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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Unsplash The boss of the Ministry for the Environment believes most New Zealanders are more concerned about immediate challenges, particularly pressures on households, than the environment. Ministry officials faced questions about its mahi and people by the Environment select committee on Thursday, as part of Scrutiny Week. Hundreds of ... <a title="Kiwis putting cost of living ahead of environment, ministry boss says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/kiwis-putting-cost-of-living-ahead-of-environment-ministry-boss-says/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis putting cost of living ahead of environment, ministry boss says">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Oruba Khalil. Supplied An Auckland doctor based in Otara said crowded housing makes children in her community more vulnerable to [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580795/paediatrician-worries-new-measles-wave-spreading-undetected the spread of measles, and is doing everything she can to make vaccinations more accessible to families. There are now six actively infectious cases of measles across the country, ... <a title="GP worries crowded housing contributing to measles spread in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/gp-worries-crowded-housing-contributing-to-measles-spread-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about GP worries crowded housing contributing to measles spread in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Australian-born Melanie Rauth was 13 when drugs and alcohol first entered her life after her parents split. RNZ/Rayssa Almeida A former addict who spent years moving in and out of jail says the only real way out was through specialist courts that treat addiction. New Ministry of Justice figures show people ... <a title="‘Transformed my life’: Call for specialist courts to break addiction cycles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/transformed-my-life-call-for-specialist-courts-to-break-addiction-cycles/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Transformed my life’: Call for specialist courts to break addiction cycles">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Two electricians work on an EV charging station. Supplied / New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association Homes and businesses have been exposed to a new “lethal” risk of electrocution because of a rule change, according to electrical inspectors. RNZ can reveal a dispute that’s escalated over the last month as inspectors in ... <a title="WorkSafe rule change introduces ‘lethal’ risk of electrocution, electrical inspectors say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/worksafe-rule-change-introduces-lethal-risk-of-electrocution-electrical-inspectors-say/" aria-label="Read more about WorkSafe rule change introduces ‘lethal’ risk of electrocution, electrical inspectors say">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The highly anticipated opening of Swedish furniture company IKEA in New Zealand comes as a rural community worries about the fire risk from pine plantations. Since 2020 IKEA has converted six Central Hawke’s Bay farms into pine forestry, which they believe makes them the largest forestry owner in the district. This ... <a title="IKEA’s Hawke’s Bay pine tree expansion flames fears residents will be left to pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/ikeas-hawkes-bay-pine-tree-expansion-flames-fears-residents-will-be-left-to-pay/" aria-label="Read more about IKEA’s Hawke’s Bay pine tree expansion flames fears residents will be left to pay">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Karanga-a-Hape underground station will house the longest escalator in New Zealand, at 40 metres long Supplied: CRL Those in charge of the country’s most expensive transport infrastructure are confident the new timetable for opening will stick – but they won’t name a date. Auckland’s $5.5 billion City Rail Link has ... <a title="Testing, testing and more testing for the country’s biggest transport job: Auckland’s CRL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/testing-testing-and-more-testing-for-the-countrys-biggest-transport-job-aucklands-crl/" aria-label="Read more about Testing, testing and more testing for the country’s biggest transport job: Auckland’s CRL">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 95 percent of feedback on the Fast Track amendment bill is opposed. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone About 95 percent of feedback on the fast-track amendment bill is opposed, with the coalition-majority select committee reporting back after less than a month. The government intends to pass the legislation, which it says ... <a title="95 percent of fast-track amendment bill submitters opposed to changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/95-percent-of-fast-track-amendment-bill-submitters-opposed-to-changes/" aria-label="Read more about 95 percent of fast-track amendment bill submitters opposed to changes">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An IRD mistake resulted in more than 4000 incorrect tax bills More than 4000 people have been affected by an Inland Revenue error that could have meant they paid the wrong amount of tax. RNZ was contacted by a reader who said he had noticed the error when he went to ... <a title="IRD error shortchanges thousands of taxpayers by an average of $300 each" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/ird-error-shortchanges-thousands-of-taxpayers-by-an-average-of-300-each/" aria-label="Read more about IRD error shortchanges thousands of taxpayers by an average of $300 each">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland has welcomed the first passengers transiting on what has been dubbed the “world’s longest direct flight”. A new China Eastern Airlines service from Shanghai to Buenos Aires landed in Auckland just after 6pm on Thursday. The route departs from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport and is scheduled to take roughly 25 ... <a title="Auckland welcomes world’s longest direct flight, linking China and South America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/auckland-welcomes-worlds-longest-direct-flight-linking-china-and-south-america/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland welcomes world’s longest direct flight, linking China and South America">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand have been found to contain asbestos. Supplied / MBIE Kmart has cancelled the recall notices that were in force for three of its coloured sand products caught in the asbestos contamination scare. MBIE said it had ... <a title="Kmart cancels recalls for three coloured sand products caught up in scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/kmart-cancels-recalls-for-three-coloured-sand-products-caught-up-in-scare/" aria-label="Read more about Kmart cancels recalls for three coloured sand products caught up in scare">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Now the Sussan Ley opposition is under pressure to produce policy that could arguably be premature. Before Christmas, Ley will unveil her immigration policy. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/grattan-on-friday-could-the-liberals-make-a-fight-of-industrial-relations-without-courting-disaster-270788/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For more than 30 years, residents on Auckland’s Franklin Road have decked out their properties with Christmas decorations for the rest of the city to enjoy. Despite prevalent rumours and conspiracy theories that the popular street-wide display is “funded by the electricity companies” or “organised by the council”, Roscoe Thorby – ... <a title="Watch: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/watch-take-a-walk-through-aucklands-franklin-road-christmas-light-show/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show">Read more</a>
