December 26, 2025 • 2 mins
The Afternoon 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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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, parts of Tongariro National Park can now under
arahui after a death on Boxing Day, police say a
man became unresponsive and died while walking the Taranaki Falls track.
A spokesperson says he died at the scene despite efforts
from those who were walking with him and a passer by.
(00:24):
A joint statement from the Department of Conservation and the
local HAPU says Taranaki Falls and Tama Lake's tracks are
under the Rahui until Tuesday. To show respect. Hikers are
being asked to use alternate tracks. Anyone taking to the
water of the summer can help curb criminal activity along
our coastline. Customs is urging vigilance to prevent the smuggling
(00:44):
of drugs and delicit goods through our maritime borders. It's
bracing for an influx of around six hundred small craft
plus one hundred and eighty thousand cruise ship passengers. New
Zealand Customs Maritime Manager Robert Smith says everyone around the
nation needs to come together to protend borders.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
We've got transnational, serious organized crime groups that are actively
targeting in New Zealand. They don't care about the harm
they cause our communities. So what we're adoking for is
everybody to have a bit of an eye out of
this summer.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the
United States because of a winter storm moving across Northeast America.
Flight tracking website flight Aware reports more than fifteen hundred
cancelations today, with a further seven thousand flights delayed. Winter
storm mornings are in effect across New York, and parts
of the state could be blanketed in twenty centimeters of snow.
(01:33):
A reminder for Aucklanders, every drop of water counts. Watercre
says the city is in a good position, with dam
levels at more than ninety five percent full l as
of this morning. Head of Water Sharon Dank says people
can save water by taking shorter showers and watering their
gardens at night to avoid evaporation. Miss Dank says Aucklanders
should not become complacent.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Aalkland's in a.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Really good position with our water supply this summer, but
it's important to remember that demand can run sharp featuring summer,
especially during hotly beat That's news in sport to Melbourne
straight up in This will be Australia all else England
rip these grilands. England needs one hundred and seventy five
(02:17):
runs to win the Boxing Day cricket Test with Australia
at the MCG. England's bowled out Australia for one hundred
and thirty two, with Pacement Brighton cast taking figures of
four for thirty four. The Wellington Blaze have cruised past
the Central Hinds by eighteen runs in the women's T
twenty Super Smash cricket game in Palmerston, North Georgia. Plummer's
thirty nine helped Wellington set one hundred and thirty six
(02:40):
for five in the first innings. Merely Kerr and Jess
Simmons took two wickets each to bowl out the Hinds
for one hundred and eighteen. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.
For more news, listen to News Talk z B Live
on iHeartRadio
From the News Talk's edby Newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, parts of Tongariro National Park can now under
arahui after a death on Boxing Day, police say a
man became unresponsive and died while walking the Taranaki Falls track.
A spokesperson says he died at the scene despite efforts
from those who were walking with him and a passer by.
(00:24):
A joint statement from the Department of Conservation and the
local HAPU says Taranaki Falls and Tama Lake's tracks are
under the Rahui until Tuesday. To show respect. Hikers are
being asked to use alternate tracks. Anyone taking to the
water of the summer can help curb criminal activity along
our coastline. Customs is urging vigilance to prevent the smuggling
(00:44):
of drugs and delicit goods through our maritime borders. It's
bracing for an influx of around six hundred small craft
plus one hundred and eighty thousand cruise ship passengers. New
Zealand Customs Maritime Manager Robert Smith says everyone around the
nation needs to come together to protend borders.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
We've got transnational, serious organized crime groups that are actively
targeting in New Zealand. They don't care about the harm
they cause our communities. So what we're adoking for is
everybody to have a bit of an eye out of
this summer.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the
United States because of a winter storm moving across Northeast America.
Flight tracking website flight Aware reports more than fifteen hundred
cancelations today, with a further seven thousand flights delayed. Winter
storm mornings are in effect across New York, and parts
of the state could be blanketed in twenty centimeters of snow.
(01:33):
A reminder for Aucklanders, every drop of water counts. Watercre
says the city is in a good position, with dam
levels at more than ninety five percent full l as
of this morning. Head of Water Sharon Dank says people
can save water by taking shorter showers and watering their
gardens at night to avoid evaporation. Miss Dank says Aucklanders
should not become complacent.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Aalkland's in a.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Really good position with our water supply this summer, but
it's important to remember that demand can run sharp featuring summer,
especially during hotly beat That's news in sport to Melbourne
straight up in This will be Australia all else England
rip these grilands. England needs one hundred and seventy five
(02:17):
runs to win the Boxing Day cricket Test with Australia
at the MCG. England's bowled out Australia for one hundred
and thirty two, with Pacement Brighton cast taking figures of
four for thirty four. The Wellington Blaze have cruised past
the Central Hinds by eighteen runs in the women's T
twenty Super Smash cricket game in Palmerston, North Georgia. Plummer's
thirty nine helped Wellington set one hundred and thirty six
(02:40):
for five in the first innings. Merely Kerr and Jess
Simmons took two wickets each to bowl out the Hinds
for one hundred and eighteen. That's sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.
For more news, listen to News Talk z B Live
on iHeartRadio
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