Midday Edition: 26 October 2024

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 26 October 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No the news talks headby Newsroom this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, several roads are being affected by snow
slips and flooding as wild weather bears down on the
country for the long weekend. Service has issued a heavy
rain warning for Canterbury High Country, Tasman west of Montchueka,
the Richmond and Bryant Rangers, as well as parts of
the Buller District. There are heavy road snowfall warnings for

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all the main passes and multiple road closures on the
west coast. Auckland Is will see a greater police presence
on public transport in the wake of a fatal bus stabbing.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell and Auckland Minister sim And Brown
say the increase will boost safety and reassure public transport
workers and passengers. In addition, the government will ensure the

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fifteen million dollars airmarked for bus drivers safety is provided
to public transport authorities by the end of the year.
An online or who abused thousands of children around the
world has been jailed for life. Alexander McCartney has been
sentenced to a minimum twenty years jail for the extreme
online sexual abuse of children and the man slaughter of

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a twelve year old girl he blackmailed the twenty six
year olds. Offending spanned more than thirty countries, including New Zealand.
BBC reporter Chris Page says a judge said he couldn't
think of a more dangerous sex offender.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
He went through the sam sickening routine with three and
a half thousand victims, telling them he would post the
foothoos publicly unless they carried inducts of abuse for his
sexual gratification.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Focus has turned to mitigating any environmental impacts from the
Manawanuis shipwreck. The naval vessel ran aground in sankof Samora's
coast earlier this month. Three shipping containers sitting on the
reef have being recovered this week, but salvage efforts are
on pause until after the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says the major fuel tanks are

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intact and the focus now is removing all fuel from
the ship.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
I think all of us will feel much better when
we get the safe uplift of that fuel off the ship.
Then we can talk about what happens next.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's news in sports. All white strike at Chris Woods
has continued his fine form, scoring a double in Nottingham
Forest three one English Premier League win over a former club,
Leicester City. Since Nuno Espirito Santo took over as Knots
coach last December, only Earling Harland has scored more non
penalty goals than would eighteen to seventeen eleven. Front line

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all Blacks may have already left for England ahead of
this evening's Test against Japan and Yokohama, but flankas semipen
Ol female sees those left behind have been soaking up
the wisdom of previous captain Sam Kine and stand and
skipper Patrick Tupolotu.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
The leadership throughout the Soul week has been great obviously,
you fellows, well just listen and the follow their lead.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
They have been leading from upfront with their action as well,
so both of them has been great. The black Caps
daring to dream of a maiden Test series won in
India heading into Day three in Pune with a lead
of more than three hundred and five wickets still in
the bank. That sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,
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