Afternoon Edition: 20 December 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 20 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, more police cars and a crackdown on hateful
symbols and slogans could hit New South Wales before Christmas.
Two gunmen killed fifteen people at Sydney's Bondi Beach last weekend.
State Premier Chris Minds has announced he's moving to ban
the display of terrorist aligned symbols and give police more

(00:26):
powers to remove face coverings at public gatherings. His government
already proposed restricting protests. Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi says he
supports any actions they take. Consumer spendings tracking below last year,
but the hospitality sector is optimistic. World Line's latest figures
shows spending through core retail merchants in the first two

(00:46):
weeks of this month down point three percent year on year.
Core retail was down almost six percent, but may peak
on Boxing Day. Hospitality and zed Sam McKinnon says bars,
restaurants and accommodation providers are always looking ahead to summer.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Across the year, things have been a little bit flattered
than we would have hoped, but you have some real
positivity heading into the summer season, Hopeful that this will
set us up for success in the twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Six Russian President Vladimir Putin's dismissing claims Moscow is planning
to attack European countries as nonsense. He's spoken at a
marathon televised event lasting more than four and a half hours.
European Union leaders have announced a one hundred and eighty
three billion New Zealand dollar loan for Ukraine to help
fund its defense against Russia. The BBC reports. Putin claims

(01:32):
there will be no more wars after Ukraine if Russia
is treated with respect. A tech expert warn smart devices
could rise in price if high investment into AI data
centers continues. Increasing investment in these data centers by tech
giants has been accompanied by a huge demand for high
bandwidth memory. Guerrilla Technology chief executive Paul Spain says it's

(01:56):
unlikely consumers will see a rise straight away, but it
is something to keep in mind if people are thinking
of an upgrade.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
The bit that's really skyrocketing is the RAM. Even here
in New Zealand right now, some Ram has.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
Tripled a price. That's news. In Sport, the Western Dees
are marching on with the bat on day three of
the Third Test with New Zealand and Bay Oval moments
ago three hundred and forty eight for five, trailing by
two hundred and twenty seven. Sir Steve Hansen's passing off
the credit for his daughter pursuing and excelling as a
rugby coach. Whitney Hanson's been appointed Black Fern's head coach

(02:31):
until twenty twenty seven, succeeding Alan Bunting. Sir Steve, as
a former All Black mentor and current Toyota BA Blitz
coach in Japan, says his father Dares inspired them both.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Like me, she spent a lot of time t alling
her grandfather and my dad, and I think it was
just a natural progress and that she'd get into coaching.
And the more she's gone into it, obviously, the more
she's liked it and enjoyed it, and she's had some success,
so that success has been rewarded.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
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