January 12, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 13 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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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the thirteenth of January. Police have
found the body of twenty five year old at Tiananga Tiotia,
who was swept downstream in the Waikata River near Graham
Island on Saturday. Meanwhile, the body of a man missing
since August has been pulled from a car submerged in
(00:22):
the Waikata River, found while looking for Tiotia. Jamie Cunningham reports.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yesterday's discovery follows a series of recent drownings including an Akaroa,
Lower Kaimi, Mahia Peninsula and Gisband's or Kitu Beach. Formal
identification of the body found inside a vehicle is underway,
but police believe it to be thirty nine year old
Aidan Brown.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Donald Trump has announced a new twenty five percent tariff
on any country doing business with Iran, with immediate effect.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Iran in a
crackdown on anti government protests. The US president has warned
he's considering very strong options to intervene, with Iran's foreign minister,
saying his country is fully prepared to retaliate if attacked.
(01:07):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levett says diplomacy is the
first option, but Trump won't shy away from lethal force.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
The President has shown he's unafraid to use military options
if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that
better than iron.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Meanwhile, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell claims that Trump
administration is undermining his organization's independence as investigators probe is role.
Powell says he's being targeted because his decisions on interest
rates don't align with the president's view. Democratic Senator Elizabeth
Warren says Donald Trump's acting like a wannabe dictator.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Trump is trying to push out the chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board and complete his corrupt takeover of America's
Central Bank so that it serves his interests.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Fewer government agency contracts are being awarded to Maori businesses.
To Boney Caukerey's annual report shows a decline in the
percentage of procurement contracts given to Maori businesses over the
past financial year. It comes after Cabinet removed to target
in late twenty twenty four for eight percent of agency
contracts to be awarded to Maori businesses. Procurement rules updated
(02:19):
in October also call for a focus on value for money.
Renewed concern about the number of university graduates being able
to find work. One hundred and sixty thousand New Zealanders
are unemployed, up zero point one percent in the last
recorded September quarter. The Ministry of Social Development says forty
two percent of new job seeker benefit signups in the
(02:42):
past year have been higher skilled people. Career Matters Chief
Executive Tracy Baird says universities aren't the ultimate pathway to employment.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Find I'm working with graduates and they come to the
end of the degree and go, oh gosh, now what
am I going to do? I never thought about the
job at the end, So it requires them to think
along the term of where we're going to take the
university qualifications into the market.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Warbirds over Wonka is reaching new heights. One of the
world's most advanced fighter jets, the US Air Force F
twenty two Raptor, will feature on all three days of
the air show in the New Zealand. First to sport
the cast for golfer Brooks Kepka to return to the
PGA Tour five weeks after bolting from the live circuit
(03:23):
has been estimated at eighty seven million dollars. Alissa Heeley,
the captain of the Australian women's cricket team, will retire
in March after the series with India. Michael Carrick looms
as the favorite to become Manchester United's interim football manager
until the end of the season, and New Zealand Rugby's
high performance boss Mike Anthony is moving on to join
(03:45):
Premier League football side Brighton. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the news Talk zb newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Tuesday, the thirteenth of January. Police have
found the body of twenty five year old at Tiananga Tiotia,
who was swept downstream in the Waikata River near Graham
Island on Saturday. Meanwhile, the body of a man missing
since August has been pulled from a car submerged in
(00:22):
the Waikata River, found while looking for Tiotia. Jamie Cunningham reports.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yesterday's discovery follows a series of recent drownings including an Akaroa,
Lower Kaimi, Mahia Peninsula and Gisband's or Kitu Beach. Formal
identification of the body found inside a vehicle is underway,
but police believe it to be thirty nine year old
Aidan Brown.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Donald Trump has announced a new twenty five percent tariff
on any country doing business with Iran, with immediate effect.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Iran in a
crackdown on anti government protests. The US president has warned
he's considering very strong options to intervene, with Iran's foreign minister,
saying his country is fully prepared to retaliate if attacked.
(01:07):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levett says diplomacy is the
first option, but Trump won't shy away from lethal force.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
The President has shown he's unafraid to use military options
if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that
better than iron.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Meanwhile, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell claims that Trump
administration is undermining his organization's independence as investigators probe is role.
Powell says he's being targeted because his decisions on interest
rates don't align with the president's view. Democratic Senator Elizabeth
Warren says Donald Trump's acting like a wannabe dictator.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Trump is trying to push out the chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board and complete his corrupt takeover of America's
Central Bank so that it serves his interests.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Fewer government agency contracts are being awarded to Maori businesses.
To Boney Caukerey's annual report shows a decline in the
percentage of procurement contracts given to Maori businesses over the
past financial year. It comes after Cabinet removed to target
in late twenty twenty four for eight percent of agency
contracts to be awarded to Maori businesses. Procurement rules updated
(02:19):
in October also call for a focus on value for money.
Renewed concern about the number of university graduates being able
to find work. One hundred and sixty thousand New Zealanders
are unemployed, up zero point one percent in the last
recorded September quarter. The Ministry of Social Development says forty
two percent of new job seeker benefit signups in the
(02:42):
past year have been higher skilled people. Career Matters Chief
Executive Tracy Baird says universities aren't the ultimate pathway to employment.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Find I'm working with graduates and they come to the
end of the degree and go, oh gosh, now what
am I going to do? I never thought about the
job at the end, So it requires them to think
along the term of where we're going to take the
university qualifications into the market.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Warbirds over Wonka is reaching new heights. One of the
world's most advanced fighter jets, the US Air Force F
twenty two Raptor, will feature on all three days of
the air show in the New Zealand. First to sport
the cast for golfer Brooks Kepka to return to the
PGA Tour five weeks after bolting from the live circuit
(03:23):
has been estimated at eighty seven million dollars. Alissa Heeley,
the captain of the Australian women's cricket team, will retire
in March after the series with India. Michael Carrick looms
as the favorite to become Manchester United's interim football manager
until the end of the season, and New Zealand Rugby's
high performance boss Mike Anthony is moving on to join
(03:45):
Premier League football side Brighton. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next update
at five pm from the news Talk zb newsroom.
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