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Episode Transcript
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Friday, the twenty eighth of November. Customs and
Police say they've dismantled part of an organized crime syndicate
believed to be smuggling large quantities of meth and cocaine
through Auckland Airport. This week, they've arrested the president and
seven members of the twenty eight Brotherhood MC gang, bringing
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the total arrests since February to forty three. Customs Investigations
Manager Dominic Adams alleges the syndicate would place unaccompanied baggage
on in bound flights for compromise baggage handlers to retrieve.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
This technique was deployed across multiple global supply routes, including
flights from Kuala Lumpo, Bangkok, Santiago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
and New York.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Top up holiday payments have been made to more than
eighty three thousand current Health en Z workers. Health NZ
has paid out ninety three percent of the world money
owed after holiday pay had been calculated and distributed incorrectly.
Payments totaling ten point nine million dollars have been made
to Bay of plenty employees today, bringing the total so
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far to more than six hundred and fifty seven million dollars.
Remediation work continues for three regions, the Lakes District, Mid
Central and Huanganui. Government agency bosses may soon have to
reapply for their job at the end of their term
in a contested process. Judith Collins expects her changes to
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the Public Service Act to pass before the election. It
will require agency chief executives to compete with other candidates
for the role if they want a shot at staying
in a top job. His senior political reporter Azariah Howell.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Concerns were previously raised by the Minister about agency bosses
being reappointed without a look at other candidates for the role,
but Labor worries that change may make chief executives more
likely to fashion their leadership and priorities to a certain
minister rather than striving for neutrality.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Labour's leader is setting as sites on the next election,
hoping to redeem the party from its twenty twenty three result.
The party's conference starts in Auckland today. It's aiming to
campaign on three main focus areas, jobs, health and homes,
underpinned by a targeted capital gains tax.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
A team state really unified and focused. We've got some
exciting new policies we're talking about. We're seeing our public
support really starting to grow and we're really looking forward
to next year's election campaign.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
The Dominion Road Business Associations accusing its local board of
acting as a handbreak on prosperity. The Albert Eden Local
Board voted against the government's proposal to increase Eden Park
Concerts Association manager Gary Holmes says the board's decision is
staggering economic vandalism.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
We've got Minion Road you know, that are fighting to
survive or a fession, and here we have a local
board turning away two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of
ephonomics stimulus.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Auckland Council's voted twenty to one for the plan and
will ask the government to consider a range of issues
about how it will work to sport A. Netball Australia
has called for expressions of interest into expanding Supernetball with
two additional teams, sparking speculation over whether Netball New Zealand
might answer the call. Black Foyle's skipper Peter Berling is
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backing strategist Live Mackay to steer the ship if he
sits out this weekend Sale GP final in Abu Dhabi
after suffering a finger injury, and Wellington Phoenix Mean's coach
Giancarlo Ataliano wants his troops to make a fast start
and dominate early on against their next guest's Adelaide. That
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is your latest news fix. We'll be back with another
update for you tomorrow morning from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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