Morning Edition: 12 December 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 12 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 morning. I'm never Etti Manu and this is your
morning news box for Friday, twelfth of December. In this update,
the disgraced former leader of Gloria Veil is due to
be sentenced today on a raft of sex offenses. Eighty
five year old Howard Temples pleaded guilty to twelve charges
earlier this year, including in decent assault, doing an indecent

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act and common assault. The offending related to nine complainants
eh between nine and twenty between nineteen ninety eight and
twenty twenty two. Temple's admissions came three days into a
trial in the Greymouth District Court in July, with Temple
resigning as Gloria Vale's leader thirteen days later. He faces
a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. An Auckland

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skipper's being ordered to pay more than seven thousand dollars
after reversing into swimmers with a propeller while drinking. Travis
Weitman believed the engine was a neutral when he was
recovering swimmers from the war near the Alderman Islands in
twenty twenty two. The two women visiting from Sydney sustained
serious league injuries requiring surgery and have permanent scarring. A

(01:10):
police breath test of Whiteman three hours after the incident
found he surpassed the limit for driving on New Zealand roads.
Unionized primary school Principles continue to clash with the government
over their latest pay offer. NZDI says the proposal is
substantially inferior to the offer secondary school principles have now accepted.

(01:31):
Primary Principles say the offer doesn't acknowledge what they say
is a crushing workload and increased pressure from rushed curriculum changes.
Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roach says it's a good
offer and they have a chance to reach a settlement
this year. He says it has this same four point
seven percent pay rise within twelve months as secondary school
principles with support for professional development. The Justice Minister says

(01:56):
we need to try different things to achieve different outcome.
A publicly released regulatory impact statement suggests a bill to
widen citizens' arrest powers in cases of retail crime may
not actually reduce offending. It says many people could still
feel they shouldn't intervene due to concerns about police responsiveness
or health and safety. Paul Goldsmith says the government's determined

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to give businesses more options to detain those stealing from
them as part of its plan to clamp down on
retail crime. He says the current situation where people can
walk out of supermarkets with full trolleys cannot continue. Wellington
is bracing for another big weekend with the Australasian premiere
of the new Avatar film and the Black Camps West
Indies Test at Basin Reserve. Tipoppa's newest exhibitions also getting underway,

(02:44):
whilst Santa will feature at Christmas in the Quarters at
Whiteitungi Park. Santa will also be popping by krperty Coasts
Annual Christmas Parade and Christmas in the Park at Auckland,
Do Maine in Sport. New Zealand hold the advantage heading
into the third day of the second cricket Test in Wellington.
The West Indies are thirty two for two, a deficit
of forty one. Sophie Divine's Perth Scorches have advanced to

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the Women's Big Bash decider in Australia, beating Whiteburn's teammate
Emilia Curs Sydney Six's by eleven runs in the preliminary final.
Ardi Savia has been crowned New Zealand's top rugby player
for a third time, claiming the overall Calvin Ar Tremaine
Memorial Player of the Year award. I'm never ready, Manu,
and that your latest news fix. We'll be back with

(03:30):
the next update at midday from the news Dog ZB
news Room.