Afternoon Edition: 02 January 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 January 2026, 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 (00:02):
From the news talk Zebby newsroom. This is newsfects in
this update.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
A devastating start to the new year in Switzerland is about.
Forty people are killed and more than one hundred people
injured in a fire at an alpine resort bar in Crown, Montana.
The blaze broke out around one point thirty during New
Year celebrations at the popular and crowded bar. It's not
being treated as an attack, and local officials say it'll
take some time to identify the dead and injured. A

(00:31):
man who was in the bar has told the BBC
it's especially tragic because it's normally a happy time of year.
I don't really understand what I've lived through. I feel
like I'm living a nightmare, and tomorrow I will wake
up and find all my friends who have unfortunately died
in this incident. Manage my Health says it's working as
fast as it can to confirm exactly who was affected
by a cyber breach. The health platform says more than

(00:54):
one hundred and twenty thousand of its users could be affected,
but it still hasn't released numbers. It says that this
stage indications that the unauthorized access was to a specific
group of documents in the system, but not the core
patient database. Police disrupted two large youth gatherings in the
Corimandel last night after bottles were thrown at offices, fireworks

(01:18):
led off in crowds, and a large number of young
people were physically obstructive.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
Rosy Leishman reports approximately one thousand youths congregated at Fungamattar's
Williamson Park and another three hundred people near Pawanui Surf
Club Resort. Inspector Mike Henwood says this type of antisocial
behavior is unacceptable. He says he's disappointed and uneventful. New
Year's Eve was ruined by intoxicated youth in denial about

(01:44):
New Year's being.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Over Seven youths were arrested in Fungamatah and one in
Pawanui and stronger purpose will be key for New Year
resolutions to last into December. With twenty twenty six still
in its early days, people's personal goals for the year
get under way, such as fitness, saving money, and learning
more skills. Human behavior specialist Hayden Brown says people need

(02:08):
to set goals that bring deep benefits to their lives.
He says, for fitness. That would mean staying healthier for
loved ones. That's news.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
In sport, Auckland.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Have claimed their first one of the women's Super Smash
season and handed Wellington their first defeat in the process.
Missing captain was Merely Kerr after her exit to the
Women's Premier League in India. The Blaze struggled to get
going at eden Park out Oval, making one hundred and
twelve for seven. The home side reached the target of
five wickets down with seven balls to spare, with captain

(02:40):
Maddy Green showing the way with fifty three. Venus Williams
has been given a wild card for the Australian Opener
tournament she first contested in nineteen ninety eight. She will
first play the ASB Tennis Classic next week before heading
to Hobart ahead of the first Year's Grand Slam tournament. Meanwhile,
Kiwe Lulu soon is expected to be ruled out of

(03:01):
the ASB Classic with an ongoing injury. That's sport. I'm
Nina Burton.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
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