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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I never Readymanu and this is your morning
news fix for Monday, twenty fourth of March. In this update,
Auckland Council will decide whether an upgrade at Eden Park
or a new stadium in Key Park will be the
city's national stadium. The final decision will be made at
Thursday's Governing Body meeting. A report from council staff this
afternoon will reveal the recommended best option. Auckland Councilor Shane
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Henderson led the stadium working group and he says counselors
don't necessarily have to follow that advice. Councilors can vote
that up, will vote that down. It's just the recommendation
that Sathwi bringing forward that will be a good indication
of where things might turn on Thursday. Auckland Transport is
struggling to collect millions of dollars in bus and transit
lane fines. In the three years to the end of
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twenty twenty four, just sixty eight percent of nearly twenty
nine thousand Auckland Transport findes are paid in part or
in full. Only fifty five percent of fines have been
paid from the ten main roads in the latest financial year,
where twenty eight point four million dollars of fines were issued.
White it Up, as MPs is a shooting in a
small town won't define who they are as a community.
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A man died of apparent gunshot wounds in Carterton after
a car was shot at in a supermarket car park
in Featherston on Saturday. Two men have been charged with
murder and a due to a pear in Wellington District
Court today. Mike Butterick says while there's a lot of
shock among residents, there's also relief that it didn't get
much worse. We're very lucky multiple shots were fired and
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a busy supermarket that there wasn't more harm. Course. Police
say a man was attempting to overtake a vehicle before
a head on crash that left a dozen people injured
on State Highway five near Topol. Four were taken to
hospital in a serious condition and eight people are in
minor to moderate conditions. After yesterday's two vehicle crash involving
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a van and an SUV. Police say initial inquiry suggests
the driver attempted to overtake a vehicle and instruct the
second vehicle head on the fifty seven year old van
driver has been charged with kereless driving causing injury. Thousands
of civil servants are being asked to identify potential areas
for further cost cutting. The most recent Public Service Census
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asked staff to identify if their work contributes to better
outcomes and whether it provides value for taxpayers. At the
end of the survey sent to every public servant, workers
were asked what changes would help the organization deliver results
for taxpayers. The popes being discharged from hospital after a
tough battle with double pneumonia, as medical team says he
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was at serious risk of death at least twice during
the last five weeks. Sky News Lisa Holland sees the
Pope was noticeably frail when thanking onlookers from the hospital balcony,
was slightly struggling to be but very noticing a lady
in the crowd with some yellow flowers, looking really determined
and looking really pleased. The Pope's returned to his Medican
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residents in Sport McLaren have gone one two via Oscar
Pistree and Lando Norris in Formula one action at the
Chinese Grand Prix, Lawson finished twelfth Shotporter Tom Walsh has
won his third gold medal at the World Indoor Championships.
The Bulldogs have been hit with an unusual penalty and
their sixteen to eight NRL win over the Eels. Ford
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Josh Curran has been pinged for impersonating the referee and
the black Caps have an unassailable three to one lead
over Pakistan in the T twenty cricket series with a
dead rubber to play. I never ready Manu. That your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at midday from the news Dogs ZB newsroom.