Midday Edition: 24 December 2025

The Midday 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
This is newsfacs in this update, resounding calls for UN
reform with the balance of power potentially off kilter. The
US makes up about twenty two percent of the UN's
regular budget but hasn't paid its dues. Otago University politics
professor Robert Padman says the US has exclusive veto rights
on any resolution and if it's going to have such perks,

(00:29):
it should at least pay its share.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
There is an opportunity for the likes of New Zealand, Australia, Canada,
the EU countries to start being quite robust about how
the most powerful countries in the world are not doing
their fair share.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Lisa warning there alt in big numbers this summer, and
not just on the highways. Last year, two hundred and
ninety two people lost their lives on our roads. Transport
Minister Chris Bishop says alcohol and drug impairment remains one
of the biggest killers on the roads. Superintendent Steve Greeley
says it's important people stay alert even when driving outside

(01:02):
of congested areas.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
What we'd say is that any part of the roading
network in New Zealand is at work.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
The holiday Road toll period starts at four this afternoon
and runs through to January fifth. Police believe the film
the body of a man who was last seen near
a boat ramp north of Thames on Monday. Authorities received
reports of a body being found by a member of
the public just after six this morning. Investigations are under
way after an early morning house fire and New Plymouth

(01:30):
Fire and Emergency responded to the blaze about two point
thirty stuff reports. One person is understood to have died
and one person's being taken to hospital after a fire
destroyed a home on christ Church's Calli Road also early
this morning. The grass fire, which also burnt several buildings
in Hawk's Bay, is now fully contained and almost out.

(01:51):
State Highway fifty at Fernhill near Hastings is open under
traffic management. One person has serious injuries after crashing their
car into a tree at totong Is Welcome Bay this morning,
and a broadcast issue impacting multiple Freeview, three Now and
Sky Television channels has been resolved. Freeview says the problem
was from outside New Zealand. That's news. I'm Scarlet Sutanovich.

(02:15):
The sport and two time former champion Gary Anderson is
through to the last thirty two at the World Darts Championship.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Bulls are again Garry Anderson on the Bulls, Champagne stuff
vintage careers as soon.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Anderson's beaten Englishman Connor Scout three sets to one to
advance to the third round. Arsenala through to the semi
finals of Football's League Cup after an eight to seven
penalty shootout win over Crystal Palace and their quarter final
at the Emirates. The scores were locked at one all
after ninety minutes, with the tie going straight to spot kex.

(02:53):
The first fifteen penalties were all converted before Palace defender
Maxen's Laqua missed. Arsenal will face Chelsea in a two
leg semi final. And That's Sport. For more news, listen
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