February 12, 2025 • 4 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 13 February 2025, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good afternoon. I'm Raving Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the thirteenth of February. The Public service's
top dog is suggesting despite mass cost savings, things still
aren't where they should be. The Public Service Commissioner, Sir
Brian wrote his outlying Challenges at the Waikoto University Economic Forum.
(00:25):
Thousands of roles were cut in a dry for efficiencies
last year. Road says the sector needs to get better
at working with businesses.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's not fit for purpose in the context of a
rapidly changing operating environment. In terms of the fiscal position
we face the economic growth focus we must adopt.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Meanwhile, a prediction more public science jobs will go sector
advocacy group the Save Science Coalition, says under this government
about five hundred and seventy roles have already been lost,
two hundred since July. That includes an announcement today of
sixty three redundancies at government agency Callahan Innovation, which is
(01:04):
being disestablished. Coalition spokesperson Doctor Lucy Stewart says more people
are likely to be out of work unless more money
is funneled into science. The fact that we've just seen
instructions to carry out mergers quite quickly with no additional funding.
Leaves me really concerned that we'll see more job cut.
A woman from Munga Fi with life threatening dehydration was
(01:26):
shocked to find she had the Victorian error disease cholera.
Health officials don't know how she came to be infected,
but so there is no public health risk. Jamie Cunningham
has more.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
The Northland woman's being treated with a specific antibiotic and
put into isolation. During treatment, she was so sick from
diarrhea she collapsed in the shower. Blood tests showed her
kidneys were shutting down from dehydration. Medical Officer of Health,
doctor Felicity Williamson says only two strains of cholera are
toxogenic with the potential to cause an outbreak.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
A person's believe to have died after a collision between
a four person shared bike and a car in Martinborough.
Arenz reports four people were seriously injured and one has
since died after the crash this morning on Puruatanga Road.
Food Stuff says, in favor of smoothing how we do
business in New Zealand, the government's laying out a five
(02:22):
step plan aiming to boost economic growth. It wants to
remove regulations and encourage new players to break our supermarket duopoly.
Foodstuff's North Island chief executive Chris Quinn says it'll be
good to focus on sector regulations.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
If they were reviewed and made the simple and easy
to do business in their nature, then we all can
do a better job for consumers.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Consumer and Zed says. A case filed in the Auckland
High Court today raises concerns. Firm J G. A. Sadler
has filed a class action against Johnson and Johnson in
relation to its claims of the benefits of Quadrill, Sudafed
and Bennett cold and flu products. The US Food and
Drug Administration has rolled a key ingredient is ineffective when
(03:07):
taken orally. Consumer head John Duffy says it could potentially
affect thousands of users of the products.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You just need to have purchased one of the relevant
products and get involved. The more people in the class section,
the better to.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Sport and Warrior's coach Andrew Webster's confirmed a winger Dlan
Wattenez Lesniak will miss at least the opening five rounds
of the NRL season after having surgery on a fractured wrist.
Portugheses are taking Midfielder Chico Geraldes hopes to help create
more goal scoring opportunities for the Phoenix Men after being
(03:41):
signed by the A League football side, and Blues coach
Vern Coott is playing down the prospect of All Blacks
First five's Boden Barrett and Damien McKenzie squaring off against
each other from fullback in the opening round of Super Rugby.
That is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk seed
(04:01):
B news Room. M
Good afternoon. I'm Raving Ramsay. This is your afternoon news
fix for Thursday, the thirteenth of February. The Public service's
top dog is suggesting despite mass cost savings, things still
aren't where they should be. The Public Service Commissioner, Sir
Brian wrote his outlying Challenges at the Waikoto University Economic Forum.
(00:25):
Thousands of roles were cut in a dry for efficiencies
last year. Road says the sector needs to get better
at working with businesses.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
It's not fit for purpose in the context of a
rapidly changing operating environment. In terms of the fiscal position
we face the economic growth focus we must adopt.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Meanwhile, a prediction more public science jobs will go sector
advocacy group the Save Science Coalition, says under this government
about five hundred and seventy roles have already been lost,
two hundred since July. That includes an announcement today of
sixty three redundancies at government agency Callahan Innovation, which is
(01:04):
being disestablished. Coalition spokesperson Doctor Lucy Stewart says more people
are likely to be out of work unless more money
is funneled into science. The fact that we've just seen
instructions to carry out mergers quite quickly with no additional funding.
Leaves me really concerned that we'll see more job cut.
A woman from Munga Fi with life threatening dehydration was
(01:26):
shocked to find she had the Victorian error disease cholera.
Health officials don't know how she came to be infected,
but so there is no public health risk. Jamie Cunningham
has more.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
The Northland woman's being treated with a specific antibiotic and
put into isolation. During treatment, she was so sick from
diarrhea she collapsed in the shower. Blood tests showed her
kidneys were shutting down from dehydration. Medical Officer of Health,
doctor Felicity Williamson says only two strains of cholera are
toxogenic with the potential to cause an outbreak.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
A person's believe to have died after a collision between
a four person shared bike and a car in Martinborough.
Arenz reports four people were seriously injured and one has
since died after the crash this morning on Puruatanga Road.
Food Stuff says, in favor of smoothing how we do
business in New Zealand, the government's laying out a five
(02:22):
step plan aiming to boost economic growth. It wants to
remove regulations and encourage new players to break our supermarket duopoly.
Foodstuff's North Island chief executive Chris Quinn says it'll be
good to focus on sector regulations.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
If they were reviewed and made the simple and easy
to do business in their nature, then we all can
do a better job for consumers.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Consumer and Zed says. A case filed in the Auckland
High Court today raises concerns. Firm J G. A. Sadler
has filed a class action against Johnson and Johnson in
relation to its claims of the benefits of Quadrill, Sudafed
and Bennett cold and flu products. The US Food and
Drug Administration has rolled a key ingredient is ineffective when
(03:07):
taken orally. Consumer head John Duffy says it could potentially
affect thousands of users of the products.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
You just need to have purchased one of the relevant
products and get involved. The more people in the class section,
the better to.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Sport and Warrior's coach Andrew Webster's confirmed a winger Dlan
Wattenez Lesniak will miss at least the opening five rounds
of the NRL season after having surgery on a fractured wrist.
Portugheses are taking Midfielder Chico Geraldes hopes to help create
more goal scoring opportunities for the Phoenix Men after being
(03:41):
signed by the A League football side, and Blues coach
Vern Coott is playing down the prospect of All Blacks
First five's Boden Barrett and Damien McKenzie squaring off against
each other from fullback in the opening round of Super Rugby.
That is your latest news fix. We'll be back with
the next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk seed
(04:01):
B news Room. M
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