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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston. (File photo) VNP / Phil Smith The Minister for Disability Issues is seeking advice on the Supreme Court’s decision that parents who care full-time for their disabled children are employees of the government and should received the same benefits and protections. Louise Upston asked the ... <a title="Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/minister-seeking-advice-after-supreme-court-decision-rules-full-time-carers-are-employees-of-the-government/" aria-label="Read more about Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (alt text) CNN/US District Court for the Southern District of New York This undated trial evidence image obtained 8 December 2021, from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York shows British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and US financier Jeffrey Epstein. A federal judge in ... <a title="Ghislaine Maxwell court documents can be released as part of push for information on Jeffrey Epstein, judge says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/ghislaine-maxwell-court-documents-can-be-released-as-part-of-push-for-information-on-jeffrey-epstein-judge-says/" aria-label="Read more about Ghislaine Maxwell court documents can be released as part of push for information on Jeffrey Epstein, judge says">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the most thoughtful yet bizarre gifts Shirley Serban received from a student during her teaching career was a basket containing a can of Sprite, dog food and a banana. “She was so proud to give it to me and her mum said she thought very carefully about each item ... <a title="Should you get your child’s teacher a Christmas gift? If so, what?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/should-you-get-your-childs-teacher-a-christmas-gift-if-so-what/" aria-label="Read more about Should you get your child’s teacher a Christmas gift? If so, what?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police officers at the scene of an incident on Fenchurch Street in Glen Innes around 8pm on Monday. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Shaken commuters may reconsider their use of buses in the wake of a second fatal stabbing in just over a year, a councillor says. Police have charged a man ... <a title="Concern commuters may shun buses after second fatal stabbing on Auckland service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/concern-commuters-may-shun-buses-after-second-fatal-stabbing-on-auckland-service/" aria-label="Read more about Concern commuters may shun buses after second fatal stabbing on Auckland service">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A motorbike and car have collided on west Auckland’s Te Atatū Rd, near the motorway on-ramp heading into the city. The motorcyclist is reported to be in a serious condition. A police spokesperson said police were at the scene on Wednesday morning. One lane of Te Atatū ... <a title="Motorcyclist injured in crash on west Auckland road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/motorcyclist-injured-in-crash-on-west-auckland-road/" aria-label="Read more about Motorcyclist injured in crash on west Auckland road">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Scanlan, Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity and Privacy, University of Tasmania Marcin Kempa/Unsplash The tech industry’s unofficial motto for two decades was “move fast and break things”. It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world ... <a title="Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/banning-kids-from-social-media-doesnt-make-online-platforms-safer-heres-what-will-do-that-271103/" aria-label="Read more about Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rat numbers could double by 2090 if climate change gets really bad says the Department of Conservation (DOC), as it hunts urgently for $150 million in extra revenue. DOC has told MPs it needs this much more per year to “not go backwards”. Director-General Penny Nelson said the $360m currently spent ... <a title="DOC warns rat numbers could double by 2090 as it seeks $150m in extra revenue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/doc-warns-rat-numbers-could-double-by-2090-as-it-seeks-150m-in-extra-revenue/" aria-label="Read more about DOC warns rat numbers could double by 2090 as it seeks $150m in extra revenue">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ? PEAKSTOCK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRAR Under Australia’s long-standing ‘No Jab, No Pay’ legislation, parents must have kids immunised to qualify for the Family Tax Benefit and subsidised childcare Heightened vaccine hesitancy post-Covid makes that ‘tough sell’ in NZ Low immunisation ... <a title="Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/could-australias-no-jab-no-pay-no-play-policies-work-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images It is now clear the government has failed to meet New Zealand’s smokefree goal of fewer than 5% of people from all population groups smoking by the end of this year. According to the latest New ... <a title="8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/8-reasons-the-government-should-not-introduce-oral-nicotine-pouches-to-nz-271604/" aria-label="Read more about 8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat could be made suitable for sale. From next year, small-scale meat processors will be subject to reduced meat sampling and testing requirements – compared to ... <a title="New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-government-rules-coming-for-micro-abattoirs-homekill-for-sale-in-pipeline/" aria-label="Read more about New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Swimming is one of 10 sporting codes on show during the Special Olympics’ national summer games. SUPPLIED / SPECIAL OLYMPICS A special kind of sporting fever has arrived in Christchurch ahead of the start of the highly anticipated return of the Special Olympics. The official start of the 2025 National Summer ... <a title="‘It’s here, it’s finally here’: Highly anticipated Special Olympics returns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/its-here-its-finally-here-highly-anticipated-special-olympics-returns/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s here, it’s finally here’: Highly anticipated Special Olympics returns">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand With the warm air comes a familiar whine in your ear and that inevitable itch on your ankle. Before you curse the bloodsuckers away, Julia Kasper, lead curator of invertebrates at Te Papa, reminds us seeing these critters is a good thing for the ecosystem. Mosquito and sandfly larvae help filter ... <a title="Avoiding the bloodsucking bugs: What works to repel them and stop the itch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/avoiding-the-bloodsucking-bugs-what-works-to-repel-them-and-stop-the-itch/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding the bloodsucking bugs: What works to repel them and stop the itch">Read more</a>
