December 10, 2025 • 4 mins
The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 11 December 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 Rayleen Ramsay. This is your afternoon use
fix for Thursday, the eleventh of December. Eighteen percent of
West Coast Stewardship land has been reclassified, the biggest rewrite
since the Department of Conservation formed in nineteen eighty seven.
The Conservation Minister Tama Portaka has clarified government calls on
(00:26):
protected land. Rosy Leishman has more.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
More than one hundred and ninety thousand hectares will now
be protected under the Reserves Act and more than three
hundred thousand hectares designated specially Protected areas under the Conservation Act.
Portucker says this has been a long time coming. He
says the vast majority of areas will finally have the
accurate classification they deserve, reflecting their true conservation and cultural value.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Airways has taken swift action over a brief disruption to
oceanic air traffic control across the Tasman in August. Aircraft
were held in the air and four grounded in New
Zealand and Australia. It was because of a clash in
old computer coding relating to managing flight volumes as planes
(01:10):
traversed airspaces Airways has apologized for its poor communication at
the time. Chief Executive James Young says, most fixes recommended
in a report have already been made.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Learnt from this, we have taken actions to make the
changes so that the communication protocols will be much stronger
as we go forward.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Meanwhile, there are alarm bells within Aviation over the quick
staff turnover in air traffic control. An Official Information Act
response reveals nearly a third of Airways safety and assurance
teams resigned since January, including the general manager. Airways says
eight permanent staff have left. It says the year began
(01:49):
with twenty five staff and twenty two now with two
yet to begin. The regulation Minister's not worried about law
enforcement concerns. He slashers rules on growing hemp. Cabinets agreed
to remove licensing requirements for industrial growing and handling the crop.
Growers must now notify police and MPI before they start operating.
(02:13):
Customs and police have worn the industry is at high
risk of being exploited. David Seymour says hemp isn't cannabis
and the two won't be grown together.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
If you want to grow illicit drugs, then a the
hemp just attracts attention and b cross pollination actually destroys
the cannabis content, so if you are into that, don't
grow it near hemp.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
A police watchdog report finds offices in Hawk's Bay unlawfully
entered a house this year and used unjustified force to
arrest a man breaching bail. Seven officers entered a Flaxmere
home believing it was allowed under the reasoning he had
denied breaching bail and refused to cooperate. Jacob Jones reports.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The IPCA report finds police should have applied for an
arrest warrant if they suspected the need to enter the house.
Police acknowledge the findings. They say the law was misinterpreted
and they're working to ensure all staff understand their obligations.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
To sport and the breakers have paid their most capped
player the ultimate compliment, retiring Tom Abercrombie's Abercrombie's I should
say number ten singlet to acknowledge his four hundred and
twenty nine games across sixteen seasons. Nearest rival Yellow Canes
thinks only a major disaster will stop Kiwi triathlete Hayden
(03:33):
Wilde clinching the T one hundred world title in Cutter
this weekend, and All Blacks winger sevu Res is off
to France for three years at the end of next season,
but as detailed to sadness at never being able to
play with Japan based Richie Muanger again. That is your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
(03:53):
tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Rayleen Ramsay. This is your afternoon use
fix for Thursday, the eleventh of December. Eighteen percent of
West Coast Stewardship land has been reclassified, the biggest rewrite
since the Department of Conservation formed in nineteen eighty seven.
The Conservation Minister Tama Portaka has clarified government calls on
(00:26):
protected land. Rosy Leishman has more.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
More than one hundred and ninety thousand hectares will now
be protected under the Reserves Act and more than three
hundred thousand hectares designated specially Protected areas under the Conservation Act.
Portucker says this has been a long time coming. He
says the vast majority of areas will finally have the
accurate classification they deserve, reflecting their true conservation and cultural value.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Airways has taken swift action over a brief disruption to
oceanic air traffic control across the Tasman in August. Aircraft
were held in the air and four grounded in New
Zealand and Australia. It was because of a clash in
old computer coding relating to managing flight volumes as planes
(01:10):
traversed airspaces Airways has apologized for its poor communication at
the time. Chief Executive James Young says, most fixes recommended
in a report have already been made.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Learnt from this, we have taken actions to make the
changes so that the communication protocols will be much stronger
as we go forward.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Meanwhile, there are alarm bells within Aviation over the quick
staff turnover in air traffic control. An Official Information Act
response reveals nearly a third of Airways safety and assurance
teams resigned since January, including the general manager. Airways says
eight permanent staff have left. It says the year began
(01:49):
with twenty five staff and twenty two now with two
yet to begin. The regulation Minister's not worried about law
enforcement concerns. He slashers rules on growing hemp. Cabinets agreed
to remove licensing requirements for industrial growing and handling the crop.
Growers must now notify police and MPI before they start operating.
(02:13):
Customs and police have worn the industry is at high
risk of being exploited. David Seymour says hemp isn't cannabis
and the two won't be grown together.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
If you want to grow illicit drugs, then a the
hemp just attracts attention and b cross pollination actually destroys
the cannabis content, so if you are into that, don't
grow it near hemp.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
A police watchdog report finds offices in Hawk's Bay unlawfully
entered a house this year and used unjustified force to
arrest a man breaching bail. Seven officers entered a Flaxmere
home believing it was allowed under the reasoning he had
denied breaching bail and refused to cooperate. Jacob Jones reports.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The IPCA report finds police should have applied for an
arrest warrant if they suspected the need to enter the house.
Police acknowledge the findings. They say the law was misinterpreted
and they're working to ensure all staff understand their obligations.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
To sport and the breakers have paid their most capped
player the ultimate compliment, retiring Tom Abercrombie's Abercrombie's I should
say number ten singlet to acknowledge his four hundred and
twenty nine games across sixteen seasons. Nearest rival Yellow Canes
thinks only a major disaster will stop Kiwi triathlete Hayden
(03:33):
Wilde clinching the T one hundred world title in Cutter
this weekend, and All Blacks winger sevu Res is off
to France for three years at the end of next season,
but as detailed to sadness at never being able to
play with Japan based Richie Muanger again. That is your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
(03:53):
tomorrow morning from the news Talk ZB newsroom.
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