Midday Edition: 28 December 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 28 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 talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs.
In this update, police are working to identify a man
found dead in the rock pools off Wellington's Breaker Bay yesterday.
The man is described as Caucasian, aged in his sixties,
of average titan build and clean shaven with short gray
white hair. He was wearing blue jeans, brown shoes, a

(00:26):
blue T shirt under a black long sleeved shirt and
had a gray jacket with him. Police are treating the
death as unexplained. An investigation is underway after a body
of a woman was found at the Foxton Beach boat
ramp at about six forty five this morning. Police so
the woman has been identified and workers on going to

(00:47):
ascertain the circumstances of her death and notify next of kin.
Russia continues to deny any involvement in the dawning of
an Azerbaij down Airlines plane. At least thirty dy eight
people were killed when the plane crashed in Kazakhstan, with
the Airlines saying the crash was caused by external physical
and technical interference, but Russian Civil Aviation Agency head dmitriy

(01:12):
Yandroff says the situation that day was very difficult. As
translated by the BBC, Ukrainian military drones were carrying out
terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in the city of Grosny
and others nearby. Now Yet changes are coming for free
university fees for first time tertiary learners. The governments confirmed

(01:32):
the entitlement covering up to twelve thousand dollars will shift
to cover student's final year of study rather than their
first tertiary. Education Minister Penny Simmons says the changes are
in line with the coalition agreement between National and New
Zealand First and follow cabinet approval in April. Frustration from

(01:54):
healthcare workers over the lack of resources for health patients
the heart of ar Tirami and Nui Trust chief executive
Letitia Harding says the wait times for patients are dangerous.
She says workers have told her they're annoyed about the
lack of attention that is being placed on the issue.
That's news in sport the right result, if not an

(02:17):
emphatic performance for one of the contenders in football's Premier League.
Arsenal have collected a one nil home win over Ipswich,
taking them within six points over league leading Liverpool, Brighton
and Brentford have played out a goalless draw. Optimism within
the Australian camp that the Melbourne Cricket ground pitch can
help them stay right on top. On Day three of

(02:39):
the Boxing Test against India, the visitors will resume at
one hundred and sixty four for five, still trailing by
three hundred and ten runs. Ozzie batter Steve Smith assesses
the mcg.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
Wicket, so you just got to keep hitting good areas
and be consistent. Ball's probably getting softer, quicker than perhaps
it normally does. Maybe takes a little bit of the
life and the carry out of it, but I still
think there's some seem on offer and even swing. I
think it their ball to swing at ad Over.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Still, two time champion Peter Wright is the latest through
to the last sixteen at the World Dance Championships in London.
That's sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to
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