November 14, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 15 November 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):
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, Russia's launched one of its largest drone
attacks on Kiev in weeks, killing six people and injuring
dozens of others. Officials say there's many damaged department buildings
in practically every district of the Ukrainian capital was falling
fragments causing a large number of fires. It's estimated Russia
(00:26):
launched around four hundred and thirty drones and eighteen missiles.
The BBC's James Landell says Russian attacks are expected to
ramp up, especially on energy infrastructure as the region heads
into winter.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
They want to turn eastern Ukraine off if you like.
They want it to be dark, they want it to
be cold. They want people to struggle to go to
restaurants if there's no energy. They want their officers to
be shut down, their factories to be shut down.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Up to fifteen thousand punters are expected at Rickitton Park's
sell out races. Today marks the last day of Price Churches,
Popular Cup and Show Week. Canterbriy Jockey Club Chief executive
Tom Mills says the weather appears to be on their
side today. He says this time of year has always
got everybody buzzing. Mills says all of the staff from
(01:10):
the kitchen to the grounds keepers have been putting in
one hundred percent this week. Female sports leagues are continuing
to face the highest levels of sexist and transphobic abuse.
The Oretto Global Hate Speech Index shows women's sports are
subjected to structurally hire and more volatile abuse than men's.
It's the first global minch benchmark for tracking online hate
(01:32):
speech in sports. Areto Labs founder Jacqueline Coma says this
hostility appears to be normalized.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
We need everyone to sort of work together and to
have a societal will to do something about it, to
understand how damaging it can be.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Hospitals are facing a growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections.
Christ Church Hospital is currently dealing with two small outbreaks
of VRE. Fewer than ten patients are affected on one
ward with two different strains. One has been linked to
an Auckland cluster. That's news. In sports, Gee wee golfer
(02:08):
Daniel Hillier remains on the verge of claiming his ticket
to join Ryan Fox on the PGA Tour next season.
The twenty seven year old is in a tie for
second after two rounds of the season ending European Tour
event in Dubai, with his current placing earning him a
spot for the PGA Tour due to others exemptions. Hillis
says earning a card would be a dream come true.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I think it's what most of us have dreamed of
since we're you know, little kids, and so that's where
you want to be. It's where some of the best
players in the world are playing, so yeah, it's an
exciting prospect for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Pakistan have beaten Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the
second One Day Cricket International and Rawul Pindee to seal
the three match series to nilm Mawana PACIFICA assistant coach
Stephen Jones has been granted an early release from his
Super Rugby contract to join the Newcastle Red Bills as
an assistant in England That Sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For
(03:00):
more news, listen to News Talk set B Live on iHeartRadio.
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, Russia's launched one of its largest drone
attacks on Kiev in weeks, killing six people and injuring
dozens of others. Officials say there's many damaged department buildings
in practically every district of the Ukrainian capital was falling
fragments causing a large number of fires. It's estimated Russia
(00:26):
launched around four hundred and thirty drones and eighteen missiles.
The BBC's James Landell says Russian attacks are expected to
ramp up, especially on energy infrastructure as the region heads
into winter.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
They want to turn eastern Ukraine off if you like.
They want it to be dark, they want it to
be cold. They want people to struggle to go to
restaurants if there's no energy. They want their officers to
be shut down, their factories to be shut down.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Up to fifteen thousand punters are expected at Rickitton Park's
sell out races. Today marks the last day of Price Churches,
Popular Cup and Show Week. Canterbriy Jockey Club Chief executive
Tom Mills says the weather appears to be on their
side today. He says this time of year has always
got everybody buzzing. Mills says all of the staff from
(01:10):
the kitchen to the grounds keepers have been putting in
one hundred percent this week. Female sports leagues are continuing
to face the highest levels of sexist and transphobic abuse.
The Oretto Global Hate Speech Index shows women's sports are
subjected to structurally hire and more volatile abuse than men's.
It's the first global minch benchmark for tracking online hate
(01:32):
speech in sports. Areto Labs founder Jacqueline Coma says this
hostility appears to be normalized.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
We need everyone to sort of work together and to
have a societal will to do something about it, to
understand how damaging it can be.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Hospitals are facing a growing problem of antibiotic resistant infections.
Christ Church Hospital is currently dealing with two small outbreaks
of VRE. Fewer than ten patients are affected on one
ward with two different strains. One has been linked to
an Auckland cluster. That's news. In sports, Gee wee golfer
(02:08):
Daniel Hillier remains on the verge of claiming his ticket
to join Ryan Fox on the PGA Tour next season.
The twenty seven year old is in a tie for
second after two rounds of the season ending European Tour
event in Dubai, with his current placing earning him a
spot for the PGA Tour due to others exemptions. Hillis
says earning a card would be a dream come true.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I think it's what most of us have dreamed of
since we're you know, little kids, and so that's where
you want to be. It's where some of the best
players in the world are playing, so yeah, it's an
exciting prospect for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Pakistan have beaten Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the
second One Day Cricket International and Rawul Pindee to seal
the three match series to nilm Mawana PACIFICA assistant coach
Stephen Jones has been granted an early release from his
Super Rugby contract to join the Newcastle Red Bills as
an assistant in England That Sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For
(03:00):
more news, listen to News Talk set B Live on iHeartRadio.
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