Midday Edition: 25 December 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 25 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):
From the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.
In this update, the owners of a home hit by
a light aircraft on the Krimndal Peninsula are safe, but
say their holidays being disrupted. Emergency services were called to
the scene in Pawanui just after nine am. The family
wasn't in the holiday home at the time, but had

(00:24):
been planning to head there soon. Witness Amy Wiggins says
she heard a loud bang from her house when it happened.
She says the plane was trying to take off at
the time, but veered off the airfield. It's unknown how
many people are on board and the extent of their injuries.
Doubts Russia will favor of Vladimir Zelenski's updated peace plan.

(00:44):
The Ukrainian president has outlined a twenty point proposal offering
a demilitarized zone in place of Ukrainian forces in the
country's east. BBC's Russia editor Vitali Shevchinko says parts of
the plan would never be acceptable to Moscow based on
what Rutter's previously said.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Key points I have to say, such as the deployment
of a multinational force to Ukraine that would be monitoring
this cease fire.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
US authorities have discovered over a million more documents potentially
linked to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Department of
Justice has already released thousands of documents and images, including
photos of high profile figures such as Bill Clinton and
Michael Jackson. The newly discovered documents have been turned over
to lawyer for review. C and n's Caitlin Ponce says

(01:35):
they'll be released as soon as possible, though it could
take several weeks, and.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
That comes after we were able to nail down last night.
The Department of Justice was trying to elist additional attorneys
in South Florida to work on these documents.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
That it was an emergency. He senta's food safeties warning
people not to get complacent the summer food poisoning numbers
spiked during the warmer months each year. Deputy Director General
Vincent Arbuckle says simple steps can be taken to keep safe.
He says, for example, as soon as you've finished your
Christmas meal, get leftovers into the fridge. That's news. In

(02:11):
Sport Central Stags spin Jaden Lennox is grateful for a
taste of international cricket during the winter. The thirty one
year old will be on a Maid in Black Caps
tour next month in India. Lennox has been on New
Zealand A tours to Bangladesh in South Africa, as well
as appearing for the Stags in the Global Super League tournament.
Events he thinks have primed him to do well at

(02:32):
the top level.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Three overseas trips to sort of learn about my game
and what that looks like in foreign conditions has been
a huge winter of learning and on and off the park.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
An unfamiliar Christmas for Auckland FC striker Sam Cosgrove. The
English import is spending his first December in the Southern Hemisphere,
having signed with the A League club this season. Cosgrove
says it's a very different feeling. Auckland f C were
scheduled to travel to Sydney today but their match has
been spooned. That's Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,

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