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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trudie Walters, Senior Lecturer in Leisure and Event Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand Team New Zealand at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, 2023. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images One of New Zealand’s biggest sporting events of this year, at least in terms of ... <a title="Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/empowerment-and-joy-nzs-special-olympics-summer-games-remind-us-what-sport-is-about-269069/" aria-label="Read more about Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is about">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Alice Robinson of New Zealand speeds down the course during a World Cup giant slalom race in Italy, 2025. PHOTOSPORT Queenstown skier Alice Robinson has continued her top form on the World Cup circuit. Robinson followed up her giant slalom victory at Tremblant in Canada on Sunday with a third place ... <a title="Alice Robinson follows slalom win with another podium finish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/alice-robinson-follows-slalom-win-with-another-podium-finish/" aria-label="Read more about Alice Robinson follows slalom win with another podium finish">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Dozens of firefighters battled a a gorse fire near the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury on Monday. The fire near Poyntzs Road in Eyrewell was a flare-up from a scrub fire on Sunday. About 45 firefighters and two helicopters were called to the scene about 5.10am on ... <a title="Gorse fire flare-up in North Canterbury contained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/gorse-fire-flare-up-in-north-canterbury-contained/" aria-label="Read more about Gorse fire flare-up in North Canterbury contained">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As common as it is to leave your card on the bar to run a tab it can be a mistake. Unsplash/ Simon Kadula Leaving your credit card on the bar to run up a tab this summer might be an expensive mistake. Financial Services Complaints Ltd, an external dispute resolution ... <a title="What to consider before putting a bar tab on your credit card" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/what-to-consider-before-putting-a-bar-tab-on-your-credit-card/" aria-label="Read more about What to consider before putting a bar tab on your credit card">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tu Natanahira/RNZ Steam from the umu at Takaparawhau rises upward towards the stars, as Kai is lifted from the ground during Matariki 2024. Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, is set to host the national Matariki ceremony for 2026. The hautapu ā-motu will be held at Takaparawhau on July 10 and hosted by mana ... <a title="Matariki 2026 will be held at Takaparawhau in Auckland, hosted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/matariki-2026-will-be-held-at-takaparawhau-in-auckland-hosted-by-ngati-whatua-orakei/" aria-label="Read more about Matariki 2026 will be held at Takaparawhau in Auckland, hosted by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kristian Clarke of New Zealand Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Northern Districts pace bowler Kristian Clarke has joined the Black Caps squad ahead of this week’s second Test against West Indies in Wellington. Clarke is the second uncapped player to join the squad after Canterbury fast bowler Michael Rae. New Zealand’s lead ... <a title="Black Caps call in more reinforcements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/black-caps-call-in-more-reinforcements/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps call in more reinforcements">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins Parliament’s final weeks of the year began with Scrutiny Week, and while bellicose exchanges dominated headlines, much examination took place in relatively calmer hearings. Coverage of Parliament’s biannual scrutiny weeks is often dominated by the more theatrical moments of verbal sparring between ministers and opposition MPs. But in the ... <a title="Scrutiny Week in review: Politics vs oversight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/scrutiny-week-in-review-politics-vs-oversight/" aria-label="Read more about Scrutiny Week in review: Politics vs oversight">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Both Chris Hipkins and Mark Mitchell have denied Andrew Coster’s claims. RNZ A lot has happened since the Independent Police Conduct Authority released a scathing 135-page report into how police handled allegations of sexual offending against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood explains the latest. Just days ... <a title="Who knew what and when in the Jevon McSkimming saga?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/who-knew-what-and-when-in-the-jevon-mcskimming-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Who knew what and when in the Jevon McSkimming saga?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police at the scene of the death on Harris Rd in Mt Wellington on Friday. RNZ / Felix Walton A Coroner has made wide-ranging suppression orders, preventing the media from identifying the man stabbed to death in Auckland’s Mt Wellington last week. A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder and ... <a title="Coroner suppresses name of man stabbed to death in Auckland’s Mt Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/coroner-suppresses-name-of-man-stabbed-to-death-in-aucklands-mt-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Coroner suppresses name of man stabbed to death in Auckland’s Mt Wellington">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The offender was arrested on Sunday and is set to appear in the Papakura District Court on Monday. AFP / Andri Tambunan Police have charged a 20-year old man after a person was shot and injured in Papakura on Saturday morning. Enquiries began after a man sustained a gunshot wound at ... <a title="20-year old charged after shooting a man in Papakura" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/20-year-old-charged-after-shooting-a-man-in-papakura/" aria-label="Read more about 20-year old charged after shooting a man in Papakura">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University From this week, Australians aged under 16 will not be able to hold an account on many social media platforms. In anticipation of the ban, some social media companies have already begun ... <a title="The under-16s social media ban will damage young people’s political education. Teachers need better support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/the-under-16s-social-media-ban-will-damage-young-peoples-political-education-teachers-need-better-support-271389/" aria-label="Read more about The under-16s social media ban will damage young people’s political education. Teachers need better support">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paihia wharf and marlin statue, Bay of Islands. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A boil-water notice in a Bay of Islands holiday hotspot has been lifted. Residents in Paihia – as well as nearby Waitangi, Ōpua, Haruru and Te Haumi – were warned last Thursday to boil their tap water for ... <a title="Boil-water notice lifted for Bay of Islands holiday hotspot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/boil-water-notice-lifted-for-bay-of-islands-holiday-hotspot/" aria-label="Read more about Boil-water notice lifted for Bay of Islands holiday hotspot">Read more</a>
