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December 27, 2025 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 28 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 Talks Heavy Newsroom. This is newsfacs. In
this update, stormy weather is forecast to sweep through the
North Islands holiday hotspots in the lead up to New Years.
Met Services issuing a heavy rain warning for the Coromandel,
Gisbon and Hawk's Bay starting tomorrow. A heavy rain watch
will also be in place for the Bay of Plenty,

(00:24):
wrote a Rua, the Tararua District and wided Appa Meteorologist
John Law says rough conditions are expected to batter northern
and central regions too.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Strong winds to Auckland, Waikato, Copy Coast and man Or
Two with gusts of ninety two hundred comes now are
not out of the question those exposed areas.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Ukraine's president says the latest Russian drone attacks on Kiev
show that Vladimir Putin is a man not interested in peace.
Vladimir Zelenski is now in Canada meeting with Canadian Prime
Minister Mark Karney. Zelenski said he's working to get more
allies on side, and tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
While will have won and where he constructed.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Medical President Tron Mark Carney says Canada is doing its part.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
We're announcing today further economic assistance for Ukraine two and
a half billion dollars worth of economic assistance.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Police have been forced to break up an early morning
brawl on Auckland's Karranga Hippe Road. They were called to
the central city street just after three thirty this morning
to find a disruptive crowd of about fifty people fighting.
One person was found with serious injuries and was taken
to hospital. Four people were arrested. A plea for Auckland
is to help out conservationists as they track a small

(01:38):
population of bats in the region. The chicken nugget size
longtail bat is known to become more active in summer,
eating hundreds of bugs in a night. It is one
of the most nationally and regionally threatened species in New Zealand.
Council's Senior Conservation Advisor Ben Parris, known to many as Batman,
is asking locals to keep an eye out at a

(01:58):
nearby park just on dusk. He might see something flitting
above the tree line that looks a bit like a
fantowel or swallow, but just on a twilight time it's
more likely to be bats. That's news. In Sport, Nottingham,
Forest manager Sean Dish has revealed more details around Chris
Wood's knee surgery. The All White striker has gone under

(02:19):
the knife to treat the troublesome injury that's kept him
sidelined since mid October. Dice has given a rough time
frame for recovery.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Is it's sort of a car the version of a
cartly job. We're not shared a certainly way be days, obviously,
we're hoping for weeks. We'll have to wait and see
how that settles. But the signs were good with the
from the surgical point of view.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
On the field in the Premier League at top four
teams Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool have all
picked up wins and an upset. At the World Dance
Championship in London, fourth seed Stephen Bunting has been sent
packing by fellow brit James Hrrell. For three. Defending champion
Luke Littler is just taking the stage now for his

(02:58):
third round match. That's Sports. I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news,
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