Midday Edition: 30 November 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 30 November 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 Newstalks had the newsroom this is newsfacs. In
this update, Air New Zealand says it's expecting its schedule
to return to normal by tomorrow. Following cancelations across the
A three twenty fleet. A global software issue with Airbus
A three twenty planes has seen cancelation of Air New
Zealand and jetstyle flights across this entire weekend. Around six

(00:28):
thousand air Bus planes were also affected overseas, with most
requiring a quick software update. A three day morning period
has started in Hong Kong after a huge fire tore
through seven high rise tower blocks, killing at least one
hundred and twenty eight people. Around one hundred and fifty
others remain unaccounted for. The BBC reports eight people have

(00:51):
been arrested on suspicion of corruption over renovation works the
blocks had been undergoing before the fire, while three others
had been detay and for manslaughter. Sky News Asia correspondent
Helen and Smith says there's a grim reality to the
work that is still going on. People now having to
go room to room look at the DNA, the remains

(01:12):
of the many people that are still trapped and missing
inside that wet weather in gales are forecast to cut
through the country today and ease off tomorrow. Met Service
has issued a heavy rain watch for Tasman, Buller, Westland,
Fieldland and Canterbury Headwaters. Wellington, Canterbury, High Country, Otago and
Southland are under a strong wind watch with a chance

(01:34):
of becoming a warning. Meteorologist Braiden White says rain and
wind starts south and briefly reaches the Upper North Island.
That's gonna bring rain for pretty much most of the
country at some point today and then into tomorrow. Things
clear out fairly quickly. Transport barriers a costing New Zealand
millions of dollars a year. An independent study commissioned by

(01:57):
Driving Miss Daisy, a leading provider of companion transport services,
looked into the hidden costs of miss trips. It found
miss GP appointments due solely to a lack of transport
costs New Zealand eight million dollars a year. Research lead
transport engineer Bridget Dorian believes more place to place Companion

(02:17):
transport would help. That's news. In sport GIVI Formula one
driver Liam Lawson doesn't rat his chances in tomorrow's Cutter
Grand Prix. Their twenty three year old was knocked out
in the second round of qualifying and will start twelfth
on the grid, a position he's not happy with.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
It's going to be tough for sure, but yeah, obviously
we'll we will try try and move forward. I think
our race base today was very good. We just needed
to qualify better and unfortunately this hasn't helped.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
This hasn't help that fuck Oscar Pastre isn't giving up
on the Driver's Championship without a fight. After winning the
morning spint race, the Australia had shaded McLaren team mate
Lando Norris to earn poll for tomorrow's feature race. Two
goals in the six minutes has spurred Fulham to a
two on Premier League win at Tottenham and the Black

(03:05):
sticks Men will play for bronze at the Sultan of
Aslan Shah carp And Malaysia after losing their final pull
match to Belgium five to one. That Sports own Sandy Hodge.
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