Midday Edition: 21 December 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 21 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):
No the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs
in this update a push for Australians to stand together
as the country holds a day of reflection today, a
week on from the Bondai terrorist attack last Sunday, to
gunman opened fire at a Jewish Harneker celebration in what
officials believe could have been an ISIS inspired terror attack.

(00:25):
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says today is about remembering the
fifteen victims who lost their lives. Rabbi Gabby Altman told
CNN Jews shouldn't carr in the face of antisemitism.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
We've been here before. This is, in essence, the story
of being a Jew. Each time we've persevered, we've gotten up,
we've shaken ourselves off, and we've continued on.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
And Auckland Is will be marching through the city center
and support of the Jewish community this afternoon. The Auckland
March against jew Hatred will start in an Ats Square
at three pm, co hosted by the New Zealand Jewish
Council and New Zealand Against Humas. Organizer Lucy Rodgers says
Huneker is a celebration of light over darkness. Which is

(01:08):
the co peffer of the event. She's urging people not
to carry hateful signs. Representatives from the Muslim community may
also be present. New Zealand's warning manufacturing workforce could be
in for a boost. Hunger r Udou Workforce Development Council
has collaborated with industry to pilot and earn as you

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Learn qualification. In Wycato, more than half of learners secured
full time roles after their paid placements. Lowa Hut will
take up the program next year and Canterbury in twenty
twenty seven. Hunger RORO Deputy Chief Executive Samantha mc norton
says it's badly needed. She says more people are exiting
the workforce than entering and there haven't been clear pathways

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from secondary or tertiary education. Pine trees and deer might
be Christmas icons, but not in the mind of farmers.
The government's being called on to discuss how to get
on top of invasive pests and come up with nationwide
coordinated approach to eradication. That's news. In sports, Arsenal had

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quickly reclaimed top spot in football's Premier League after Manchester
City went top with a three nil win over west Ham.
The Gunners have reinstated their two point buffer with a
one nil win away to Everton. Elsewhere, Tottenham finished with
nine men in a two to one lost to Liverpool.
Spurs had plays sent off midway through the first half,
then in second half at a time Leeds United upset

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Crystal Palace for one early success for the black Caps
on the fourth morning of the Third cricket Test against
the West Indies in Mount Montanui. Having started the day
at three hundred and eighty one for six a short
time ago, the tourists were four hundred and eight for eight,
still trailing by one hundred and sixty seven. Across the
Tasman and Adelaide, Australia are four wickets away from retaining

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the Ashes. Within England two hundred and seven for six
and one hundred and seventy four runs behind heading into
the final day of the Third Test. I'm Sandy Hodge.
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