twenty twenty six, Police Association president

(01:31):
Chris Carhill told Ryan Bridge the target was always going
to be a big ass police.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
He's been honest and we certainly agree you shouldn't lower
the standard.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
A facial recognition trial has prevented about one hundred serious
harm incidents in supermarkets. The figures come from independent analytics
firm Scalaate following the six month trial of the technology
at twenty five Foodstuff's North Island stores. A report of
the trial shows more than seventeen hundred alerts of offenders
and their accomplices were generated across the New World and

(02:01):
pack and safe locations. Scalati director Adam Bakers is that
the benefits of the technology far out weigh its privacy concerns.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
It recognizes known offenders at the point that they try
to enter the store and allows the security team in
the store to intervene early and stop that offender.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
The largest list of New Zealand Bravery Awards since they
were established in nineteen ninety nine has been released today.
The awards include events related to the christ Church Mosk attack,
armed assaults, including the twenty twenty one Dunedin and Newland
supermarket attacks, cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary weather event.
Shannon Johnstone reports.

Speaker 3 (02:38):
There are thirty eight people who have been awarded too posthumously.
The New Zealand Bravery Star has been awarded to three people,
ten people have been awarded the New Zealand Bravery Decoration
and twenty five people awarded the New Zealand Bravery Medal.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
In sport, former Black Camps coach Mike Hessen is confident
with New Zealand's decision to go with a four prong
pace attack. In this morning's second cricket Test against England
and Wellington, a poor third quarter has cost the break
as their third consecutive Australian Basketball League defeat, going down
ninety seven seventy to Melbourne United and Christchurch. Mercedes driver

(03:15):
George Russell as accused Formula One champion elect Max versht
Up and the bullying and threatening behavior as a dispute
between the pair at Monday's Cutter Grand Prix deepened. Finally,
three time Olympic equestrian champion Charlotte dud du Jardin has
been handed a one year suspension over a horsewhipping scandal.
And I'm never ready, Manu. Then your latest newsweaks. We'll

(03:36):
be back with the next update at midday from the
newstalk ZB newsroom.