Morning Edition: 16 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning. I'm Wendy Petrie and this is your morning
news fix for Tuesday, the sixteenth of December. In this update,
the New Zealand Jewish Council says some political leaders need
to reflect on the rhetoric they're using. After a terror
attack at a Harnaker celebration in Sydney, New Zealand, police
have been bolstering their presence around Jewish sites after the
target attack and Bondai on Sunday, a father and son

(00:26):
opened fire on a crowd of some one thousand people,
killing fifteen and injuring more than forty. New Zealand Jewish
Council President Juliet Moses says this was predictable when you
look at patterns of antisemitism. We know what to look
out for. When you get this kind of mod mentality
and people egging each other on, it leads to actual violence.

(00:47):
It's thought that the government books will be in worse
shape than forecast in the budget half. Your Economic and
Fiscal Update documents are coming out early this afternoon carrying
key economic metrics. Treasury also releasing a budget pol statement
outlining priorities for upcoming spending and initiatives and the Metrics
Principal economist Brad Olsen says the third quarter has been strong,

(01:09):
but Treasury's forecast is based on a weaker second quarter. Realistically,
the economic recovery that Prusury had been expecting through the
course of twenty twenty five hasn't been going as quickly
as expected. A sobering reminder of the dangers of alpine
environments as two climbers remain overdue from the Auraqi Mount
Cook Summit, Search and Rescue and Department of Conservation crews

(01:32):
postponed their search for the pair yesterday afternoon. As where
the contended deneditions deteriorated, New Zealand could lose ninety seven
percent of its glassiers by the end of the century.
A study published in Nature Climate Change finds that's the
case of the planet heats up to four degrees above
pre industrial levels by twenty one hundred. If models at

(01:55):
warming are kept to one point five degrees the Paris
Agreement's target, roughly high of the glaciers would survive. Catterby
University Associate Professor Heather Purdy says glaciers play an important
part in New Zealand's water cycle. Bless your store water
in its frozen forms and then actually release that water
at once of the year when we need it most,

(02:15):
when it's actually warm. The AA wants to see changes
to the government's proposed reforms to the Warrant of Fitness scheme.
Under the proposal, the first waff on a light vehicle
would last four years before needing inspection every two years
until it's ten years old. AA Principal Policy Advisor Terry
Collins says extending the first inspection two four years will

(02:36):
mean more wear and tear on brakes and tires. He
says a review in the UK found the cost savings
were not worth the risk. The thirty two year old
son of Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner is in
custody after his parents were found dead in their Los
Angeles home. The bodies of seventy eight year old Rhiner
and his wife, Michelle Singer were found on Sunday afternoon.

(02:59):
To Sport Black Cabs, T twenty specialist Tim Seifet has
blasted a century off just fifty three balls for the
Melbourne Renegades and the fourteen run Big Bash win over
the Brisbane Heat in Geelong. Blunket shield leaders Auckland have
been humbled by Canterbury in their round for match in Christchurch,
losing by an innings and seventy two runs and tackles

(03:21):
above the sternam will be banned next year's Under twenty
Rugby World Cup Championship in Georgia next year as part
of the March towards increase player safety. I'm Wendy Petrick.
That's your latest news fix. We'll be back with the
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