Afternoon Edition: 03 December 2025

The Afternoon Edition of News Fix for 03 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 railing Ramsey. This is your afternoon news
fixed for Wednesday, the third of December. Public Service Commissioner
Sir Brian Wroach says he would have sacked Andrew Costa
if he'd had to. The former police commissioner has resigned
as the Social Investment Agency Chief Executive effective today. Costa
says he accepts full responsibility for shortcomings when he was

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in charge identified in an IPCA report into the handling
of serious allegations against then Deputy Commissioner Jevin mc skinning
wrote says Costa has done the right thing. The IPCA
report indicated a number of very significant failings. He was
accountable for it. He's accepted that accountability and acted accordingly.

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Chris Luxon says the Trump administration's concerns about trade with
New Zealand arm misplaced, but he doesn't expect much will change.
Business trade and policy leaders again that at the US
Business summit in Auckland. The Prime Minister says the government's
focused on deepening our bilateral relationship is essential to our
economic prosperity. He says the White House understands the balance

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of trade hangs in its favor so often tell us
that they can give us as one of the gourguys,
but at the same time we are incredibly realistic that
expect charities as going forward them. Catastrophic flooding and landslides
after monsoon rain have killed more than thirteen hundred people
in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. Nearly a thousand

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are still missing. The BBC's US to destra Arjenrastri says
some in Indonesia have been cut off almost a week.
Wood now is very scarce. There's no clean water, there's
no clothing and people have to loot stores and warehouse
in order to find food. A young man's stab many

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times in central Wellington on early Sunday is lucky to
be alive. Police say he sustained numerous wounds to his
arm and back in a car park between Wakefield and
Tory Streets. Police say any of his wounds could have
been fatal, but he's now stable and intensive care. They
want to hear from anyone with any information. Please for

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fishes to stare clear of Papaui Point, one of our
deadliest drowning hot spots. Two men disappeared rock fishing off
the point. In October of twenty twenty one, and since
nineteen eighty eighteen drownings have been confirmed. Acorn As this
week recommended closing public access. Water Safety and zaid's Glen
Scanlan says their priority is prevention. Whose portucal for us

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is really giving people the information knowledge they need to
be safe, and first of all that is don't fish there,
and second we're a life jacket. Meatservice can't confirm whether
extreme winds that tore through Manuwitu's Dudding Lake motor camp
can be called a tornado. Two motor homes were overturned
and one person's been taken to Huanganui Hospital with moderate injuries.

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Fire and Emergency says trees and power lines are also
down in the area. Met Service meteorologist Michael Porley says
its radars aren't close enough to determine whether the wind
has a spin to it. Based on the weather that's
happening there today, it is reasonable that a small tornado
could have appeared, and Power Co shows that some properties

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have lost power in the Bulls Region. Just Sport leading
sports administrator Gary Dawson believes Netball New Zealand is letting
its grassroots community down with issues around TV rights. The
pair Down A and Z Premiership and the Dame Noline Todo,
a coaching drama horse of the year, has been canceled
due to increased costs and reduced revenue, but organized as

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are hoping the Hastings event will be back in twenty
twenty seven and the All Whites will play two more
home matches ahead of next year's Football World Cup. Auckland's
been confirmed to host three nations at the end of
March as part of the FIFA series. That is your
latest news fix and we'll be back with the next
update to morrow morning from the News Talk's ZB news room.