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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm raiding Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the twenty fifth of March. An assessment
of a six point seven magnitude earthquake sent it off
to a Tarpary's southwest coast this afternoon. Poses no threat
of a tsunami on the Southland coast.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Jamie Cunningham reports residents in Southland and Fjordland are still
being urged to avoid beaches where strong and unusual currents
may be experienced. Geonette reports almost five thousand people felt
the shake at two forty three pm, centered west of
Stuart Island, thirty three kilometers deep. The National Emergency Management
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Agency says evacuations aren't required as no land threat is expected.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Labour's leaders says he hopes to retain his Wellington electorate
MPs despite proposed boundary changes. The Independent Representation Commissions mooting
changes to voting areas reflecting population growth. It includes replacing
three Lower North Island seats Mana, or Hardy and or
Takey with two Labours, Barbara Edmunds and Greg O'Connor hold
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the first two. Chris Sipkins says they'll have to discuss
what happens next.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I hope Greeg will stay within the Labour team and
so we'll work with him to identify the best way
of achieving that.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
We also clearly want Barb to be still be a
Labour member of Parliament as well.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
The Ministry of Health is assuring the public it's working
at speed to find out how an eleven year old
was mistaken for an adult mental health patient. Police took
the girl to why cut Those Henry Bennett Center this month,
where she was identified as a missing twenty year old,
handcuffed and medicated and kept for twelve hours. Health and
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Z Deputy Chief Executive Kath Cronan told are n Z
they're very sorry and are looking after the family.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
We are all extremely upset that this has happened.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
As I says, we're taking this seriously.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
We're going to get to the facts.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
A changing story from the Mahdi Development minister, who says
he wasn't aware a new government ARIM laws won't include
a treaty principal's clause. The government's new planning framework includes
acts around land development and environmental protection. This morning, Tama
Portaker claimed he didn't know it lacked reference to the
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treaty I've.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Heard of it is right now.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I don't treaty cool.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I haven't seen any formal document in that respect. Labour's
Willie Jackson says the government intention was clear.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I'm surprised and disappointed that the Minister of Maoria Development
wouldn't know about that.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
This afternoon, Portarka now says he hadn't understood the questions asked.
Police believe a sixty three year old man found dead
on a roadside in Wellington's Miramar last week was killed.
Launched a homicide investigation into Abdullah Nabi Zadar's death. Ethan
Minera reports.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
The man, originally from Afghanistan, was found with serious injuries
early in the morning as please search the streets after
a nearby home invasion burglary. He died in hospital the
next day. Please say he wasn't involved in the burglary
and the intruders still at large. It's unknown if the
case is are.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Linked to Sport and the departing breakers Front to Office
of Issue to final thank you. As the Australian Basketball
League Club's new owners prepared to take charge Brisbane's iconic
Gabber cricket and AFL ground is set for the scrap
heap after the twenty thirty two Olympics in the city.
Mainly CEO Tony Mestrov is adam and they can convince
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their halfback to again stay daily. Cherry Evans has gone
public with his desire to leave after this NRL season,
with the Sea Eagles scrambling to offer a two year
deal in response. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update tomorrow morning from the
news Talk zb newsroom.