Morning Edition: 01 January 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 01 January 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks Headby Newsroom. This is newsfacs. In
this update, gang members driving through a Waikato town will
be stopped and searched as police probe a suspected homicide.
A forty two year old Naruwahia based woman died on
her way to hospital from injuries following reports of a
number of people fighting on YPA Espernad on Friday afternoon.

(00:26):
Police have since applied for specialist search and surveillance pars
to prevent any retaliation. It's understood there's tension in the
area between the tribal huck and Mongrel mob gangs. Some
stand out winners in the twenty twenty four housing market,
One Roofs revealed buying a home is eight thousand dollars
cheaper than a year ago, but prices are climbing back up.

(00:46):
It finds the West Coast region seen eleven point two
percent growth, where a strong uptick in sales from first
home buyers, but editor Owen Vaughan says the more pricey
Queenstown Lakes region has also done well, lifting three point
nine percent year on year to just over two million.
I think a lot of the buyers in that market
are looking at the way prices are going and thinking

(01:07):
better getting known when the prices are still within reach.
A survivor of abuse and faith based care is turning
down his offer of a King's Service Medal, Mike letting
him is not accepting the New Year's honor for services
to survivors of abuse and care. He's posted to social
media suggesting the government's betrayed victims by having organizations decide

(01:29):
what shape or form justice will look like. New Zealand
has welcomed in a new year. Celebrations have been taking
place across the country, with Auckland becoming the first major
city in the world to see in twenty twenty five.

(01:50):
Australia and Asia have also welcomed in the new year,
with about a million people descending on the Sydney waterfront
for the city's annual fireworks. However, South Korea has Gaaleckets
celebrations following Sunday's plain disaster, and bad weather in the
UK has forced the cancelation of Edinburgh's fireworks and festivities.
That's news. In sport, relief for basketball's breaker is Worth

(02:14):
a first victory in nine A ANDBL games, beating the
Taipans ninety two sixty eight in Cans. Matt Mooney delivered
twenty three points and ten assists. Central District captain Tom
Bruce has led his team to a seven wicket victory
with an unbeaten forty four from nineteen balls in their
opening surpus Mash T twenty cricket match against Otago in Alexandra.

(02:35):
Will Young top scored with fifty off thirty seven and
Blair Tickner took three wickets for thirty seven from four overs.
The Stags reached their one hundred and fifty five run
target with seven balls to spare. Novak Djokovic will spend
the days ahead of the Australian Open with Andy Murray
scarring footage of the rivals blocking his path to a
twenty fifth major title in tennis history. The world number

(02:58):
seven has begun his quest for a one hundredth ATP
title with a defeat of Rinky Hijikata at the Brisbane International. Meanwhile,
top seed Madison Keys has advanced in straight sets to
the second round of the ASP Classic. That's Sport, I'm
Joddy Gill. For more news, listen to News Talk st

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