December 24, 2025 • 3 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks HEADB newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is NEWSFACS.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelenski has outlined an
updated peace plan, calling it the main framework for ending
the war with Russia. The twenty point proposal replaces an
earlier twenty eight point plan. The BBC's Samira Hussain says
Zelensky previously ruled out any land concessions, particularly in eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
But now those possibilities are on the table now. The
ideal version for Ukraine would be the creation of a
demilitarized zone where the front lines are now.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Zelensky says Russia is expected to respond after talks with
the United States. Freeview setting up a backup system to
improve reliability after a global broadcast fault disrupted several channels
this week. The problem is from outside New Zealand, but
additional fixes yesterday coincided with a localized transmission issue in Canterbury.
(01:01):
Freeview says that's now been resolved and channels including three, Bravo, Eden,
Rush and HGTV are back on air. It says the
new backup option will help prevent future interruptions. A Christmas
recuperating for Winston Peters, the New Zealand First Leaders, heading
up north to his holiday home. Peters had surgery on
his hip two weeks ago. He says he was off
(01:23):
crutches within four days and is looking forward to a break.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I'm going to find like this as soon as I can.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I've had one hell of a year.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I can't wait to get them and start looking after myself.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
A Christmas connection for kids with mums behind bars. Seven
hundred Kiwi kids will receive gift packs from their mothers
in prison this year thanks to the Mother's Project. Each
pack includes books, sports, geer and games, along with a
handwritten note. Founder Stacy Shortall says it's important these children
feel loved on Christmas as they also experience the consequences
(01:54):
of their mother's imprisonment.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Baby come tohap victims in other ways, and just to
remind that they loved notwithstanding the distance, and brings some
happiness into what otherwise might be a sad realization that mum's.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Not with them.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. The Sport and England cricket captain Ben Stokes
is accepting the criticism after a disastrous Ashes series loss
with two games still to play. The struggles on the
field have been enlarged by an investigation into alleged excessive
drinking on a Team NUSA trip prior to the Third
Test defeat.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
When you're three Niel down and you've lost the series,
everything you say, everything you do gets scrutinized and brought
into unrightly. So you don't really have a leged stumn
when you lost three games in a huge series like this.
So when you win in everything's great. When you're losing,
it's not.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Blue scrum thread. Oh Twanga Farsi is edging closer to
full health and fitness the sixty eight Test All Black
Props sat out much of last season with a neck injury,
but he says fingers crossed he'll be ready for the
Round one matchup against the Chiefs in February. That's sport.
I'm Scarlet Swatanovic. For more news, listen to News Talk
(03:02):
set B Live on iHeartRadio.
From the news Talks HEADB newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is NEWSFACS.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelenski has outlined an
updated peace plan, calling it the main framework for ending
the war with Russia. The twenty point proposal replaces an
earlier twenty eight point plan. The BBC's Samira Hussain says
Zelensky previously ruled out any land concessions, particularly in eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
But now those possibilities are on the table now. The
ideal version for Ukraine would be the creation of a
demilitarized zone where the front lines are now.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Zelensky says Russia is expected to respond after talks with
the United States. Freeview setting up a backup system to
improve reliability after a global broadcast fault disrupted several channels
this week. The problem is from outside New Zealand, but
additional fixes yesterday coincided with a localized transmission issue in Canterbury.
(01:01):
Freeview says that's now been resolved and channels including three, Bravo, Eden,
Rush and HGTV are back on air. It says the
new backup option will help prevent future interruptions. A Christmas
recuperating for Winston Peters, the New Zealand First Leaders, heading
up north to his holiday home. Peters had surgery on
his hip two weeks ago. He says he was off
(01:23):
crutches within four days and is looking forward to a break.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I'm going to find like this as soon as I can.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I've had one hell of a year.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I can't wait to get them and start looking after myself.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
A Christmas connection for kids with mums behind bars. Seven
hundred Kiwi kids will receive gift packs from their mothers
in prison this year thanks to the Mother's Project. Each
pack includes books, sports, geer and games, along with a
handwritten note. Founder Stacy Shortall says it's important these children
feel loved on Christmas as they also experience the consequences
(01:54):
of their mother's imprisonment.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Baby come tohap victims in other ways, and just to
remind that they loved notwithstanding the distance, and brings some
happiness into what otherwise might be a sad realization that mum's.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
Not with them.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. The Sport and England cricket captain Ben Stokes
is accepting the criticism after a disastrous Ashes series loss
with two games still to play. The struggles on the
field have been enlarged by an investigation into alleged excessive
drinking on a Team NUSA trip prior to the Third
Test defeat.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
When you're three Niel down and you've lost the series,
everything you say, everything you do gets scrutinized and brought
into unrightly. So you don't really have a leged stumn
when you lost three games in a huge series like this.
So when you win in everything's great. When you're losing,
it's not.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Blue scrum thread. Oh Twanga Farsi is edging closer to
full health and fitness the sixty eight Test All Black
Props sat out much of last season with a neck injury,
but he says fingers crossed he'll be ready for the
Round one matchup against the Chiefs in February. That's sport.
I'm Scarlet Swatanovic. For more news, listen to News Talk
(03:02):
set B Live on iHeartRadio.
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