Afternoon Edition: 09 January 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks Headby Newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfecs end this update. Another blaze has broken
out near iconic Hollywood attractions as the worst wildfires in
LA history continue to devastate the area. At least five
people have died, thousands of buildings have been destroyed, and
more than one hundred and fifty thousand people have been
ordered to evacuate. The six fires cover more than fifteen

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thousand hectares and are being propelled along by strong winds.
CNN's Bill Were says the new fire near Runyan Canyon
is right next to the Hollywood Sign and Walk of Fame.

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And that is the iconic winding streets with the million
dollar views from downtown to the Pacific, and that would
provide a whole new set of challenges for firefighters.

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Evacuations are continuing as fire cruise battle a large vegetation
fire that's threatening a number of homes east of funger Ay.
The blaze has broken out on Fungerray Heads Road between
on Rahi and Tamatero. Far An emergency seys, five helicopters
and ten fire trucks have been fighting the fire. The
roads close between Edward Road and Tamatero and people should

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avoid the area. The heralds Rachel Mayer is on scene.
There's multiple giant plumes of smoke coming out of the
gully really and it's going all the way across the harbor,
covering on a Ahi. Locals are being asked to keep
windows and doors closed due to the smoke. The government
says it's crackdown on unruly state housing tenants is working
to stamp out antisocial behavior. Data provided exclusively to our

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newsroom shows since ministers directed kainga Ora to go after
disruptive tenants, more than five hundred and fifty noticees threatening
tenants with losing their homes have been issued. It's up
from only forty one warnings in the same period in
the year prior. Housing Minister Chris Bishop sees in twenty
three cases people have been kicked out due to poor behavior,

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compared to only four in all of twenty twenty three.
A search is underway for a fisherman who fell into
the water at pr Beach today. The man, who is
described as being of Asian descent, was wearing a life
jacket while fishing from the rocks. That's news in sports.
Former warrior Monty Betham has gutted Tohu Harris won't have

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a fitting farewell in the NRL after being forced into
premature retirement. Harris was all set for an eighth season
at the club, but ongoing problems following off season surgery
on a wrist injury have caused him to reluctantly step down.
Fan favorite Gael Montfees is hugely relieved for a straight
sets quarter final winner the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland.

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The thirty eight year old Frenchman pummeled Argentinas for Chundo
Diaza Costa six three six ' one. Mohn Feast told
Sky Sport the match under blazing sun was draining. I'm
re exhausted somehow. I think that the heat got me
a little bit, but I mean it took me a
lot of energy In a constanda, the Cavaliers have won

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the battle of the NBA's best teams down in the
Oklahoma City Thunder one hundred and twenty nine, one hundred
and twenty two in Cleveland. That's sport. I'm Jody Gill.

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