Morning Edition: 15 December 2025

The Morning Edition of News Fix for 15 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 (00:16):
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm Wendy Petre and this is your morning news fixed
for Monday, the fifteenth of December, and this updated anti
Semitic attack on Sydney's Bondai Beach has claimed the lives
of twelve people. Thousands were attending a Harneker celebration just
before nine last night when two gunmen dressed in black
opened fire on the crowd. At least twenty nine people

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are injured, including two police officers. One of the suspected
attackers was shot dead. The other has been taken into
custody and critical condition after being disarmed by a bystander.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minn says Australia has learned
a lot since a Bondi Junction attack in April last year.
We will have a significant investigation. Our counter Terrorism Command

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will lead this investigation with investigators from the State Crime Command.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
No stone will be left unturned.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi says Australian stand with its Jewish community.
You have every right to be proud of who you
are and what you believe. You have the right to
worship and study, and live and work in peace and safety.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he's shocked by the distressing
scenes at Bondai Beach. It says the thoughts in those
of all Kiwis and everyone affected, adding Australia and New

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Zealand are more than friends their family. Today Mark's the
roadside drug a testing beginning starting exclusively the Wellington district.
The Schemes pilot will see police conducting random roadside saliva
tests screening for cannabis, methamphetamine MDMA and cocaine. Jordan Dunn
has more.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
The initiative begins in the Capitol before scaling up from
April until coverage is nationwide by midnext year. Any drivers
whose tests come back positive will need to do all
lab test, which also checks for two twenty five other substances.
Positive tests can result in twelve hour disqualifications from driving
and possible infringement. Notices.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Rises in supermarket supplier costs are moving a tad slower
than last year, but are still up on earlier in
the year. In the Metrics food Stuff's Grocery Supplier Cost
Index reveal suppliers charged two point four percent more on
average this November compared to twenty twenty four. Principal economist
Brad Olsen sets proteins like lamb and beef are still

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pushing costs up. He says some of the usual pullbacks
are coming through for seasonal produce.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
Particularly some of the summer salid components and stone fruit
as well, where those costs are easing back as production
starts to get into full swing and is a lot
more availability.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Stargazers can expect brighter skies across New Zealand until the
break of dawn. The annual meteor shower, the Geminids is
expected to peak in its Australasia by early this morning,
coming from dust and debris left by the rock comet Faathon.
The showers visibility will be tightened as the moon is
in its waning phase. Stardrome astronomer Josh Auldraki says that

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means skies will be darker and emphasize the shooting stars.
You're in New Zealand, we can expect to see if
you're in dark conditions, clear weather about thirty meteors per hour,
which is a pretty decent medio show for US. Alpine
skier Alice Robinson has become the first in New Zealander
to win a World Cup Super g race, winning the
latest round in Switzerland. Left arm orthodox spinner A Jazz

(03:27):
Patel has been selected for New Zealand's final cricket Test
in the three match series against West Indies starting on
Thursday in Mount Monganui. And Nottingham Forest have stunned at
Tottenham three NILA in the Premier League to move five
points away from relegation. Sunderland, Manchester City and Aston Villa
were the other winners overnight. I'm wendp Trip. That's your
latest news fix. We'll be back with the next up

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day at midday from the News Talk, said Beat Newsroom.