Midday Edition: 27 December 2025

The Midday Edition of News Fix for 27 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):
No the news talks had the newsroom this is newsfacs.
In this update, a body's been found in the search
for a jet skier who went missing from the wy
Cato bar on Christmas Day. This brings the holiday drowning
toll to two. After a person was swept from rocks
south of West Auckland's p Hart Beach yesterday afternoon. Families
of the victims of the Bondei Beach massacre are calling

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for a Royal commission into anti Semitism. It's been just
under two weeks since the terror attack, which killed sixteen
and injured forty. Sky News reports an open letter calls
for the inquiry and says it's the only way to
stamp out hatred. Meanwhile, police and Victoria have released an
image of a person of interest in the fire bombing
of a rabbi's car on Christmas Day. Victoria Police Assistant

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Commissioner Chris Gilbert says they're searching widely for a man
with an active warrant called John Argento. At the moment,
we're unable to determine exactly where he is. He may
in fact be even rough sleeping, but certainly moving from
place to place Auckland's rail network will shut down for
a month from today. There will be closures across the
rail network until January twenty eighth. The closures for vital

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City rail Link repairs have become an annual tradition for
the city. Kiwi Rail Chief programe Officer David Gordon says
while they don't like shutting down the network, it's essential
for the types of repairs they're doing. He says they're
digging underground and working on the foundation, so trains just
can't be around. Parts of the country are in for
another way of stormy and sharhi weather. A series of

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fronts are moving around the country, with warm air up
towards the north and colder air down south. Met Service
meteorologist Sylvia Martino says there's a risk of thunderstorms in Taranaki, Fonganui,
Mnotu and Northern Wide at Appa. She says they could
even be heavier in Westland, coastal parts of Otago, Dunedin
and Cluther Then to the afternoon, much of the South

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Island has a risk of thunderstorms and there is a
risk of hail coming along with that. That is news
in sport A bounce back Premier League Football win for
Manchester United. Danish defender Patrick dorgo first goal for the
Red Devils has lifted them to a one nil home
victory over Newcastle. The result turns United to fifth level

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on points with fourth place Chelsea. Australia's leading Day one
performer believes a positive approach is likely to remain the
best option in Day two of the Boxing Day cricket Test.
Seam bowler Michael Neiser was the host's top scorer in
their mega first innings of one hundred and fifty two
before bagging four wickets as England were rolled for just
one hundred and ten. Australia will resume on four without loss,

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leading by forty six runs. Breakers coach for Terry Corpinan
believes their willingness to compete was the catalyst for a
drought breaking win in basketball's NBL. The eighty one eighty
overtime win over Tasmania and Hobart came on the back
of three straight losses that sport. I'm Sandy Hodge. For

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