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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is newsfacs in
this update that Ahue remains in place in the Bay
of Plenties a Hopie Beach after the disappearance of a
man who was evading police on Christmas Day. It's been
more than thirty six hours since the forty eight year
old jumped into the harbor at around six pm on Wednesday.
Police had been calls to investigate a family harm incident.
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The search was stood down last night's but is resuming
this morning. Auckland's rail network is now shut. No trains
will be running on any lines from today as Kiwi
Rail carries out critical upgrades to prepare for the City
Rail Link to open in twenty twenty six. The network
will partially reopen on January twenty eight, with all services
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for the operation again on February third. Kiwi Rail Chief
Infrastructure Officer Andre Lovett says it's a massive amount of work,
with more than thirteen hundred staff working across one hundred
and ten sites.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
The purpose of these full network closures is to really
hit them hard and get a whole lot of work done,
because it's much more efficient to get work done in
the rail corridor when there's no trains running.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
A push for improved data on the number of kiwis
struggling with ADHD. The country's ADHD figures are based on
OECD rates, which suggests around two hundred and sixty to
two hundred and eighty thousands lived with the disorder, but
ADHD and Z spokesperson Darren Bull says the health sector
would be able to respond better if more accurate data
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on who needs help was collated.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
And there's pockets of information held from dottor surgeries to
Fhonemaker collect data on what is prescribed. If we're able
to have a database across the country, that will be
the best answer.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The Ministry of Health says their Child and Youth Mental
Health Survey, to be published in twenty twenty seven, will
help understand ADHD prevalence. New Zealand does are being urged
to understand the dangers of leaving a dog in a
hot car. More than four hundred complaints received by the
SPCA during the warmer months last year, prompting a call
for vigilance as an offense under the Animal Welfare Act
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to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they're
showing signs of heat stress inspector Team leader Ben Lecomi
says it only takes a few minutes in a hot
car to cause damage. That's newszime Adam Cooper and Sports.
Australian teenager Sam Constance has shrugged off any signs of
bad bloods with India's Vrat Coley following a mid pitch
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clash during the opening day of the Fourth Cricket Test
in Melbourne. The nineteen year old opener, who made sixty
from sixty five balls on debut, bumped shoulders with his
opponent after the tenth over, leading to an exchange of
words between the pair. Coley has been fined twenty percent
of his match fee for the incident. Constance feels the
run and came in the heat of the battle. I
was just doing my gloves and I think you accidentally
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bumped me. But I think that just cricket, just the tension.
Play resumes at twelve thirty today with Australia three hundred
and eleven for six. Chris Woods's Nottingham Forest have moved
to third on the English Premier League ladder after a
one neil win over Tottenham at home. Meanwhile, Manchester City
have been held so a one all draw with Everton
and Chelsea have been stunned to one by Fulham at
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Stamford Bridge, and that sport. For more news, listen to
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