Midday Edition: 06 December 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 06 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):
No the news talks heavy newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, a person's been left in a critical condition
after sustaining a gunshot wound on Papakura's Mardy place in
the early hours of this morning. Police say those involved
have believed to know each other and they don't believe
there is an ongoing risk to the community. They say

(00:24):
inquiries to find the offender are ongoing. US President Donald
Trump's been awarded the first of its kind FIFA Peace
Prize at today's World Cup draw in Washington, DC. The
prize was announced by FIFA last month without prior approval
from its board. It says the award comes due to
Trump's efforts towards peace, including in Gaza, and his ongoing

(00:47):
efforts and trying to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented him with a glitzy gold
trophy that is also a beautiful medal for you that
you can wear everywhere you want to go. Right now, okay,
previously ask did Teparti Mari MP Maria Mino Carpakinghi is

(01:10):
praising a fair process as she's reinstated to the party.
The High Courts granted an interim order letting her return
after a judge ruled there were serious questions around the
manner in which she was expelled. It's ahead of the
party's agm this weekend, which Carpakini says she's looking forward
to attending. She says she intends to be back at

(01:30):
work next week as usual and is very glad to
be back. She says despite this, she's reluctant to have
it gotten to this point and would have preferred it
to be done in the party's own way. Some high
temperatures are forecast around the country this weekend. Met Service
says Auckland's likely to see a hive of twenty five today,
but the Hawks Bay and Gisbon are expected to see

(01:52):
temperatures in the low thirties, with some heat alerts in place.
Jacob Jones says more.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
The heat warnings appear light to those areas and the
Bay of Plenty. Meanwhile, parts of the South Island are
set to see rain, particularly on the west coast. Heavy
rain is expected in Fjordland from eleven pm tonight until
one am on Monday.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's news in sports. A good start from the terrorist
to the fifth and final day of the first cricket
Test between the Black Caps and West Indies in christ
Church a short time ago. They'd advanced the school to
two hundred and fifty one for four in their unlikely
chase of five hundred and thirty one for victory. Paul
Cole has moved into the semi finals of the Hong

(02:36):
Kong Squad Open as he looks to match his twenty
twenty three triumph at the event. The All Whites will
face Belgium, Egypt and Iran in Group G at next
year's FEFA World Cup. New Zealand was the final ball
plucked out in the first ever forty eighteen draw, with
ice hockey's greatest Wayne Gretzky announcing their name to the world.

(02:58):
New Zealand el Jiama eighth in the world, Iran twentieth
and Egypt thirty fourth, the All White eighty sixth in
the latest rankings That Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,
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