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December 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Scroxton, Research Fellow, Palaeoclimate, National University of Ireland Maynooth _Homo floresiensis_ skull. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, ... <a title="The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/the-hobbits-mysteriously-disappeared-50-000-years-ago-our-new-study-reveals-what-happened-to-their-home-268668/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘hobbits’ mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Michael Ian Mclean in court. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A man who befriended a boy at a campground became a close family friend while sexually abusing the boy into his teenage years, the Crown says. Michael Ian Mclean, 58, faces 33 charges, including performing indecent acts on a person under 16, ... <a title="‘That man ruined my connection with my family’, sexual abuse trial hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/that-man-ruined-my-connection-with-my-family-sexual-abuse-trial-hears/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That man ruined my connection with my family’, sexual abuse trial hears">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tower Insurance says the high sea surge risk rating reflected the likelihood of flooding through nearby water systems. File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A Christchurch man has ditched his home insurance after his premiums went up by more than 30 percent a year – or by $1000 – based on ... <a title="Man dumps home insurance over Tower Insurance’s sea surge assessment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/man-dumps-home-insurance-over-tower-insurances-sea-surge-assessment/" aria-label="Read more about Man dumps home insurance over Tower Insurance’s sea surge assessment">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There are two glaring lessons for politicians from the Anika Wells’ entitlements affair. First, don’t grab greedily at every generous entitlement MPs and especially ministers can get, even if “the rules” allow you to do so. Second, if you do ... <a title="View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/view-from-the-hill-in-awkward-timing-government-ends-energy-rebate-as-it-defends-wells-spendathon-270791/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Greens have suffered a year of significant setbacks. The election saw their numbers go backwards, losing three of their four lower house seats, then one of their senators, Dorinda Cox, defected to Labor. But the year ended on a ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sarah-hanson-young-on-the-social-media-ban-as-a-risky-fake-silver-bullet-271517/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An injured Eliesa Katoa of Tonga is attended to by a trainer New Zealand Kiwis v Tonga XIII Round 3 of the Pacific Championships rugby league tournament at Eden Park, Auckland NRL Photos/Photosport The NRL has proposed banning some Tongan league officials from Australian rugby league competitions for two years after ... <a title="Eliesa Katoa: NRL proposes two-year ban for officials who let injured player take the field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/eliesa-katoa-nrl-proposes-two-year-ban-for-officials-who-let-injured-player-take-the-field/" aria-label="Read more about Eliesa Katoa: NRL proposes two-year ban for officials who let injured player take the field">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police Minister Mark Mitchell. VNP / Phil Smith The Prime Minister says there is no need for a further inquiry into the Jevon McSkimming scandal, claiming the government’s implementation of an Inspector General is the strongest response. On Sunday, former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told TVNZ’s ... <a title="No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/no-need-for-a-further-inquiry-into-mcskimming-scandal-pm/" aria-label="Read more about No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal – PM">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mātauranga Iwi Leaders Group Chair Rāhui Papa presents a 24,000 strong petition calling for the immediate reversal of the amendment that removed school boards’ requirement to give effect to te Tiriti to Minister of Education Erica Stanford. RNZ / Pokere Paewai The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) has delivered a 24,000 ... <a title="24,000 sign petition calling for immediate reinstatement of school Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/24000-sign-petition-calling-for-immediate-reinstatement-of-school-te-tiriti-o-waitangi-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about 24,000 sign petition calling for immediate reinstatement of school Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netflix’s $125-billion (US$72b) plan to buy Warner Bros was anounced on Friday. Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP Netflix’s $125-billion (US$72b) plan to buy Warner Bros could have adverse implications for New Zealand’s Sky Television as well as the price of Netflix subscriptions. Brokerage firm Forsyth Barr analyst Ben Crozier ... <a title="Netflix’s billion dollar plan to buy Warner Bros could be bad news for Sky TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/netflixs-billion-dollar-plan-to-buy-warner-bros-could-be-bad-news-for-sky-tv/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s billion dollar plan to buy Warner Bros could be bad news for Sky TV">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of sound used in recent horror films such as Together. You can also hear it ... <a title="The sound effects that make horror films so scary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/the-sound-effects-that-make-horror-films-so-scary/" aria-label="Read more about The sound effects that make horror films so scary">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Papua New Guinea conjoined twins. Audrey Taula / Life Flight and NEST retrieval team Rare conjoined twins from Papua New Guinea had a seven-hour operation in Australia to surgically separate them on Sunday, but only one of the boys survived. Tom and Sawong were rushed into emergency surgery at Sydney Children’s ... <a title="Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/conjoined-twin-dies-after-separation-surgery/" aria-label="Read more about Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Bulahdelah fire has burnt through 3,400 hectares of the Myall Lakes National Park. ABC News: Ross McLoughlin A firefighter from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has died after being crushed by a tree during bushfire prevention work north of Newcastle. The Bulahdelah fire, which has destroyed four ... <a title="Firefighter killed by falling tree during bushfire prevention work in New South Wales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/firefighter-killed-by-falling-tree-during-bushfire-prevention-work-in-new-south-wales/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighter killed by falling tree during bushfire prevention work in New South Wales">Read more</a>
