Good morning. I'm Wendy Petrie and this is your morning NEWSFEKS for Friday, the twenty third of August, and this update to call for an independent inquiry into how the health system is funded. Commissioner Lester Levy has been tasked with finding one point four billion dollars in savings and says it can be done without affecting the front line. An editorial in Today's a Medical Journal from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists says a financial woes are unlikely to be solely caused by poor management. Executive director Sarah Dalton says, I'd like to see a better national conversation about what people can expect from the health system.
We think there should be an authority are board, a group that has the metrics and the tools to accurately cost what does that mean? How many star where do they need to be? What facilities do they need?
Infrastructure New Zealand says political consensus is vital to making regional deals work. Cabinets agreed on a framework for long term agreements between local and central government. It's initially inviting up to five proposals for projects delivering on areas like infrastructure, economic Growth and Housing advocacy and strategy manager Martina Maroney says looking overseas as shifting political objectives can delay momentum, but having a broad partnership approach is the key to success.
Negotiating deals well take significant amount of time to get right and that my political consensus is really important.
As the long term and funding for a global street dance competition has failed to impress the Taxpayers Union. The government in Tatuqi in Auckland Lunlimited are together funding a one point five million dollar dollars for the World of Dance Crew Championship next year. Taxpayers Union Jordan Williams says the government's ignoring its own advice to councils to limit the nice to haves. It's been confirmed the bodies pulled out of the super yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily include British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. The British flagged Basin was hit by storm and is now resting fifty meters underwater. The death toll is six, with one person still missing. Meanwhile, the company who built the yacht is defending its sturdiness. Italian c Group CEO Giovanni Constantino told the BBC it must have been human era.
The weather alerts clearly showed the storm would arrive at four am.
The captain should have closed the every Hutch winter sports fans are descending on the South today for the start of the eleventh Annual Winter Games. Hundreds will take part in the largest snow sport event in the Southern Hemisphere. Chief Executive Marty Toomey says conditions have been good and more snow is expected over the weekend. It always gets to this time in the year with all of the works done and you start to see athletes turn up on the fields and compete.
Around five hundred and fifty people from thirty five.
Countries to sport and Liam Lawson will have a full time drive in Formula one next year, with Red Bull advisor Helmet Marco confirming he will be part of either the main team next year or the sister outfit rb KIWI. Lydia Kah was tied for tenth after opening round of the Women's A British Golf Open at Saint Andrew's. Team New Zealand have claimed a first up victory and the America's Cup Final preliminary regatta in Barcelona after Luna Rosa was forced to retire, and the West Tigers have stunned Manly, claiming a thirty four to twenty six upset in NRL Win and the light Heart Oval. I'm Wendy Petrie. That's the latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update at mid date from the newstalk aus EDB Newsroom.