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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Raylene Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Monday, the tenth of March. Wellington Water's top
brass have apologized to regional mayors who've met to discuss
troubling financial claims. Our reports indicated the capital's water provider
hasn't got value for money, potentially wasting millions of rate
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payer dollars. CEO Pat Doherty says they're working to turn
things around. First thing is to say I'm sorry that
we're here today, sorry that we're here talking about value
for money, and be sure we are working to restore
public confidence. And board chair Nick Leggett says the findings
have been shocking and he's sorry.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I'm okay to take criticism for not having moved fast
enough at times because I'm really confident that the action
we have taken has been significant.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Asb doesn't plan to give the oil and gas sector
more support, banking executives are presenting to Arliament. It's at
a time mean z First has introduced a bill to
stop banks with drawing services for ideological reasons, including climate
change as Beare chair Dame to Raise Walsh says they
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don't want to lean into oil and gas, but recognize
the importance of supporting petrol stations.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Above our wait in terms of market share and petch stations,
and have done for a long time. We've got no
desires or plans to get out of that. We realize
that people need to go places.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
The government's hoping for a gold rush as it ramps
up mining and drilling. A project in the West Coast
reefed In names to produce gold by the end of
next year, creating two hundred and fifty new jobs. Political
reporter Azariah Howell has more.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
The government says it aims to double mineral export revenue
to three billion dollars by twenty thirty five. Reeften produced
more than seven hundred thousand ounces of gold over fifty
years from the early nineteen hundred's Resources Minister Shane Jones
as a processing plant is now being developed.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
The Prime Minister's heading to India this week looking to
get the trade ball rolling. His political editor Jason.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Walls, prioritizing a free trade deal with India was one
of National's coalition conditions with New Zealand First and on Saturday,
Chris Luxen's getting to work. He'll be visiting New Delhi
and Mumbai during the roughly week long trip with a
business delegation and a media contingent. Luxon says stronger trade
ties with India is a priority for his government, and
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on the trip he'll be meeting with Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Spa owners are being urgently worn to clean their polls
with a linked uptick in Legionier's disease. Health New Zealand
says the form of pneumonia results in a cheaste infection
that can be fatal.
Speaker 5 (02:47):
Dunnikan MacLean reports it's caused by the Legionella bacteria, which
lives in moist conditions and can cause illness ranging from
mild to severe. Spokesperson Matt Reid says they've detected ten
cases and the two twelve months to March eight and
improperly cleaned or maintained sparpoles. He says that's a significant
jump on three cases for the same period last year.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
To Sport and Golfer's Steve Walka has won the fourth
tournament on the twenty twenty five Seniors calendar, birdying the
first playoff hold to beat American Jason Caron in Tucson,
Arizona ASB Classicuina Clara Tawson has been dispatched by night
Seed and seventeen year old Mera Andreva in straight sets
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in the third round of the prestigious Indian Wales tennis tournament.
And Shane van Gisbergen has been tangled in a multi
car wreck at the latest NASCAR race in Phoenix to
crash out of the race less than a third of
the way through. I'm railing Ramsay and that is your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
tomorrow morning from the news Talk Seed b newsroom.