Morning Edition: 12 December 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 12 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, I'm never ready, Manu, and this is your
morning News Fox for Thursday, twelfth of December. In this update,
Fire and Emergency's chief executive says bullying, harassment, sexism and
racism are experienced in his organization. Independent reviews have found
culture issues. In an end of year video message, Kerrie
Gregory says poor behavior exists in the stations, brigades, offices

(00:28):
and communications centers. Our people are our great assessset. You know,
I know that some of you watching this video come
to work or volunteer for us feeling anxious about the
behavior that you might face. Oh warning, the older cock
straight fairies get, the more unreliable they become. The government's
considering options in March to procure two new ships for

(00:49):
Cookstrait to begin service in twenty twenty nine. It's refusing
to discuss cost parameters. Greater Wellington Regional Council wants more
to be announced on vessel recovery and tugboats in the meantime,
Chair Darren Ponter says it's possible we'll need that over
the next five years. We have escaped by the skin
of our teeth. Over the last three years has just
been incident after and of the cookstraight officials warn the

(01:12):
government's wealthier policies alone aren't the best way to reduce
job seeker numbers. A bill before the House this week
will require job seekers to reapply twice as often and
face sanctions like money management for failing obligations. Its regulatory
impact statement states the best way to decrease benefit numbers
a government target is to prevent people coming on benefit

(01:33):
at all. Labour's Carmel Sepaloni says the Government's not help this.
The report is really clear it's the economic conditions and
job losses that will lead more people onto benefit. Instead,
the government is focused on sanctions. Multiple Immigration and Z
staff have been sacked or issued formal warnings after sending
inappropriate messages about migrants to their colleagues. RNZ reports sixteen

(01:58):
staff members have been disciplined following the discovery of the
team's chance. The staff are mainly based in Auckland, as
well as christ Church, Wellington and other centers. Immigration in
Z says ten workers have either been dismissed or issued
a formal warning already. Deputy Secretary Allison McDonald says that
the content of the messages were not at the level
necessary to inform any individuals. There's deep concern over wastewater

(02:22):
results showing the highest volumes of myth and cocaine use
since records began six years ago. Police testing between June
and September revealed weekly meth consumption was double the average
quantity of last year, and it also shows cocaine consumption
was almost twice as high as the average in twenty
twenty three. Drug Foundation Chief executive Sarah Helm says it

(02:45):
shows New Zealand drunk laws are in need of an
urgent update. I have been a mother of for four
years now. For not only is this an all time hig,
I've never seen such a big and crist basut stain
for such a long period of time. In sports, Saudi
Arabia has been rubber stamped by FIFA as the host
of the twenty thirty four Men's Football World Cup. Spain,
Portugal and Morocco will host the twenty thirty event, although

(03:08):
three South American countries will each host a match to
make one hundred years since the first World Cup in Uruguay.
England's Harry Brook has become the world's top Test batsman
in the latest rankings and Finally, Isaiah Yoh has become
the first Australian men's player in seven years to win
Rugby league's Golden Boot. I'm never ready, Manu. Then your

(03:30):
latest newswags will be back with the next update at
midday from the news Dog Zibe Newsroom