Morning Edition: 01 January 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 01 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
From the news Talk Zebby newsroom. This is Newsfix in
this updates. Kiwis have been generally well behaved at New
Year's Eve celebrations. About the country fired emergency saying it
received no major call out, which where they prevented some
public events at the likes of Totonga and Palmerston North,
but hundreds of thousands still turned out to events up
and down the country. Auckland saw in the New Year

(00:24):
with a light show, music and a five minute fireworks
display from the sky tower. Also today, a section of
Northland State Highway sixteen between Wilsford and Halensville's closed on

(00:46):
emergency services respond to an incident there. Cordons are up
at the West Coast Road intersection at Marcuro and the
Kahkati Roads Karakatia Flat Road rather intersection at Kappa Kappa.
The first day of twenty twenty six looks to be
a tale of two islands weatherwise, the North Islands looking
sully for spells with occasional showers, though Wellington will be

(01:08):
buffeted by strong winds. In the South Island, there's plenty
of rain, heavier bursts and storms, and parts the UK,
France and Canada have joined Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway,
Sweden and Switzerland and condemning Israel banning thirty seven international
non governmental organizations from working in Gaza and the West Bank,

(01:29):
and MBS urging employers to know their obligations this holiday period.
Most employees working a public holiday alike today are entitled
to be paid time at a half and an additional
paid day off. Compliance manager David Milne says there's always
a spike and complaints during the holidays with employers not
meeting expectation. This is why we pay them the opportunity

(01:50):
to message out to retailers and employers to make sure
that there are awares of obligations and how they treat
their work. That's news now. And a female skippers won
the overall Sydney to Hobart yacht Race honors for the
first time after a post race a time penalty for
breaking rules flipped to the top two standings. The BNC
Mint crew of Michel Contan and Jan the Eghal were

(02:13):
relegated after being spotted on video with an incorrect sale configuration.
The breach related to the use of a poll to
secure the spinnaker. The one hour, five minute punishment was
enough for Ben River to top the leaderboard, helmed by
jiong Len. The event's eightieth edition also marks the first
time a craft sale by two people has won the
overall Tattersall cup Wellington have beaten Northern Districts by thirteen

(02:36):
runs and t twenty Supersmash cricket action at Mount Smongernui
Firebirds captain Nick Kelley posted ninety five not out from
fifty eight balls as part of one hundred and ninety
four for three. Right arm pace bowler Yah yah Zeb
took three wickets for twenty nine runs from three point
four overs in his second match to dismiss the Brave
for one eighty one in the final over. That's sports.

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