Afternoon Edition: 02 December 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 02 December 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):
Good afternoon. I'm Raining Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fix for Tuesday, the second of December. Police executives, including
Commissioner Richard Chambers, are facing Parliament's scrutiny week, appearing before
the Justice Committee escathing IPCA report found failures in how
some senior police dealt with allegations against then Deputy Police

(00:26):
Commissioner Jevin mcskimming. Former Commissioner Andrew Costa has been on
leave since from his current job as Social Investment Agency
Chief Executive. Deputy Public Service Commissioner Heather bag It says
action is ongoing and we have a further several performance
in prevalent reviewers underway, playing with New Zealand police buying

(00:48):
local as Christmas could help straggling businesses. Later, Centrix data
shows liquidations have reached a fourteen year high, although confidence
is increasing by New Zealand. May Executive Director Dane Ambler
says business failures are driven by slow growth and rising
operating costs, but he says Inland revenue is also playing

(01:09):
a part, obviously stepping up their enforcement and chasing companies
for outstanding debts and the ANGEA that's basically leading to
these high level of liquidations. There is rome for lasting
change to better address our high sexual violence rates. The
Helen Clark Foundation's new report finds there are two hundred
and nine thousand sexual assaults in New Zealand every year.

(01:32):
It highlights gaps in our laws, including around the framing
of consent and banning of deep fakes. Project manager Sarah
Beale says the report offers solutions for improving reporting, court processes,
victims support and justice pathways. It's really a call to
government and to political parties to consider adopting these policies
that the evident shows could make a real difference in

(01:54):
the lives of women, in particular velings Yanders. New Zealand
exported more than twenty five billion dollars worth of goods
and services in the September quarter. The same quarter last year,
we exported twenty two point three billion dollars. China was
the top export destination and Australia overtook the US for
second place. Overall, imports surpassed twenty nine billion dollars, bringing

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the total two way trade for the quarter to fifty
five point seven billion. A warning businesses shouldn't assume they're
too small to be a target for cyber criminals. The
National Cybersecurity Center recorded more than thirteen hundred cybersecurity incidents
from organizations in the year to June. Three hundred and

(02:39):
thirty of these were identified as incidents of potential national significance.
Chief Operating Officer Michael Iagisch says all it takes to
be a target is to have time or money. Alongside
the fact that we're using more and more technology, it
actually means that any organization could make a mistake and
a malicious actor could look at exploit it. The Education

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Minister's welcoming news community educators have voted to accept their
latest payoffer. The Post Primary Teachers Association members provide education
beyond school years, including adult education and specialist tutoring services.
In sport, the Perth Bears have an Art's their first
sign as for their inaugural NRL season in twenty twenty seven.

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Bulldogs halfback Toby Sexton and Leeds rhino center Harry Newman
have both signed on. Meanwhile, Kiwi's and former Melbourne Storm
prop Nelson Arsofa Solomona is set to pursue his dream
of becoming a champion boxer. Tall Black's coach jud Flavel
hopes and encouraging but ultimately fruitless basketball series against Australia

(03:49):
will build resilience and CEO Nick Becker doesn't believe Auckland
f C are suffering the dreaded second year syndrome. That
is your latest news fix. Will be back with the
next update tomorrow morning from the news Talk seed B
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