Morning Edition: 21 January 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 21 January 2025, 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):
Good morning, I never Readymanu, and this is your morning Newswixford, Tuesday,
twenty first of January. In this update, Donald Trump's inauguration
ceremony has begun at the Capitol Building in Washington, d C.
He will be sworn in as the forty seventh US President.
The guest list is packed with political leaders, former presidents,
and members of Trump's in a circle. Inaugurial Committee Chairwoman

(00:28):
Amy Klobasher has welcomed everyone to what is the sixtieth
inauguration ceremony.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Today, President elect Trump and Vice President Elect Vance will
take their o's of office, and we will witness the
peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harrison there Meanwhile,
First Lady Jill Biden is standing alongside Second Gentleman Doug M.
Hoff CNNs Dana Bashsees appeared to be taking it all
in and have managed to smile.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Imagine what's going through their minds about this moment and
what might have been and what could have been, and
a lot of things gone differently.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
International vocalist Christopher Machio has sung to this country now
the number of company liquidations and receiverships may get worse
before they get better. Figures in the company's office show
there were two and a half thousand liquidations last year,

(01:30):
the most seen since twenty fourteen. The one hundred and
eighty six company receiverships are the highest since twenty twelve.
Informetrics chief executive Brad Olsen says businesses still have some
hard months ahead until the impacts of lower interest rates
flow through.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Hopefully, as we make our way through to the second
half of twenty twenty five, those better economic conditions start
to slow. Just how many further businesses are put in
that difficult position.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Optimism in Dunedin but the government's health portfolio changing hands.
A major cabinet reshuffle has bumped doctor Shane Ritti's Health Minister,
replacing him with Sime and Brown. Brown's as he's focused
on delivery something to need in me and Jules Reddick
believes will be applied to the city's fraud South Island
Hospital project. Well, he's a pretty logical and practical person
and so I think you will get on with the

(02:13):
logical and practical reality of getting this hospital built. Please
for more investment in the country's water infrastructure. Otago University
research shows twenty one percent of pipe water is being lost.
In comparison, the Netherlands loses five percent and Germany six
They're also wasting around one hundred and twenty two million
dollars each year water. New Zealergy of Executive Jillian Blythe

(02:36):
told Francesca Rudkin different technologies like cermal imagery or acoustic
devices need to be utilized. It's not just the water
fountain that you see on a pipe down the street,
or it's not.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Just what's on your private network with the leaking tap.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
There are leaks throughout the system that need to be fixed.
In sport, two second half goals have earned the Wellington
Phoenix come from behind two to one a League A
League men's wet MacArthur Australian Alex Demonor is through to
a first Australian Tennis Open men's quarterfinal, where the straight
sets win over American Alex Michelson. ASB Classic champion Gaiale

(03:11):
mon Feast retired with a bank injury in the fall
set against American Ben Shelton, and finally a shock two
run lost to Nigeria for the New Zealand Women's under
nineteen cricket team at the T twenty World Cup in Malaysia.
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