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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ben Millar and King competing in the Trans Tasman Sheep Dog Trials test for the Wayleggo Cup. Megan Ellis It is spelt “Wayleggo” but pronounced “Wal-a-go” and in dog trialling and shepherding it is an age-old New Zealand call for a sheep dog to leave the sheep and come back to ... <a title="Country Life: Sheep Dog test Aussie v NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/country-life-sheep-dog-test-aussie-v-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Sheep Dog test Aussie v NZ">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The World Cup draw will take place on Saturday morning (6am NZT) in Washington DC, with the updated match schedule, including stadiums and kickoff times, to be released Sunday morning. The 23rd edition of the cup will be the first to feature 48 teams, and will be hosted by the US, ... <a title="Live: FIFA World Cup 2026 draw – who are NZ All Whites grouped with?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/live-fifa-world-cup-2026-draw-who-are-nz-all-whites-grouped-with/" aria-label="Read more about Live: FIFA World Cup 2026 draw – who are NZ All Whites grouped with?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This year, NZ sport has been filled with highs and lows. Supplied The country’s biggest sports teams delivered everything from turmoil to triumph in 2025, with a mixed bag of results across rugby, league, netball and cricket, and off-field drama often dominating headlines. For a country that breathes sport as deeply ... <a title="The Detail: 2025 in sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/the-detail-2025-in-sport/" aria-label="Read more about The Detail: 2025 in sport">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An interim high court ruling has reinstated Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as a member of Te Pāti Māori. Anneke Smith / RNZ The reinstatement of an expelled MP raises serious questions for Te Pāti Māori voters ahead of next year’s election, political experts say. An interim high court ruling has returned Mariameno Kapa-Kingi ... <a title="Reinstatement of Mariameno Kapa-Kingi raises questions for Te Pāti Māori voters – experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/reinstatement-of-mariameno-kapa-kingi-raises-questions-for-te-pati-maori-voters-experts/" aria-label="Read more about Reinstatement of Mariameno Kapa-Kingi raises questions for Te Pāti Māori voters – experts">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand TV murder mysteries like Hercule Poirot, Morse, Midsommer Murders and our own Brokenwood Mysteries have been a regular fixture everywhere for years – everywhere but the United States, it appears. Their best-known whodunits were long ago – shows like Columbo, Murder She Wrote and of course Scooby Doo. So, when Rian ... <a title="Review: Wake Up Dead Man best of the Knives Out series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/review-wake-up-dead-man-best-of-the-knives-out-series/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Wake Up Dead Man best of the Knives Out series">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand After years researching Fanny Osborne’s life, writer and curator Kate Waterhouse still finds it really hard to understand how the acclaimed botanical artist “fell off the landscape”. That said, she hadn’t heard of Osborne herself until her Australian mother-in-law – a fan of female botanical artists – mentioned flying in to ... <a title="Is Fanny Osborne our most impressive forgotten artist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/is-fanny-osborne-our-most-impressive-forgotten-artist/" aria-label="Read more about Is Fanny Osborne our most impressive forgotten artist?">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Contractors backfilling concrete next to the southbound lane after drainage has been installed. Supplied / NZTA The Transport Agency (NZTA) will not be shutting the northbound lanes of Transmission Gully down this weekend as planned, due to a large Kāpiti fair. NZTA has been spending $32 million fixing up the $1.25 ... <a title="NZTA relaxes weekend Transmission Gully closure for Kāpiti Food Fair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/nzta-relaxes-weekend-transmission-gully-closure-for-kapiti-food-fair/" aria-label="Read more about NZTA relaxes weekend Transmission Gully closure for Kāpiti Food Fair">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The whare (hall), Tūranga Tuarua, landscaping and new classrooms in the background at Te Kura o Tuahiwi. David Hill / North Canterbury News / LDR It was ”a full circle” moment for Rachael Williams and Dot Singh at the opening of a new whare at Te Kura o Tuahiwi in Canterbury ... <a title="‘Full circle’: Canterbury Tuahiwi School opens new whare for 250 tamariki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/full-circle-canterbury-tuahiwi-school-opens-new-whare-for-250-tamariki/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Full circle’: Canterbury Tuahiwi School opens new whare for 250 tamariki">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An intimate ceremony filled with singing, tears and laughter marked the opening of a new Pacific student space at the University of Aucklands Te Herenga Mātauranga Whānui (General Library) dedicated to the late Green Party MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins. Fa’anānā died early last year while advocating at a charity event in ... <a title="Emotional event marks opening of Efeso Collins memorial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/emotional-event-marks-opening-of-efeso-collins-memorial/" aria-label="Read more about Emotional event marks opening of Efeso Collins memorial">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Chair of Te Arataura, Tukoroirangi Morgan, break ground on the new University of Waikato medical school building site. Stephen Barker / The University of Waikato The University of Waikato held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday for its new medical school building. In practical terms, the ground ... <a title="Waikato medical school build begins despite opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/waikato-medical-school-build-begins-despite-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato medical school build begins despite opposition">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons claims the move is driven by the government’s “reckless” budget-cutting. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Twenty-one roles to go at the Public Health Agency Biggest impact in emergency management and Māori public health Union and public health experts say loss of critical expertise makes New Zealand vulnerable ... <a title="Public Health Agency faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/public-health-agency-faces-job-cuts-to-emergency-management-pandemic-preparedness-maori-health/" aria-label="Read more about Public Health Agency faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Entrance to Christchurch’s new ‘Parakiore’ multisport complex. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon The country’s biggest indoor sport and aquatic centre will open to the public in less than a fortnight. Parakiore – central Christchurch’s long-delayed $500 million multisport aquatic complex – has a 50-metre competition pool, a dive pool, five hydroslides, a large recreational ... <a title="Opening of Christchurch multisport aquatic centre ‘Parakiore’ looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/opening-of-christchurch-multisport-aquatic-centre-parakiore-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Opening of Christchurch multisport aquatic centre ‘Parakiore’ looms">Read more</a>
