Morning Edition: 26 December 2024

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 26 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):
No, the news talk said the newsroom, this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update. One static speed camera near Wellington made
nearly one point five million dollars in the first half
of this year. Our newsroom can reveal the camera between
Glover Street and Newland's Road Overbridge on State Highway one
issued nearly twenty thousand tickets. The next two highest earning
speed cameras in the same period were in Auckland's Dome

(00:29):
Valley and Waterview Tunnel Lachland Reni reports.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
AA Road Safety spokesperson Dylan thompsince his international research show
speed cameras lead to a twenty percent reduction in fatal
and serious crashes, a police spokesper since his speed is
the single biggest factor in the outcome of any crash.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Speculation over the course of a plane crash which has
killed dozens of people. The Uzerbaijan Airlines flight caught fire
while attempting an emergency landing in Kazakhs. It's done. The
flight was en route from Azerbaijan to Russia, but diverted
due to fog. Officials from the countries involved have stated
different numbers for those who are on board and those

(01:10):
who survived. Former National Transportation Safety Board General manager Pete
Goles told CNN the aircraft was clearly not under control
and a bird striker is only one possibility.

Speaker 4 (01:23):
An aircraft like the Embryra, which has a very good
safety record, can fly perfectly well without one engine, so
there might have been other damage to the aircraft as well.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
A dozen inmates at Waikato's Why Carrier Prison are facing
misconduct charges after being caught with homemade liquor on Christmas Eve.
Ten of the inmates are now in solitary confinement and
two have been moved to other prisons. General manager Jim
Wilson says the unit was temporarily locked down but is
now operating as usual and escape prisoners whereabouts is still unknown.

(01:56):
After he got away from Corrections custody at Waikato Hospital
earlier the Thay week, forty eight year old Damon Anderson
was filmed shimmying down a pipe from the eighth floor,
not wearing handcuffs and in his underwear on Monday afternoon.
Please say he isn't considered an immediate risk to the public,
but urge people to report any sightings of him. Corrections
is undertaking a review of how he managed to escape

(02:18):
that's news. The breakers shooting woes have seen them fall
to an eighth consecutive loss in the Australian Basketball League.
The key we side shot fifty percent from the field
and just four from twenty three from the three point
line in the ninety seven eighty two Christmas Day loss
to the jack Jumpers, and Tasmania coach Patrick Copenan admits

(02:40):
there's no easy effects.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
Claire we with a confidence is different than player without
and for me the shooting is most important skill in basketball.
You can play defense, you can shoot the ball, you
can have a great career, but just need to be
better nothing else.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Meanwhile, the Illawarra Hawks have consolidated top spot on the
ladder with one hundred and eleven to one hundred and
win over the Sydney Kings. Australia is looking to explore
deep into its bowling arsenal for the Boxing Day Test,
starting this afternoon against India in Melbourne. Mitch Marshall is
expected to play a much bigger role on the MCG
despite only bowling two overs in the last Test in Brisbane,

(03:17):
while Victoria native Scott Boland has come in for the
injured Josh Hazelwood, that's sport. I'm Alista Wilkinson. For more news,
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