Midday Edition: 13 December 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 13 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):
On the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, the Maritime Union says yesterday's inter Island
a fairy failure is a major red flag, proving the
need to maintain an emergency response vessel. In the Cook Strait.
A technical issue caused a Picton bound vessel to return
to Wellington last night. In November, Transport Minister Chris Bishop

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confirmed Wellington's Cook Straight rescue ship will leave on a
February fourth with no replacement. Maritime Union National Secretary Carl
Finlay is urging the government to reconsider.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
The bigture things. It's a small amount of money for
in his Zealand marine security and there's been several issues
not only with the fairies over the years that has
shown that we need that option there.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
King Charles is sharing good news on his battle with
cancer and urging others to get screened. The British monarch
revealed his diagnosis in February last year, less than eighteen
months after taking the throne. In a televised speech today,
he expressed concern that at least nine million people in
the UK are not undergoing the cancer screenings available to them.

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Although he hasn't revealed his type of cancer. King Charles
says he's blessed to be in a time with many
medical advancements.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Thanks to earlier diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctors' orders,
my own schedule of cancer treatment can be reduced in
the new year.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
A crowd of around forty five thousand people are expected
to pack in Auckland's domain tonight for Christmas in the Park,
the free event to treat some of our top entertainers,
with Kiwi Pacific artist Luana joining the likes of Lavina
Williams and local group at Ponsonby School of Dance. Organizers
say or via high energy event complete with fireworks. Finale

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event producer Chris Gillies says it's a great way to
celebrate Christmas.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
It's an opportunity to have a wonderful night out with
the family and to receive what, in my opinion, is
world class entertainment.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
Animal welfare group Safe is condemning the Government for pushing
changes to pig farming regulations through parliament under urgency. That's news.
In sports, here we go for Dame Lydia Coe, an
Australian team mate. Jason Day, a mid table after the
first day at the Grant Thornton Invitational in Florida. The
duo are tied for eighth in the field of sixteen teams,

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five shots off the pace, having shot twelve under par
in the first round scramble where they both played from
their best tea shot. New Zealand captain Tom Latham will
consider playing pace bowler Kyle Jamison in the third and
final Test against the West Indies in Mount Mont Minui.
Nothing official has been announced, but Jamison isn't in the
Canterbury Plunket Shield team facing Auckland. Latham says the thirty

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year old's return from side stiffness would be welcome after
a spate of pace bowler injuries. And New Zealand triathlete
Hayden Wilde is celebrating a first ever world title, clinching
the T one hundred crown in Doha. That Sports, I'm
Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to News Talk said

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