Morning Edition: 25 January 2026

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 25 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 Samby Newsroom. This is newsfex.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
In this update, Todonga Miamahe Drysdale has requested flags around
the city be flown at half mast and is setting
up a community care center today for people to pay
their respects. Following the Mount Montanuy landslide, police have released
the full list of the six people unaccounted for after
the massive slip, who they say are unlikely to be
found alive. They include two Pakadanga College students who are

(00:30):
aged fifteen, two seventy one year old friends from the Ottahua,
a fifty year old Morinsville School tutor and a twenty
year old Swedish tourist. The operation has changed from rescue
to recovery. The Gisban District Councils says some thirty homes
and parts of the East Coast have been evacuated because
of the risk of landslides from the hills above. Residents

(00:53):
of the affected homes and Onniportoi and areas of ta
Adodoa won't be able to return until assessments have been
completed and there's confidence there's no risk to life.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Jordan Dunn reports CDEM Group Controller being Green sees. While
there is evidence of landslide in close proximity to houses,
formal geotech assessments have not been completed. Still, Lea says
the potential risk to life is too great. The occupants
of the homes are staying with friends and family in
the community without a return date as of yet.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Overseas and protesters have taken to the streets in Minneapolis
following another fatal shooting involving federal agents. It comes just
over two weeks after unarmed mother Renee Good was shot
dead by an Immigration and Customs enforcement agent in Minneapolis.
Authority say Good had tried to run over agents in
her car. CNN Senior White House reporter Betsy kleins his

(01:47):
officials say the man who was shot today was armed.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
They said he had a firearm with two magazines. They
also added that this situation is evolving. They will provide
additional details as they are able to.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
That's news to Sports and Manchester City has bounced back
from two straight losses with a two nil home win
over Wolves in football's Premier League. Meanwhile, disappointment for Auckland
FC after conceding a late equalizer a two wall home
drawer with the Central Coast Mariners in the A League.
Olympic champion snowboarder Zoe Sudowski Sinnate has picked up silver

(02:23):
and the slopestyle at the X Games in Aspen, and
two time champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from her round
three match at the Australian Tennis Open, citing an abdominal
injury link to body changes following the birth of her child.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
That's sport.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
I'm Diana Visitch.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
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