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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Three men seriously hurt in separate fights in Auckland – one of them a mass street brawl – are still in hospital. Police have made a public appeal after the disorder in the central city on Saturday night. In the first assault, a 33-year-old man was seriously ... <a title="Three men seriously hurt in Auckland assaults remain in hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/three-men-seriously-hurt-in-auckland-assaults-remain-in-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Three men seriously hurt in Auckland assaults remain in hospital">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / TradeMe A Lower Hutt woman is keeping her “dark side” in check by reselling the one gift she received from her husband of 20 years on Christmas Day: a Star Wars T-shirt. The shirt, originally purchased from EB Games, has been listed on her husband’s Trade Me account – ... <a title="Woman lists sole Christmas gift on husband’s Trade Me account – a Star Wars T-shirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/woman-lists-sole-christmas-gift-on-husbands-trade-me-account-a-star-wars-t-shirt/" aria-label="Read more about Woman lists sole Christmas gift on husband’s Trade Me account – a Star Wars T-shirt">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand With Christmas done and dusted, the festive season has switched into festival season. A day after Hidden Valley’s 10-year edition at Matakana, the South Island offshoot event Hidden Lakes, now shortened to Lakes festival, returned to Christchurch’s Hagley Park for its fifth edition. For Mainlanders, Sunday’s high-octane, dance-heavy fete functioned both ... <a title="Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/lakes-festival-delivers-a-one-day-rave-marathon-in-hagley-park/" aria-label="Read more about Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emma Pijnenburg of the Football Ferns. MEXSPORT / PHOTOSPORT The Wellington Phoenix women have signed White Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg for the rest of the A-League season. The 21 year old replaces Alyssa Whinham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in round three. Pijnenburg returns to New Zealand having secured a ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix sign White Ferns midfielder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/wellington-phoenix-sign-white-ferns-midfielder/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix sign White Ferns midfielder">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been taken to hospital after another overnight brawl in Auckland. Police were called to Wallson Crescent in Wiri just before 10pm to what they say were reports of a fight involving several people. One person was left with serious injuries, and another was in ... <a title="Two hospitalised after overnight brawl in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/two-hospitalised-after-overnight-brawl-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Two hospitalised after overnight brawl in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality brought French cinema to the mainstream, has died aged 91. Arriving on screen in the 1950s, Bardot swiftly rose to fame as an era-defining “sex kitten”. She starred in films such as And God Created Woman, Contempt and Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin. French actress ... <a title="Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/brigitte-bardot-the-french-star-you-had-to-see-to-believe/" aria-label="Read more about Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kauaeranga Valley. Supplied/DOC. An elderly hiker who got lost and collapsed wearing only shorts and a singlet was saved by a mother and her two teenagers who huddled around him to keep him warm, police say. He was in the Kauaeranga Valley in Coromandel with no emergency supplies apart from a ... <a title="‘Close call’: Elderly man saved after collapsing, getting lost during hike in Coromandel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/close-call-elderly-man-saved-after-collapsing-getting-lost-during-hike-in-coromandel/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Close call’: Elderly man saved after collapsing, getting lost during hike in Coromandel">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Phoenix celebrate their win over Central Coast. Marty Melville/Photosport Coach Giancarlo Italiano is adamant the Wellington Phoenix can change their “atrocious record” at AAMI Park as they strive to snap a 23-match winless streak at the ground and push themselves into playoff contention. The New Zealanders take on Melbourne Victory ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix determined to end winless run in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/wellington-phoenix-determined-to-end-winless-run-in-melbourne/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix determined to end winless run in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A statue showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein; a roll of bread; the Dalai Lama; a lost and confused kitten; a Fabergé egg that went on a journey. AFP / supplied/ NZ Police / RNZ 2024 set a high bar to beat when it came to things being generally weird, but ... <a title="The oddest news RNZ covered in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/the-oddest-news-rnz-covered-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The oddest news RNZ covered in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand French film legend Brigitte Bardot – a cinema icon of the 1950s and ’60s who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector – has died aged 91, her foundation said on Sunday. Bardot had rarely been seen in public in recent months but was hospitalised in October ... <a title="French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/french-actress-brigitte-bardot-dies-aged-91/" aria-label="Read more about French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The roots of Collision can be traced to Tokoroa, where brothers Hirra and Ali Morgan and cousins Colin Henry and Charley Hikuroa formed a band called Shriek Machine. By 1973, the four had relocated to Wellington. Joined by keyboard player Philip Whitcher, they renamed themselves Collision. The band took up a ... <a title="Essential New Zealand Albums: Collision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/essential-new-zealand-albums-collision/" aria-label="Read more about Essential New Zealand Albums: Collision">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Doug Bracewell playing for Central Districts 2024. PHOTOSPORT Former Black Caps allrounder Doug Bracewell has announced his retirement from all cricket. The 35-year-old debuted as an 18-year-old for Central Districts in late 2008, when he was already a New Zealand Under 19 representative. Just three years later he made his ODI, ... <a title="Former Black Cap Doug Bracewell retires from cricket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/former-black-cap-doug-bracewell-retires-from-cricket/" aria-label="Read more about Former Black Cap Doug Bracewell retires from cricket">Read more</a>
