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August 16, 2025 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 17 August 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):
No the news talks head the newsroom.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs. In this update, Russian military strikes continue
on Ukraine's frontline as NATO leaders work on securing a
peace deal. Yesterday, US President Donald Trump met with Russian
President Vadimir Putin in Alaska. However, no cease fire was reached.
Jordan dun Has Moore.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Following the summit, Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky had two phone
calls with NATO leaders, one with Trump and one without.
He says he will meet with Trump in Washington, d C.
Next week to discuss details regarding ending the war. Zelensky
is emphasizing the importance of Ukraine being present in peace
talks going forward.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Men's health advocates are calling for KIWIS to take a good,
hard look at the fact that too many men are
dying prematurely. A report from the November Institute of Men's
Health shows two and five males die before the age
of seventy five preventable causes such as disease and suicide.
It also found men are dying almost four years earlier
than women with MARI men at double the rate of

(01:07):
other non MARI males. Institute Global Director Professor Simon Price
says expectations to tough it out are getting in the way.
Price says people need to be cognizant of and address
these social influences to improve men's health. Hemy snowfall is
expected to affect parts of the country in the coming days.

(01:27):
Met Service forecasts South Island areas above two hundred meters
are likely to face snow and cold temperatures by Tuesday.
They say that that will stress livestock and bring hazardous
driving conditions. The Central North Island is also forecast a
similar risk for areas above nine hundred meters, warning amounts
of snow may accumulate in South Canterbury south of the

(01:49):
Rangatata River. Pressure is on the government to recognize a
Palestinian state, with demonstrations across the country. Some five hundred
protesters turned up from March Falkland's Queen Street yesterday, with
people also turning out in Wellington and christ Church. Neil
Finn have Crewdit House even made an appearance in Auckland
alongside notable politicians like DeBie Nardo Wipaka. That's news in

(02:15):
Sport two called Oba for.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
You All Blacks go back to number one in the
World for the first time since November twenty twenty one.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
The All Blacks have opened their Rugby Championship campaign with
a forty one twenty four win over Argentina. As you
heard on News Talk ZB new z editor, took a
commanding thirty one ten lead at halftime before Los Poumas
streatened an early second half fight back to close the
margin to thirty one twenty four. Too late second half
tries to replacement took a Samersony Takiaho after rolling Moore

(02:48):
helped the All Blacks fend off the hosts Warriors. NRLW
winger Mikayla Brake has revealed the reason behind her absence
in the side's last three games. The two time Olympics
set Vian's gold medalist has confirmed her pregnancy on social media,
which will see her miss the rest of her maid
in rugby league season. That Sports, I'm Sandy Hodge. For

(03:11):
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