Afternoon Edition: 06 December 2025

The Afternoon 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):
From the news talks edby Newsroom. This is newsfacs in
this update a call for guarantees after Inland revenues taxing mistake.
Tax staff have identified a problem with the my IR
platform automatically filling in fields in tax forms. It's affected
people with jointly owned shareholdings and overcharged four and a
half thousand people on average three hundred dollars. Taxpayers Union

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Investigations coordinator Reese Hurley says it's unacceptable from glad.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
We want assurance that no taxpayers are going to face
penalties or any interest because of iodes mistakes.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Warnings of fire risks this weekend as summer sun's strong
winds and low humidity cross New Zealand met Service has
issued a strong wind warning for the Canterbury high Country
and a watch for Southern Lakes, parts of Southland and
Central Otago until Monday. Canterbury has temperatures forecast in the
high twenties today, with thirty two degree highs for Hawks Bay.

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Meteorologist Devlin Linden says conditions like that combine for an
increased risk of fire. He says people should be handling
fire carefully and avoid parking cars close to long grass
and scorching heat is also forecast for large parts of
New South Wales, along with an increased bush fire risk. Today,
the state has issued a heat wave warning and total

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fireban in some areas, with temperatures expected to reach forty
degrees in some places. The Prince and Princess of Wales
with their three children have rung in the Christmas cheer
in London, Princess Catherines presided over her annual Christmas Carol
service at Westminster Abbey. It recognizes those who've helped their communities.
The theme of the service, held in the candlelit Abbey

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was kindness and showing love to others. Sky News, as
ray Ann and Mills says, in some ways, it's nice
the event is held in the same place Princess Kate
married into the monarchy and.

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Now she's helped create what's become a really important annual
tradition for the royal family and one that's all about
connecting with people from right across the United Kingdom.

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That's news. In sport, Or White's defender Michael Boxall fields
a step closer to the Football World Cup after today's
glitzy draw ceremony held in Washington, DC. New Zealand drew Belgium,
Iran and Egypt for next year's tournament in North America.

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Could have been a lot worse. Obviously, it's going to
be three very very difficult games, but no exciting obviously.
We qualified way back in March, which feels like a
lifetime ago, and just kind of counted down to today
and glad to finally get games on the books.

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A long awaited return to the World Rally Championship for
New Zealand driver Hayden Padden, who has signed a part
time deal with Hyundai. The tensions ramping up during the
final session of the first cricket Test between New Zealand
and the West Indies in Christchurch a short time ago.
The black Caps still needed four wickets to win, the
West Indies within one hundred and five runs of their

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target for victory. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan. For more news,
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