Afternoon Edition: 25 December 2024

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 25 December 2024, straight from the Newstalk ZB newsroom - bringing you everything you need to know in news, politics, business, entertainment and sport.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
On the news talk said by Newsroom, this is NEWSFACS.
In this update, Transporting New Zealand's asking road users to
allow extra time when traveling over the Christmas break. It's
reminding people that road transport is a twenty four to
seven business and truckes will keep delivering supplies throughout the
holiday period. Interim Chief Executive Dom Kalise says motorists need

(00:27):
to keep calm and be patient when stuck behind a
truck traveling at ninety kilometers an hour all our drive.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
There's a rule try and pull over when it takes
to do so. Unfortunately, aren't a lot of places. The
shoulders aren't that wide.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
The Holiday road toll already stands at two after two
separate North Island crashes. Last night. A motorcyclist died after
colliding with a car in Torona's Park Veil about eight twenty.
Another person died about two hours later after a single
vehicle crash on par Hill Road and Wadaheni near Welsford.
The Holiday Road toll began yesterday at four and ends

(01:05):
at six a m. On Friday, January the third. A
prisoner is still on the run following a bold escape
from the eighth floor of wycat Or Hospital. Forty eight
year old Damon Anderson was filmed shimmying down a pipe
half naked on Monday afternoon. Kim dot Com has shared
his first social media post since suffering a life threatening stroke.

(01:27):
He was hospitalized last month, just months after the Justice
Minister signed an extradition order to the US for him.
His lawyer, Ron Mansfield said at the time they were
unsure if dot Com would survive. Dot COM's posted a
photo on x with his family, writing, the doctors said, no,
I said yes, Merry Christmas to you. Twenty four hour

(01:50):
mental health workers say demand for their services has remained
consistent this year. As twenty twenty four draws to an end.
Telehealth Services says the volume of calls it receives tends
to decrease during the holiday season. However, it says increasing
unemployment and growing financial unrest mean overall wellness is still poor.

(02:11):
Clinical lead David Kadia says the number of people struggling
has increased and plateaued since the pandemic.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Our youth thin young adults should seem to be struggling,
with most who are reaching out the most and often
with quite complex life situations and challenges that they're.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Grappling was a warning scammers will unfortunately take advantage of
the holiday season. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster is reminding New
Zealanders to not give away their privacy through fake online
shopping sites or scam emails. He's also urging people to
be cautious about giving and receiving Internet connected gifts. Webster

(02:50):
says people shouldn't forget about their privacy.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Be suspicious of any toy, for example, that asks detailed
information about child, be careful about any household the clients
that is enabled, and ask oursels a question, where is
our personal information going?

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Across the globe. Deployed New Zealand soldiers will celebrate Christmas
in different ways. Flight Lieutenant Aaron Travene is deployed in
South Korea managing the Joint Security Area, the only zone
where North and South Korean forces stand face to face.
He says, despite the colder weather, he plans to catch
up with the New Zealand contingent for a Kiwi barbecue.

(03:27):
Travine says he's sent some gifts home.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
Korean sweeps and diky is big over here, so some
facemasks and can keep products and convicting families will.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
To sport now and the black Caps will open the
twenty twenty five Champions Trophy against Pakistan in February. The
ICCs finally confirmed the tournament's schedule just fifty six days
out from the first match, after India refused to travel
to Pakistan for the event. India's matches will instead be
played in Dubai after its cricket board threatened to pull
out of the tournament. New Zealand face Pakistan and Karachi

(03:59):
banged eshin ral Pindi and India in Dubai before a
possible semi final. At the start of March. Triathlete Hayden
Wilde trading in the swimsuit and jandles for his winter
woolies this Christmas. The twenty seven year olds putting the
feet up after a mammoth year in which he claimed
silver at the Olympics in Paris, as well as the

(04:19):
half Ironman World Champs heurled earlier this month at Topol.
Wilde says it's his turn to travel to the other
side of the world for the festive season. My partner's
from Belgium, so we do year