January 7, 2026 • 2 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
From the News Talk Sedby newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, the Manage My Health cyber breach has been
narrowed down to information covering two years, and Northland appears
to be the most affected. College of GP's president Luke
Bradford says the documents are predominantly from twenty seventeen to nineteen.
He says they've been told the information mostly involves inwood
(00:25):
letters from specialist appointments in the hospital system. He says
they don't appear to include lab results, medicines, or notes
of personal conversations with doctors. The White House says Donald
Trump speaking with his national security about buying Greenland. European
foreign ministers a meeting today to discuss his public comments
about acquiring the country. Both Greenland and Denmark have repeatedly
(00:49):
stressed the island is not for sale. One person is
seriously injured after a glue drum exploded at an industrial
site near Mortarweker this morning. Foreign Emergency where Aloe. Just
after eight Warner Brothers has again rejected a hostile takeover
bid from media conglomerate Paramount, telling shareholders to stick with
(01:09):
Netflix's rival offer. Netflix is offering almost one hundred and
twenty five billion New Zealand dollars for the studios and
streaming division. David Allison's Paramount is offering almost one hundred
and thirty five million for the entire company. Warner says
its board has determined the offer isn't in the best
interests of the company and shareholders. A reminder to follow
(01:32):
up on New year fitness resolutions spart to do it safely.
Acc figures to October twenty twenty five reveal more than
forty eight thousand injuries related to jim and fitness training.
The bill for recovery topped fifty five million dollars, with
about half of those claims in the Auckland region alone.
Acc Injury Prevention leader James Whittaker says the worst thing
(01:55):
to do is to go too hard, too fast. I'm
Kay Gregory and then news in sport, The Wellington Phoenix
have confirmed the signing of All Whites defender Bell Tuuloma
on a two and a half year deal. It's a
long awaited homecoming for the thirty year old who's played
more than two hundred professional matches in France and the
United States. Douaoma will have to wait for the A
(02:17):
League's mid season registration window to open next Wednesday before
he's able to make his club debut. The Phoenix host
Adelaide United and Wellington before then on Sunday, and England's
Jacob Bethel is holding on to faint hope of an
improbable consolation win as an Ashes test enters a fifth
day for the first time this series. The tourists have
(02:38):
just resumed at three hundred and two for eight. Bethel's
unbeaten on one hundred and forty two. England lead Australia
by one hundred and nineteen runs. That's Sport. For more news,
listen to news talks at b on the free iHeart app.
From the News Talk Sedby newsroom. This is newsfecs. In
this update, the Manage My Health cyber breach has been
narrowed down to information covering two years, and Northland appears
to be the most affected. College of GP's president Luke
Bradford says the documents are predominantly from twenty seventeen to nineteen.
He says they've been told the information mostly involves inwood
(00:25):
letters from specialist appointments in the hospital system. He says
they don't appear to include lab results, medicines, or notes
of personal conversations with doctors. The White House says Donald
Trump speaking with his national security about buying Greenland. European
foreign ministers a meeting today to discuss his public comments
about acquiring the country. Both Greenland and Denmark have repeatedly
(00:49):
stressed the island is not for sale. One person is
seriously injured after a glue drum exploded at an industrial
site near Mortarweker this morning. Foreign Emergency where Aloe. Just
after eight Warner Brothers has again rejected a hostile takeover
bid from media conglomerate Paramount, telling shareholders to stick with
(01:09):
Netflix's rival offer. Netflix is offering almost one hundred and
twenty five billion New Zealand dollars for the studios and
streaming division. David Allison's Paramount is offering almost one hundred
and thirty five million for the entire company. Warner says
its board has determined the offer isn't in the best
interests of the company and shareholders. A reminder to follow
(01:32):
up on New year fitness resolutions spart to do it safely.
Acc figures to October twenty twenty five reveal more than
forty eight thousand injuries related to jim and fitness training.
The bill for recovery topped fifty five million dollars, with
about half of those claims in the Auckland region alone.
Acc Injury Prevention leader James Whittaker says the worst thing
(01:55):
to do is to go too hard, too fast. I'm
Kay Gregory and then news in sport, The Wellington Phoenix
have confirmed the signing of All Whites defender Bell Tuuloma
on a two and a half year deal. It's a
long awaited homecoming for the thirty year old who's played
more than two hundred professional matches in France and the
United States. Douaoma will have to wait for the A
(02:17):
League's mid season registration window to open next Wednesday before
he's able to make his club debut. The Phoenix host
Adelaide United and Wellington before then on Sunday, and England's
Jacob Bethel is holding on to faint hope of an
improbable consolation win as an Ashes test enters a fifth
day for the first time this series. The tourists have
(02:38):
just resumed at three hundred and two for eight. Bethel's
unbeaten on one hundred and forty two. England lead Australia
by one hundred and nineteen runs. That's Sport. For more news,
listen to news talks at b on the free iHeart app.
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