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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Wednesday, the eighth of October. Nearly two
dozen protesters have been arrested demonstrating outside Christ Churches Convention Center.
Activists have rallied outside to PIE, which is hosting an
aerospace summit this morning. At least thirty officers are attending
and have arrested twenty two people for trespassing and obstruction.
(00:27):
Herald reporter Mike Thorpe says the demonstrators are holding firm
as police continue to take them in. Once one band
filled up, they bring another one At one page who
was more than a dozen who were linked together outside
the entrance. Concerns over an overall decline in New Zealander's
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mental and physical health. A report from the Association of
Salary Medical Specialists has found the number of people reporting
excellent health has dropped nearly ten percent since twenty eleven.
It finds psycho logical distress has increased, climbing in the
fifteen to twenty four year old group from five percent
to twenty three. Author Andrea Black says this signal's issues
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for more than the health system. People aren't going to
be quite as good at their jobs, They're going to
have difficulty engaging with their families and being part of
the New Zealand society. Nature based solutions could be the
answer for increasingly threatened coastal communities. A new Ministry for
the Environment and Stats n Z report reveals changing marine
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conditions are putting our infrastructure, industries and ecosystem at risk.
Thirteen hundred coastal homes could suffer major damage from extreme
weather by twenty sixty. Ministry Departmental Chief Science Advisor Allison
Collins says features like wetlands, dunes and reefs protect communities.
How are ready the front lines that help us withstand
(01:51):
storm searches, sea level rise, filter nutrients and sediments that
are coming from the land. More students now think it's
important to attend school daily, and Education Review Office report
show students are taking school more seriously than three years ago,
six and ten attending regularly. PPTA President Chris Abercrombie says
the government focus on attendance helps, but the threat of
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punishments isn't working for everyone. For those hardcore truant students
of your families will need their support. I don't think
they's helping a coroner is highlighting the risk of driving
in the morning after heavy drinking the night before, after
a six year old died in the Far North in
twenty seventeen when her fatigued mother crashed the car. Wellington's
(02:36):
departing mayor describes her tenure as overshadowed by threats, bullying
and online abuse. Tori Farno hasn't held back. In her
valedictory speech to counsel this morning, Farno took aim at colleagues,
media and public scrutiny. Former detective inspector and police ten
seven TV show host to Graham Bell has died aged
(02:56):
seventy eight. TV and Z reports he died yesterday. Bells
served with police for more than thirty years and hosted
the Criminal Investigation show for thirteen years. To sport R
three sixties back as maintain their new rugby competition is
designed to work around the global calendar. After eight nations,
including New Zealand, agreed to a ban on player defections,
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seven All Blacks squad members are free for the NPC quarterfinals.
Wakato have Luke Jacobson, Anton Lennet Brown and Sammopeni female.
They have Plenty get Pasilio Tossi and Tavita Muffaleo, Taranuki
have Josh Lord and Canterbury get Brody McAllister. The newly
coined South Island United will play in football's and augural
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Oceania Pro League. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest news fix.
We'll be back with the next update at five pm
from the news Talk zb newsroom.
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