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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom this is newsfacs.
In this update, adahue is in place for the northern
coastline of the South Island following torrential rain and flooding.
One person was killed while reportedly trying to clear flood
damage south of Wakefield near Nelson. Nelson Mayor Nick Smith
says a large amount of contaminant is entered the coast
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and Tasman Bay.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
That's been compounded by some of our wastewater across the
region and for that reason, a rahui on swimming and
taking shellfish has been.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Imposed overseas and it's reported more than seventy people have
been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza in the past
twenty four hours, according to the Hamas run Health Ministry.
The death style includes a group killed near the Palestine
Stadium in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people. United
Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesperson Juliet Tumor told sk
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I News the situation is increasingly dire.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
People are being killed, starving people while they're waiting for
very very little food.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
New Zealanders have until tomorrow to get the full government
kei we Save a top up before the maximum subsidies reduced.
Westpac data reveals more than forty percent of its Key
we Save members missed out on the full subsidy in
the past two years because they hadn't contributed the required amount.
The government's contribution is currently capped at five hundred and
twenty one dollars a year, but will have from Tuesday.
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BT Funds Management Chief executive Nigel Jackson says chipping in
now is worth it if you can afford it. Every
dollar contributed up to one thousand dollars and forty two
had an immediate return of fifty cent. Protests are continuing
in Venice, in Italy following the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos,
one of the world's richest men. The Amazon billionaire, married
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TV presenter Lauren Sanchez on the small island of San Giorgio,
across the water from Saint Mark's Square. High profile guests
included Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey, and the Kadashian family.
Hundreds march through the city with signs which said things
like no space for Bezos, campaigning against mass tourism, high rents,
an elitism that's news to sports and Warriors coach Andrew
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Webster's asking for better after his team slump to back
to back defeats and League's NRL for the first time
this season. A flat first half performance proved too much
to overcome in a twenty six to twelve loss to
the Broncos in Brisbane. Liam Lawson feels weeks of toil
has finally come to fruition after his best qualifying performance
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of the Formula One season. The New Zealander will start
six for tomorrow's Austrian Grand Prix with Lando Norris on pole,
and the British and Irish Lions have begun their tour
of Australia in dominant fashion with a fifty four to
seven win over a Super rugby side, the Force in Perth.
In Tokyo, the Maley All Blacks have beaten the japan
Fifth fifteen fifty three to twenty. In Tokyo are the
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spring Box of Ease to a fifty four to seven
win over the Barbarians in Cape Town. That's Sport. I'm
Diana Vesch. For more news, listen to News Talk SEDB
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