December 23, 2025 • 2 mins
The Morning Edition of News Fix for 24 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):
On the news talk said be newsroom, this is newsfacs
in this update to please for calm on the busy
last day of pre Christmas shopping. Retail and Z's crime
report shows forty percent of retail workers were exposed to
offensive behavior at least once over the last year. It
says the rate of aggression and violence in stores has
(00:25):
changed little. Chief executive Carol and Young says everyone knows
shops will be packed, so should act accordingly.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's much harder to just pop into the store and
run back home in a short period of time during
December than it is at other times of the year.
Be prepared for your trips to the shops to take
just a little bit longer.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
The meat centerpiece of Christmas dinner tables may change this year.
The price of sirloin and porterhouse steaks and lamb chops
rose about twenty five percent in the past year, and
beef mints and sausages more than ten percent, but poultry
and pork have matched stayed below the rate of inflation
and for Metrics, Principal economist Brad Olson says globally, red
(01:06):
meat isn't keeping up with supply.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Although you've seen the likes of beef and lamb that
have increased in costs quite considerably. There hasn't been nearly
as much movement for the likes of pork and chicken.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Three young men stranded in a gorge during cold and
wet weather was saved by a sliver of cell phone
reception last night. Wellington District Search and Rescue say the
men were on the verge of not being able to
contact anyone that intended to float down Kai Talkie Regional
Park's Hut River that found themselves stranded near impassable cliffs.
(01:37):
The men called for help after receiving some cell phone reception.
Felisa it could have been a very different Christmas for
their families and warned people to be prepared and pack
a personal locator. Beacon and former Russian tennis star Anna
Cornerkovis welcomed her fourth child at the age of forty
four with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. The couple shared the
(01:58):
news on social media, not revealing any information about the baby,
sex or name. I'm Kay Gregory and that's news. In sport,
the Black Cabs have named fifteen strong squads for their
two white ball series in India next month. In the
ODI squad, Uncapped left arms spinner Jadon Lennox and all
rounder Christian Clark are joined by emerging internationals Addie Ashok,
(02:22):
Josh Clarks and Nick Kelley. In recent Test debutant Michael
Ray Michael Bracewell is captain, with white ball skipper Mitchell
Santner only named for the five match T twenty series
which follows. Kyl Jamison is back from injury and is
named in both squads. Auckland FC's top of the table
A League men's football clash on Saturday night has been postponed.
(02:43):
The Black Knights were scheduled to meet second place Sidney FC, but,
like Ard Oval, has failed a pitch inspection. A new
date for the game has yet to be confirmed. That's Sport.
For more news, listen to News Talk said Be live
on iHeartRadio
On the news talk said be newsroom, this is newsfacs
in this update to please for calm on the busy
last day of pre Christmas shopping. Retail and Z's crime
report shows forty percent of retail workers were exposed to
offensive behavior at least once over the last year. It
says the rate of aggression and violence in stores has
(00:25):
changed little. Chief executive Carol and Young says everyone knows
shops will be packed, so should act accordingly.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
It's much harder to just pop into the store and
run back home in a short period of time during
December than it is at other times of the year.
Be prepared for your trips to the shops to take
just a little bit longer.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
The meat centerpiece of Christmas dinner tables may change this year.
The price of sirloin and porterhouse steaks and lamb chops
rose about twenty five percent in the past year, and
beef mints and sausages more than ten percent, but poultry
and pork have matched stayed below the rate of inflation
and for Metrics, Principal economist Brad Olson says globally, red
(01:06):
meat isn't keeping up with supply.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Although you've seen the likes of beef and lamb that
have increased in costs quite considerably. There hasn't been nearly
as much movement for the likes of pork and chicken.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Three young men stranded in a gorge during cold and
wet weather was saved by a sliver of cell phone
reception last night. Wellington District Search and Rescue say the
men were on the verge of not being able to
contact anyone that intended to float down Kai Talkie Regional
Park's Hut River that found themselves stranded near impassable cliffs.
(01:37):
The men called for help after receiving some cell phone reception.
Felisa it could have been a very different Christmas for
their families and warned people to be prepared and pack
a personal locator. Beacon and former Russian tennis star Anna
Cornerkovis welcomed her fourth child at the age of forty
four with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias. The couple shared the
(01:58):
news on social media, not revealing any information about the baby,
sex or name. I'm Kay Gregory and that's news. In sport,
the Black Cabs have named fifteen strong squads for their
two white ball series in India next month. In the
ODI squad, Uncapped left arms spinner Jadon Lennox and all
rounder Christian Clark are joined by emerging internationals Addie Ashok,
(02:22):
Josh Clarks and Nick Kelley. In recent Test debutant Michael
Ray Michael Bracewell is captain, with white ball skipper Mitchell
Santner only named for the five match T twenty series
which follows. Kyl Jamison is back from injury and is
named in both squads. Auckland FC's top of the table
A League men's football clash on Saturday night has been postponed.
(02:43):
The Black Knights were scheduled to meet second place Sidney FC, but,
like Ard Oval, has failed a pitch inspection. A new
date for the game has yet to be confirmed. That's Sport.
For more news, listen to News Talk said Be live
on iHeartRadio
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