December 22, 2025 • 2 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 23 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks, he'd be newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, Labour's not yet revealing if it will
back the free trade agreement with India, following New Zealand
first pulling its support. Its support would salvage the agreement,
which was in trouble after Winston Peters announced his party
would vote against it, robbing the coalition of its majority.
Labour's trade spokesperson Damian O'Connor says that'll finalize a position
as a caucus in the new year because they need
(00:30):
to study the details.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
We see the positive opportunities in the potential of this
trade agreement, particularly at a time when there's a lot
of uncertainty and global trade.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Motorists and Otago are urged to delay travel or avoid
State Highway eight between Linda's Pass and on Madamah after
a crash caused the road to close around ten am.
Private fireworks are a nogo on Corimandal Peninsula and parts
of Otago this New Year's Eve. Under a fire and
emergency ban for both areas, Private fire works use is
prohibited in the Coromandal until January thirtieth, although approved public
(01:05):
displays are allowed. Jamie Cunningham reports.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
A band comes in tomorrow until further notice for Upper White, Tuckey,
Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes. Fire and Emergency says fireworks
have sparked two blazers in the Coromandel in the past fortnight.
It says people don't always consider the fire risk, which
is much higher now than around Guy Fawkes in November.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
And advice to strip work, emails and calendars from your
devices over the summer break, with a survey revealing around
forty percent of KIWI employees report feeling persistent work stress.
That's news, It's a sport and Philham has beaten Nottingham
Forest one nil in this morning's Premier League football clash
at Craven Cottage or White Skipper Chris Wood was again
(01:50):
absent for Forest as he continues his recovery from injury.
A dominant showing from world number two Luke Humphreys at
the World Dance Championships, the twenty twenty four champion is
advanced around three after accounting for seventy one year old
Singapore and Paul Lim in three straight sets. Brenda McCullum
wants to remain head coach of the England cricket team,
(02:10):
but acknowledges his future in the role is out of
his hands. A former New Zealand captain, has watched England
lose the first three Tests of the Ashes series, allowing
Australia to retain the Urn with two matches to spare.
That is sport. I'm Diana Vesich. For more news, listen
to News Talk set B Live on iHeartRadio.
From the news talks, he'd be newsroom.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
In this update, Labour's not yet revealing if it will
back the free trade agreement with India, following New Zealand
first pulling its support. Its support would salvage the agreement,
which was in trouble after Winston Peters announced his party
would vote against it, robbing the coalition of its majority.
Labour's trade spokesperson Damian O'Connor says that'll finalize a position
as a caucus in the new year because they need
(00:30):
to study the details.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
We see the positive opportunities in the potential of this
trade agreement, particularly at a time when there's a lot
of uncertainty and global trade.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Motorists and Otago are urged to delay travel or avoid
State Highway eight between Linda's Pass and on Madamah after
a crash caused the road to close around ten am.
Private fireworks are a nogo on Corimandal Peninsula and parts
of Otago this New Year's Eve. Under a fire and
emergency ban for both areas, Private fire works use is
prohibited in the Coromandal until January thirtieth, although approved public
(01:05):
displays are allowed. Jamie Cunningham reports.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
A band comes in tomorrow until further notice for Upper White, Tuckey,
Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes. Fire and Emergency says fireworks
have sparked two blazers in the Coromandel in the past fortnight.
It says people don't always consider the fire risk, which
is much higher now than around Guy Fawkes in November.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
And advice to strip work, emails and calendars from your
devices over the summer break, with a survey revealing around
forty percent of KIWI employees report feeling persistent work stress.
That's news, It's a sport and Philham has beaten Nottingham
Forest one nil in this morning's Premier League football clash
at Craven Cottage or White Skipper Chris Wood was again
(01:50):
absent for Forest as he continues his recovery from injury.
A dominant showing from world number two Luke Humphreys at
the World Dance Championships, the twenty twenty four champion is
advanced around three after accounting for seventy one year old
Singapore and Paul Lim in three straight sets. Brenda McCullum
wants to remain head coach of the England cricket team,
(02:10):
but acknowledges his future in the role is out of
his hands. A former New Zealand captain, has watched England
lose the first three Tests of the Ashes series, allowing
Australia to retain the Urn with two matches to spare.
That is sport. I'm Diana Vesich. For more news, listen
to News Talk set B Live on iHeartRadio.
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