March 12, 2025 • 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Thursday, thirteenth of March. In this update,
the waiting game continues with Scott Watson and his bid
for parole. Watson was sentenced to life with his seventeen
year non parole period for the killing of Olivia Hope
and Ben Smart in nineteen ninety eight. Their bodies have
never been found, and Watson continues to deny the murders.
(00:27):
Emily Ansel has more.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Four psychologists spoke at his sixth parole bought appearance yesterday
to say Watson is unfit for release due to his
violent and vengeful nature, one citing a feces throwing incident.
Two other experts say his release could be safely managed,
one adding his behavior maybe a prison survival mentality. A
(00:49):
decision is expected before April.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Also waiting is Labour MP Panair Henareh, who's apologized for
part of his behavior in Parliament but is standing by
other parts of it. He's appeared in front of Parliament's
Privileges Committee for performing a hukker in the House in
opposition to David Seymour's Treaty Principals Bill. Henna is as
he's sorry for leaving his seat as it was a
clear breach of the rules, but he won't apologize for
(01:14):
the huker itself and would do it again. A ruling
from the committee is forthcoming. The Minister in charge of
today's infrastructure investment summit is confident New Zealand has the
goods to attract billions of dollars worth of offshore capital.
Representatives of companies from all over the world will be
in Auckland today hoping to find a new home for
their investment. Capital and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop is confident
(01:38):
they'll find New Zealand a great place to invest.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
You think about everything that's going on in the world,
if only the olds looking pretty good.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
We're stable, we've got the rule of war, we've got
proper rights, we've got enormous natural resources, and we've got
a government that wants to go for growth.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
In Winston, Peters is being urged to stand up for
New Zealand's values as he heads to the United States.
The Foreign Minister will be traveling to New York and Washington,
d C. To meet with set Cretary of State Marco
Rubio and senior UN representatives Otaga University Professor of International
Relations Robert Padman says he expects peters to consolidate on
points that we agree with and speak of about those
(02:12):
we don't. White House officials are heading to Moscow to
lay out a Ukraine banked proposal for a thirty day
cease fire. Mico Rubio expects the issue of European sanctions
and frozen assets to come up. Public trust and confidence
in New Zealand police are recovering. The latest crime in
victim survey shows it's risen to sixty nine percent. That's
(02:33):
a two percent rise in the year to October twenty
twenty four. More than eighty percent of kiwi's believe officers
conduct themselves professionally. Former police negotiator Lance Burdette told Andrew
Dickens it's good news and follows changes to the organization's leadership.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Commissioner Richard Chambers. He has a front line officer who
has lots of experience and operations and he's pulling that
to the four right. So has made some changes the
top that's going to fly on down to the police themselves.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And in Sport Paramatta five Eighthsan Brown has admitted the
offer of a fourteen million dollar deal over ten years
was hard to ignore in his decision to sign with
Newcastle in League's Nrral from next season. Costa Barbarussis claims
the despair of missing out of the All Whites twenty
ten World Cup campaign as the driver behind his bid
(03:18):
to appear at the twenty twenty six edition. Golfer Rory
McElroy expects Tiger Woods to miss the entire season after
suffering a ruptured left achilles tendon while preparing to play
next month's Masters. I'm never retty Manu. That your latest
news fix and we'll be back with the next update
of midday from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good morning, I never ready Manu, and this is your
morning news fix for Thursday, thirteenth of March. In this update,
the waiting game continues with Scott Watson and his bid
for parole. Watson was sentenced to life with his seventeen
year non parole period for the killing of Olivia Hope
and Ben Smart in nineteen ninety eight. Their bodies have
never been found, and Watson continues to deny the murders.
(00:27):
Emily Ansel has more.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Four psychologists spoke at his sixth parole bought appearance yesterday
to say Watson is unfit for release due to his
violent and vengeful nature, one citing a feces throwing incident.
Two other experts say his release could be safely managed,
one adding his behavior maybe a prison survival mentality. A
(00:49):
decision is expected before April.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Also waiting is Labour MP Panair Henareh, who's apologized for
part of his behavior in Parliament but is standing by
other parts of it. He's appeared in front of Parliament's
Privileges Committee for performing a hukker in the House in
opposition to David Seymour's Treaty Principals Bill. Henna is as
he's sorry for leaving his seat as it was a
clear breach of the rules, but he won't apologize for
(01:14):
the huker itself and would do it again. A ruling
from the committee is forthcoming. The Minister in charge of
today's infrastructure investment summit is confident New Zealand has the
goods to attract billions of dollars worth of offshore capital.
Representatives of companies from all over the world will be
in Auckland today hoping to find a new home for
their investment. Capital and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop is confident
(01:38):
they'll find New Zealand a great place to invest.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
You think about everything that's going on in the world,
if only the olds looking pretty good.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
We're stable, we've got the rule of war, we've got
proper rights, we've got enormous natural resources, and we've got
a government that wants to go for growth.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
In Winston, Peters is being urged to stand up for
New Zealand's values as he heads to the United States.
The Foreign Minister will be traveling to New York and Washington,
d C. To meet with set Cretary of State Marco
Rubio and senior UN representatives Otaga University Professor of International
Relations Robert Padman says he expects peters to consolidate on
points that we agree with and speak of about those
(02:12):
we don't. White House officials are heading to Moscow to
lay out a Ukraine banked proposal for a thirty day
cease fire. Mico Rubio expects the issue of European sanctions
and frozen assets to come up. Public trust and confidence
in New Zealand police are recovering. The latest crime in
victim survey shows it's risen to sixty nine percent. That's
(02:33):
a two percent rise in the year to October twenty
twenty four. More than eighty percent of kiwi's believe officers
conduct themselves professionally. Former police negotiator Lance Burdette told Andrew
Dickens it's good news and follows changes to the organization's leadership.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Commissioner Richard Chambers. He has a front line officer who
has lots of experience and operations and he's pulling that
to the four right. So has made some changes the
top that's going to fly on down to the police themselves.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And in Sport Paramatta five Eighthsan Brown has admitted the
offer of a fourteen million dollar deal over ten years
was hard to ignore in his decision to sign with
Newcastle in League's Nrral from next season. Costa Barbarussis claims
the despair of missing out of the All Whites twenty
ten World Cup campaign as the driver behind his bid
(03:18):
to appear at the twenty twenty six edition. Golfer Rory
McElroy expects Tiger Woods to miss the entire season after
suffering a ruptured left achilles tendon while preparing to play
next month's Masters. I'm never retty Manu. That your latest
news fix and we'll be back with the next update
of midday from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.
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