January 14, 2026 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 15 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 Thursday, the fifteenth of January. The US
is thinning out personnel that it's cut our military base,
its largest in the Middle East, as speculation builds about
possible US action in Iran. Donald Trump's abruptly announced today
the killings have stopped in Iran. He's been threatening to
(00:23):
move on reports thousands of Iranians have died in violent
crackdowns of anti government demonstrations. Sky News defense analyst Michael
Clark says non essential staff are leaving the cut our base.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Get people who don't need to be there out of
the way so as to avoid any accidents. In effect,
so that's sensible precautions.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Doesn't really mean that anything is about to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It might.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash says incumbent Anna Bremen
was right to add her name to support for her
US counterpart. Banking leaders worldwide are standing behind Jerome Pale,
who claims he's being pursued in a criminal investigation as
retribution for not cutting interest rates as Donald Trump wanted.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has criticized Bremen but Brash says
(01:09):
she's joining every major bank governor globally. He told Andrew
Dickens a law unanimously passed in nineteen eighty nine protects
our Reserve Bank from political interference.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Zerbank has some statutary independence in monetary policy, and I
think she was simply exercising that.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Police say hours before they were called to a home
at Waitarreedi Beach to find a man dead and three injured.
That'd been called to reports of an unlicensed firearm. They
seized a dismantled firearm parts and ammunition from a shed
after being called about seven to fifteen pm. Hours later,
they found a sixty year old dead and a forty
(01:47):
six year old woman and two young men with critical injuries.
Mona wa Tu local Commander, Inspector Ross Grantham says SCEENE
examinations will take several days.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
It is early days, but the police remain a heavy
plas present in the area while we conduct their inquiries
and complete the investigation.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
The US, Denmark and Greenland have launched a high level
working group as talks over the future of the territory continue.
Danish and Greenland officials have this morning met with US
Vice President jd Vance at the White House as Donald
Trump pushes to take control of Greenland. Danish Foreign Minister
Lars Rasmussen calls the talks frank but constructive despite differing perspectives.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We agree to try to sit down to explore whether
there's possibilities to accommodate the concerns of the President, while
we at the same time respect the red lines of
the Kingdom of Denmark.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
More housing choices for the young and the old as
new Granny Flat rules come into force from today, dwellings
up to seventy square meters can now be built without
resource or building consents. It's expected to speed the process
by as much as fourteen weeks and save five six
hundred dollars in consenting costs. Housing Minister Chris Bishop says
(03:02):
it's another option for people wanting to downsize or get
on the housing ladder to sport, Scott Robertson's tenure as
All Blacks Coaches under threat after adverse feedback was delivered
via the end of year reviews with player driven frustrations
over coaching and culture. He's two years into a four
year deal. Jane Patterson has been appointed netball new Zealand's
(03:25):
interim Chief Executive and Chelsea Lane will become the performance
boss for the Silver Ferns. Continuing the theme, the Black
Foils will have a new coach for the Sale GP season,
starting this weekend in Perth. Matt Stephen comes in for
Artemis bound Sam Meach. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
(03:47):
five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
Good afternoon. I'm Malcolm Jordan and this is your midday
news fix for Thursday, the fifteenth of January. The US
is thinning out personnel that it's cut our military base,
its largest in the Middle East, as speculation builds about
possible US action in Iran. Donald Trump's abruptly announced today
the killings have stopped in Iran. He's been threatening to
(00:23):
move on reports thousands of Iranians have died in violent
crackdowns of anti government demonstrations. Sky News defense analyst Michael
Clark says non essential staff are leaving the cut our base.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Get people who don't need to be there out of
the way so as to avoid any accidents. In effect,
so that's sensible precautions.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Doesn't really mean that anything is about to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It might.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash says incumbent Anna Bremen
was right to add her name to support for her
US counterpart. Banking leaders worldwide are standing behind Jerome Pale,
who claims he's being pursued in a criminal investigation as
retribution for not cutting interest rates as Donald Trump wanted.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has criticized Bremen but Brash says
(01:09):
she's joining every major bank governor globally. He told Andrew
Dickens a law unanimously passed in nineteen eighty nine protects
our Reserve Bank from political interference.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Zerbank has some statutary independence in monetary policy, and I
think she was simply exercising that.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Police say hours before they were called to a home
at Waitarreedi Beach to find a man dead and three injured.
That'd been called to reports of an unlicensed firearm. They
seized a dismantled firearm parts and ammunition from a shed
after being called about seven to fifteen pm. Hours later,
they found a sixty year old dead and a forty
(01:47):
six year old woman and two young men with critical injuries.
Mona wa Tu local Commander, Inspector Ross Grantham says SCEENE
examinations will take several days.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
It is early days, but the police remain a heavy
plas present in the area while we conduct their inquiries
and complete the investigation.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
The US, Denmark and Greenland have launched a high level
working group as talks over the future of the territory continue.
Danish and Greenland officials have this morning met with US
Vice President jd Vance at the White House as Donald
Trump pushes to take control of Greenland. Danish Foreign Minister
Lars Rasmussen calls the talks frank but constructive despite differing perspectives.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
We agree to try to sit down to explore whether
there's possibilities to accommodate the concerns of the President, while
we at the same time respect the red lines of
the Kingdom of Denmark.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
More housing choices for the young and the old as
new Granny Flat rules come into force from today, dwellings
up to seventy square meters can now be built without
resource or building consents. It's expected to speed the process
by as much as fourteen weeks and save five six
hundred dollars in consenting costs. Housing Minister Chris Bishop says
(03:02):
it's another option for people wanting to downsize or get
on the housing ladder to sport, Scott Robertson's tenure as
All Blacks Coaches under threat after adverse feedback was delivered
via the end of year reviews with player driven frustrations
over coaching and culture. He's two years into a four
year deal. Jane Patterson has been appointed netball new Zealand's
(03:25):
interim Chief Executive and Chelsea Lane will become the performance
boss for the Silver Ferns. Continuing the theme, the Black
Foils will have a new coach for the Sale GP season,
starting this weekend in Perth. Matt Stephen comes in for
Artemis bound Sam Meach. I'm Malcolm Jordan. That's your latest
news fix. We'll be back with the next update at
(03:47):
five pm from the newstalk ZB newsroom.
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