Afternoon Edition: 12 January 2026

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 12 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):
Good afternoon. I'm railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Monday, the twelfth of January. Another health group
hack has come to light, with some patients only just
being informed six months down the track. Canopy Healthcare has
alerted users to a breach they became aware of on
July eighteenth last year. Emily Ancel reports patient records and

(00:25):
passport information are among the affected data. Canopy Health says
the unauthorized party may have accessed a small number of
bank account numbers and they're directly notifying impacted individuals. Staff
identity information has also potentially been affected. Canopy says the
Privacy Commissioner and police were notified at the time of
the attack. US President Donald Trump says he's receiving hourly

(00:49):
updates on the situation in Iran as he mull's military action.
The Iranian regimes reportedly killed around five hundred protesters in
recent days and cut off all in access on Air
Force one. Trump says various options to assist protesters are
on the table.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
These are violent.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
If you call them leaders, I don't know if their
leaders are just. They rule through violence, but we're looking
at it very seriously. The military is looking at it.
We're looking at some very strong options. Investigations are ongoing
into the deaths of two people at a property in
the Bay of Plentyes at Pukahena earlier this month. Rosie
Leishman reports a.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Woman was found dead at an address on Old Coach
Road on January the first, which has been treated as suspicious.
A man was later found dead in another house on
the same property just after two am the following day
that is being treated as unexplained. Police say a fifty
year old man is due to reappear and towed on
a district court at the end of the month on
a charge of assaulting a person in a family relationship belief.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
The discovery of a Queensland fruit fly in Auckland should
raise some concern about how pess get into the country.
Last week, a single mailfly was just covered in Mount Roskell.
Since then teams have been inspecting fruit grown in the
area and setting up extra traps, but no further fruit
flies have been found. Horticulture Endz's Kate Scott says New

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Zealand's a small, isolated country, so any invasion should be
a worry.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
We have a high degree of confidence in the process
that MPI are running around trying to eradicate the fruit fly,
but at the same time, if it were to take hold,
that could have substantial impact on the water cult de
sector generally.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Bluebridge's two ferry fleet will be back to full service
tonight after days of delays. Connie Marder has been out
of action since Thursday after two hundred passengers were stranded
on board when a loading ramp failed. The awards are
being dishedarted the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills. Sixteen year
old Owen Cooper has won for his first acting role

(02:51):
in the Netflix at Adolescence, and Amy Pohler is taking
home the first ever Golden Globe for Best Podcast. Meanwhile,
Rising Stone Timothy Chalomay has taken the crown for Best
Actor in a Musical or Comedy for the film Marty Supreme,
beating out Hollywood greats George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio. Chalo
May thanked his parents. My dad instilled in me as

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spirit of gratitude growing up. It's allowed me to leave
the ceremony in the past empty handed. I had held
high grateful just to be here. I'd be lying if
I didn't see those moments didn't make this moment that
much sweeter to sport and one and done for KIWI
wildcard James Watt. It is ASB Classic Singles debut in Auckland,
losing in the first round in straight sets. Highlanders half

(03:33):
back DeLand Pledgant has sustained an ACL knee rupture at
training and will be out of rugby for an estimated
twelve months. The Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl title defense is
over falling at home twenty three nineteen to the San
Francisco forty nine Ers in the NFL playoffs, and the
Sparks have beaten the second place to Auckland Hearts by

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four wickets in their women's T twenty cricket Super Smash
match in Dunedin. That is your latest news fix. We'll
be back with the next update to morrow morning from
the news Talk Zby newsroom