Afternoon Edition: 23 December 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 23 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):
From the news Talks Headby Newsroom. This is newsfacs. In
this update, Plise are hunting for a prisoner who's escaped
custody from Waikato Hospital this afternoon. Authorities were notified around
one thirty about the corrections escapee. Police ask anyone who's
seen anything suspicious in the surrounding areas near the hospital
to call them immediately. One person's been arrested after a

(00:27):
person was shot in the Hodarchy District's Pidor. Police recorded
to a property near the Corbett and Albert Street intersection
just before eleven am after reports of a gun being fired.
One person has minor injuries. Officers have recovered the firearm
thought to be involved. A thirty three year old man
will appear in the Hamilton District Court tomorrow charged with
wounding with reckless disregard and commission of an offense with

(00:50):
a firearm. Police want to speak with anyone who spotted
a silver Samaru and Presser hatchback carrying a bootful of
wood around Pidor this morning. A large scale illegal cigarette
import scheme has been uncovered, leading police to seize more
than two point five million dollars worth of assets. Last November,
Customs intercepted one hundred and ten kilograms of loose tobacco

(01:12):
and over two hundred and thirty thousand cigarettes concealed in
Chinese tea packets. Blake Benny reports the patridges were being
sent to Napier and Gisbon residential in business addresses and
equated to around six hundred and forty five thousand in
defrauded revenue. Investigations found similar patridges had been imported and
were being sold through a restaurant which had further cigarettes

(01:34):
and cash seized.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
In March.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Gisbone police also seized four residential properties and have charged
four people with various customs offenses. The nineteen year old
missing from Upper Heart has been found alive but is
understood to be injured. RNZ reports Maya Johnston has a
broken leg and ribs after a fall and a remote
bush area of Upperhart. She's been airlifted out after two

(01:57):
nights missing. Her mother Amy Walsh as its relief and
they're just happy she's safe. In an a New Zealand
flight from christ Church to Auckland's been forced to turn
around due to a hydraulic system issue identified shortly after takeoff.
Chief Operating Officer Alex Marins. As a result, it's also
had to cancel the return service from Auckland to christ Church.
That's news some scarlet. Swittanovich to Sport and Bernard lung

(02:22):
Is reassured golf fans that Tiger and Charlie Woods will
soon win the PGA two is annual family teams event.
Langa and son Jason are pipped Team Woods and a
sudden death playoff in Florida, but the Germans says the
Woods are too good to miss out on the title
going forward. Tottenham manager and Posta Conglus adamant his approach
won't change despite Spurs been a below par eleventh on

(02:44):
the Premier League table, despite conceding thirteen goals in their
last three home matches. The Aussie coach insists as all
or nothing attacking philosophy is here to stay.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
I've been really really patient the last thiry to a
months setting up here, answering the same questions over and
over again. If people want me to change my approach,
it's not going to change. Like we're doing it for
a reason. We're doing it because we think it'll help
us be successful.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
Two time NRL Premiership winner Joey Manu has made a
promising start to his rugby career in Japan, scoring a
try on debut for the Blitz. And that's sport. I'm
Scarlet Swatanovic. For more news, listen to news talks. It'd
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