News FixGood afternoon. I'm Wendy Ptree and this is your afternoon news fix for Wednesday, the twenty eighth of August. Sector optimism over the prospect of more effective infrastructure development. The Infrastructure Minister's launching a National Infrastructure Agency from December to manage funding and proposals and facilitate private investment Infrastructure New Zealand says the current system is complex, time consuming and expensive. Chief Executive Nick Leggett says involving the private sector will help spread infrastructure costs and the same way other developed nations do.
Bringing private sector expertise more into the planning, the design, the development and the management of projects once they're built is vital.
Concerns Voluntary redundancies at Health New Zealand announced today will worsen chronic staffing shortages. The PSA says it'll affect administrators and people in procurement, policy, communications, information research and monitoring. The nurses organization and is worried the government has jumped straight to deciding to cut jobs without consultation. Chief Executive Paul goaltersay's nurses see no reason to get rid of any workers, although.
They say turnovers dropped or whatever. The reality of it for our nurses and may continue to repeat this is at the places where they where there's no such thing as any overstaffling or anything like that.
Gray District Council says there is no need at this stage to evacuate Greymouth residents stranded in their homes for a third day by a major slip. About fifty homes that Arnet Heights have no road access and power went out overnight. News Dogs NB has spoken to residents who rely on medical equipment and live in wheelchairs, and one who missed a midwife appointment. The Council's Aaron Haymas says, after talking with Civil Defense staff, have decided not to evacuate residents because they're safe in their homes and essential needs are being met. He says that will be reassessed with at least four days of persistent rain forecast. Belief a more nuanced approach which is needed to lift student achievement testing and may reveal dismal results in NCA reading, writing, and maths, with the highest fail rates for Mali and PACIFICA students. Researcher Gavin Brown says to change outcomes when you need to first ensure all students' needs are met well. It won't be raised by motivation and fear.
It'll be changed by ensuring all children grow up with warm, dry homes, access to health and education opportunities.
Our largest power generator, Meridian Energy, is reporting a sharp fourteen percent rise in underlying net profit, but warning tough months are ahead. Business reporter Michael Sergel has more.
The partially state owned electricity gent tailor, says it's investing almost as much into developing new and existing assets as it's making and profit. It says the operating environment changed dramatically in May when lake levels plummeted, which will affect its bottom line in the coming months.
Meridians has a few users directly exposed to the wholesale market have been significantly impact in small The spring Box insists they're not over confident ahead of Sunday's test against the All Blacks, said Ellis Park, despite beating the ABS in their last two matches and being unbeaten this year. World tennis number one eager Shiver Tech believes the international schedule is too jam packed and needs to change, and Paralymics Paralympics Chef de Mission Railing Baits expects excellence from New Zealand's twenty five para athletes in Paris over the next twelve days, saying it's imported all athletes strive to achieve, whether it's a new personal best or a medal. I'm Wendy Petrie. That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update tomorrow morning. From the news Dogs, there'd be newsroom
