December 28, 2025 • 3 mins
The Midday Edition of News Fix for 29 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, much of the country is under weather watches
and warnings, with heavy rain battering many major holiday destinations.
Orange rain warnings are in effect for the Corimandel Peninsula, Gisbon,
tid Aterity, Bath Plenty and Hawk's Bay, with rain watches
for the area west of Utudua, Hanadua, Wided Upper and
(00:26):
the Cai Coulta Coast. When warnings and watches are in
effect for most of the North Island and Upper and
western South Island. Met Service meteorologist sam Kela Maguala says
the heavy rain could course slips and raise stream and
river levels different result in flesh flooding so micro bloods
in difficult living. The overall job market for students is improving,
(00:49):
but many young people are still struggling to find work.
A record high of three hundred and sixty thousand student
applications were submitted between January and November. Just over sixty
two thousand vacancies were listed on Student job Search this year,
up on last year but well below twenty twenty two's peak.
Student job Search CEO Luise Takiva says sometimes it's best
(01:11):
to just take whatever you can get.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Any work will give you experience and it will often
lead to greater opportunities. So we're seeing situations where a
student might take on a part time role at a
retailer and it can grow to full time.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
The first Sea Line pop of the season has arrived,
marking the start of the Parkercare breeding period. The Department
of Conservation says six year old Line two we gave
birth on Christmas Day and pets are helping New Zealanders
keep active and keep away from screens. Results from the
latest PD Insurance Human Pet Bond Survey shows most of
(01:46):
us are spending hours a day with pets. A third
of us are reducing screen time in many a living
healthier lives as a result. PD Insurance Head of Operation
Sheryl Atkins says pets can be a huge motivating factor
in our lives.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
They have that unconditional love for you, just match your
heart and makes you want to get out there and
exercise and do things that you normally wouldn't do.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. I'm Nina Burton. In Sport, New Zealand cricket
all rounder Doug Bracewell has retired the thirty five year
old mats international debut across all formats in twenty eleven.
A highlight came in December that year. He bos Jervis,
there's the winds for New Zealand. Bracewell helped New Zealand
(02:31):
beat Australia in Hobart, taking six for forty to wrap
a seven run victory in the second of his twenty
eight tests. The Black Cabs haven't won a Test across
the Tasman since, and Todtenham have moved through eleventh on
the Premier League Football table after beating ninth ranked Crystal
Palace one nil. Seventh placed Sunderland drew one all with
sixteenth listed leads after the eighteenth of thirty eight rounds.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
That's sport.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I'm Nina Burton. For more news to News Talk se
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From the News Talks Heavy Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, much of the country is under weather watches
and warnings, with heavy rain battering many major holiday destinations.
Orange rain warnings are in effect for the Corimandel Peninsula, Gisbon,
tid Aterity, Bath Plenty and Hawk's Bay, with rain watches
for the area west of Utudua, Hanadua, Wided Upper and
(00:26):
the Cai Coulta Coast. When warnings and watches are in
effect for most of the North Island and Upper and
western South Island. Met Service meteorologist sam Kela Maguala says
the heavy rain could course slips and raise stream and
river levels different result in flesh flooding so micro bloods
in difficult living. The overall job market for students is improving,
(00:49):
but many young people are still struggling to find work.
A record high of three hundred and sixty thousand student
applications were submitted between January and November. Just over sixty
two thousand vacancies were listed on Student job Search this year,
up on last year but well below twenty twenty two's peak.
Student job Search CEO Luise Takiva says sometimes it's best
(01:11):
to just take whatever you can get.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Any work will give you experience and it will often
lead to greater opportunities. So we're seeing situations where a
student might take on a part time role at a
retailer and it can grow to full time.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
The first Sea Line pop of the season has arrived,
marking the start of the Parkercare breeding period. The Department
of Conservation says six year old Line two we gave
birth on Christmas Day and pets are helping New Zealanders
keep active and keep away from screens. Results from the
latest PD Insurance Human Pet Bond Survey shows most of
(01:46):
us are spending hours a day with pets. A third
of us are reducing screen time in many a living
healthier lives as a result. PD Insurance Head of Operation
Sheryl Atkins says pets can be a huge motivating factor
in our lives.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
They have that unconditional love for you, just match your
heart and makes you want to get out there and
exercise and do things that you normally wouldn't do.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
That's news. I'm Nina Burton. In Sport, New Zealand cricket
all rounder Doug Bracewell has retired the thirty five year
old mats international debut across all formats in twenty eleven.
A highlight came in December that year. He bos Jervis,
there's the winds for New Zealand. Bracewell helped New Zealand
(02:31):
beat Australia in Hobart, taking six for forty to wrap
a seven run victory in the second of his twenty
eight tests. The Black Cabs haven't won a Test across
the Tasman since, and Todtenham have moved through eleventh on
the Premier League Football table after beating ninth ranked Crystal
Palace one nil. Seventh placed Sunderland drew one all with
sixteenth listed leads after the eighteenth of thirty eight rounds.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
That's sport.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I'm Nina Burton. For more news to News Talk se
Be Live on iHeartRadio
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