Holiday Breakfast

Wellington City Mission is expecting to welcome hundreds of people for Christmas lunches across the city tomorrow.

Five different locations will offer food and quality time for those living within City Mission housing, and those who use its services.

Missioner Murray Edridge told Andrew Dickens that it's been the hardest year many have experienced, but tomorrow's a time to come together.

He says Christmas can be difficult because i...

Santa Claus says he's fully wrapped up his Christmas preparations - ahead of tonight's global gift run.

New Zealand is one of his first stops on his longest night of the year.

Santa rolled out a dad joke - as he described what kids have been asking him for this year.

He says remote control vehicles are a big thing - but he's not sure how remote children want to be from the vehicle.

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Red meat may no longer be the star of the Christmas dinner table.

The price of sirloin and porterhouse steaks and lamb chops rose about 25-percent in the past year, and beef mince and sausages more than 10-percent.

But poultry and pork have stayed at or below the rate of inflation.

Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen told Andrew Dickens that a summer salad's more affordable.

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US President Donald Trump may have spent more time travelling with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously reported.

The Department of Justice has released thousands of documents and images.

Emails from 2020 say Trump's listed as a passenger on Epstein's private jet to places including Palm Beach and Washington.

US correspondent Richard Arnold says they weren't to the infamous Epstein Island.

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Businesses are cautiously reopening along Sydney’s Bondi Beach, after its terror attack.

Fifteen people were killed and more than 40 others injured when two gunmen opened fire during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on the beach.

Many local businesses sheltered victims during the attack and have struggled in the days since.

Australian Correspondent Murray Olds told Andrew Dickens that the area's slowly coming to terms with a new reali...

New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says the new Free Trade Agreement with India is rushed.

It reduces or removes 95 percent of export tariffs, offers targeted temporary work visas - and gets preferential treatment for our  apples and manuka honey.

I comes after nine months of negotiations.

Peters says it gives India too many concessions on immigration and investment, and does little for this country's dairy sector.

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71,627, that's how many mobile phones have been diverted from landfill this year.

The Telecommunications Forum has been running their re-mobile scheme since 2014, diverted almost a million phones since then.

The nationwide shutdown of 3G is leaving a large number of mobile phones obsolete, so many people are looking to get rid of their phones.

TCF Chief Executive Paul Brislen told Andrew Dickens that, 'if they can be reused, we get...

The Trade Minister claims our new Free Trade Agreement with India, is its best deal struck with any country.

It's followed nine months of negotiations, ending with India agreeing to lower or remove tariffs on 95-percent of our exports, with wins for fruit, meat, wool, coal and forestry sectors.

Little's changed for dairy - with duty free access only for certain protein products and those for re-export.

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US President Donald Trump has appointed the Governor of Louisiana as a Greenland Envoy. 

Governor Jeff Landry has said that he will fight to make Greenland part of America. 

European correspondent Catherine Field told Andrew Dickens that the Danish Prime Minister is 'absolutely furious.'

"She has said national borders are are rooted in international law, you can't just annex another country."

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Wellington's had an interesting year.

Leaky pipes, Golden Mile chaos, and of course, they got themselves a brand new mayor out of national politics.

Tory Whanau quit the mayoralty race, headed to Melbourne, and now Andrew Little is in office. 

He told Andrew Dickens that he's looking forward to next year, saying, "There's some pretty exciting things scheduled for 2026."

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It's been an up-and-down year for National, seeing success in some areas and struggles in more. 

However, the slowly recovering economy is an early Christmas gift ahead of next year's election.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joins Andrew Dickens to discuss the key talking points of the year in politics, and discuss what Kiwis can expect to see from the government as we head in to the new year.

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Police are renewing calls for patience on the roads this holiday period, warning lives are at risk.

Fifteen people were killed in crashes between Christmas Eve and early January last summer.

The toll has topped 11 for five consecutive years.

National Road Policing Manager Superintendent Stephen Greally told Andrew Dickens that too many drivers are focused on getting to the front of the queue.

He says that risk taking causes carnage...

Pet Refuge is urgently appealing for donations, and bracing for demand to surge over Christmas.

The charity is receiving daily pleas for help from people escaping family violence - and is currently caring for 29 pets.

Founder Dame Julie Chapman told Andrew Dickens that more than half of women delay leaving family violence - because they're scared to leave pets behind.

She says the charity takes pets in for up to four months and cov...

The Associate Police Minister's pushing back on claims her new organised crime plan is purely a holiday headline. 

The newly released Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime Strategy aims to make New Zealand the hardest place for criminals to do business.

Initiatives include options for setting up a new dedicated department, and developing cross-agency data sharing. 

Casey Costello says it's not a rehash of Labour's 20...

Questions are being asked of Australia's federal Government in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack - as it appears to bow to the New South Wales premier. 

Just over a week ago, 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah celebration - when two gunmen opened fire. 

The New South Wales Parliament's been recalled to debate a suite of measures proposed by state premier Chris Minns. 

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The US has launched another pursuit of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela - the second operation within days.

Reuters reports the US Coast Guard is actively chasing the vessel in international waters, to make it the third tanker seized in less than two weeks.

President Donald Trump last week ordered a full blockade of sanctioned oil shipments in and out of Venezuela. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Andrew Dickens t...

Auckland, where the city's economy isn't firing on all cylinders just yet, but the Chamber of Commerce does say that green shoots are emerging.

Crime crackdowns in the CBD and changes to boost events at Eden Park are all part of a push to get Auckland City humming again.

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown joins Andrew Dickens to discuss the progress made this year, and talk about what we can expect to see next.

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During the first game of the baseball World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff ad.

The ad featured clips from Ronald Reagan's 1987 national radio address which focused on foreign trade.

In retaliation US President Donald Trump slammed Canada with an additional 10% tariffs on goods imported from Canada to the United States. 

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