Midday Edition: 05 January 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the Newstalks headby newsroom. This is Newsfacs. In this update,
holidaymakers are facing further disruptions to cook straight fairy sailings
as wild weather makes its mark. Azaria Hall has the details.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Large southerly swells have forced the cancelation of forced sailings
on the Enterre Islanders at a Teddy today and tomorrow.
All impacted passengers are being moved to other sailings. Five
sailings are also canceled on the privately operated Blue Bridge,
which says weather conditions are likely to remain unsettled until
Monday night. Blue Bridge warns further cancelations are likely today

(00:43):
and tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Biosecurity New Zealand is determined to prevent an entrenched flute
fry population growing after a single male fly was found
in South Auckland. The pest, which can damage horticulture, was
found in a Papatoytry backyard. There are restrictions in place
around removing fresh fruit and vegetables from where the fly
was found. Biosecurity New Zealand spokesperson Mike Ingalls says it's

(01:08):
hard to say exactly how long the restrictions will last.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Well at the stage again working in two weeks cycle.
At the moment, we've again moved extremely quickly to make
sure we do that right. We're obviously conscious that we've
got to keep a community.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
After fifty years, the end seems nigh for the humble barcode,
which is set to be gradually phased out and replaced
with the next generation upgrade within two years. About ten
billion barcodes are scanned every day across the world, and
there are more barcodes scanned daily than there are searchers
on Google, but perhaps not for much longer. GS One,

(01:42):
the global nonprofit that oversees barcodes, has announced that standard
barcodes will be replaced by the end of twenty twenty
seven with a next generation barcode, a new square version
capable of storing much more information. Firefighters are bracing for
bush fire flat ups and increasing fire danger as Southern

(02:02):
Australia prepares for another day of a heat wave that's
taken temperatures into the forties. Hot conditions that are enduring
from Central Australia to the southeast, with pockets and Victoria's
east and New South Wales southeast to experience severe conditions
until later today. That's news in Sport a couple of

(02:24):
early breakthroughs for the black Caps after winning the toss
and bowling in the opening One Day International against Sri
Lanka and Wellington. Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy have each
taken a wicket, with Sri Lanka nineteen for two in
the eighth over moments ago. Naomi Osaka and Clara Tolsen
will square off in the ASB Classic Final in Auckland

(02:44):
from five pm. After straight set semi final wins, Osaka
triumphed six four six ' two over Alesha Parks to
get into the Big Dance and says she was forced
to adapt every march.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
Against every player, you kind of have to change things
here and there, and against her, she was definitely attacking
myself quite a lot, so I just tried to, I guess,
get it out of her.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Wingspan Arsenal have dropped points in the race for the
Premier League title, drawing one all at Brighton to set
Liverpool up with a five point buffer and two games
in hand. That Sports, I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,
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