Midday Edition: 15 March 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talk said the newsroom, this is NEWSFACS.
In this update, a contractor's group says the government's investments
summit has been a raring success. More than one hundred
companies managing more than six trillion dollars were at the event.
Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief executive Alan Pollard says it
will be great to get a pipeline of projects going.

(00:26):
He says they'll be raring to go all the time.
The projects of the market. We're going to have sufficient
skills and experience to deliver the work. The freight sector
is celebrating the reopening of State Highway Ones Desert Road.
It's been closed for two months while it's been upgraded.
Transporting New Zealand says a detail always adding an hour
a day for trackies traveling both ways. Chief executive Don

(00:48):
Kalisi says there's another reason that trackies are relieved.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
It also means with those two routs open, he's much
less risk of what I call single point failure SEF.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Life Saving in Za's cautioning key is to stay safe
in our beaches. As patrols wrap up for the season,
paid lifeguards will no longer be watching the surf with
only volunteers around on weekends to keep eyes on the
water until Easter. National Coastal Safety Manager Tom Kearney says assistance,
supervision and advice now won't be immediately available. He says

(01:20):
anyone going to the beach should take a few minutes
to assess the conditions and their ability. Kearney says despite
preventable drownings dropping by nine nineteen last year, this season
has been busy promising. New findings show young Muslim immigrants
feel strongly connected to both their religion and ar Tierroa.

(01:41):
In spite of March fifteen, an Otago University study surveying
over two hundred and fifty youth found New Zealand's multicultural
population helps newcomers safely into Great Religion, into their keiwe identity.
Lead author Hassin Racy says this connects them to our
wider societ, going against stereotypes painting them as outsiders.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Especially after the cry shootingson they saw blods of impetymy
from the public and from leaders.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
It's been six years today since the attacks. That's news
in sports. The warriors are stoked. Lut Metcalf has shaken
off criticism of his Vegas outing to deliver in the
thirty six sixteen when over manly at Mount Smart taking
over from Shawn Johnson is halfback Metcalfe endured a tough
time in Sin City before rebounding with an assured performance

(02:35):
at home. Coach Andrew Webster says his inexperienced half will
only grow in the playmaking role.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
You handle the mental occasion this way really well, So
it was really unfair around criticism considering we didn't tackle
well or run the ball will last week, so I
didn't think we gave him any opportunities, so I thought
tonight he is very good off the backle.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
Platfor New Zealand writers have pedled to two team pursuit
medals on the opening day of the Nation's Cup on
the track in Turkey. The women's team earned the civil
medal in the four thousand meter team pursuit final, while
the men claimed the bronze medal. That sport. I'm Sandy Hodge.
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