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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The asbestos scare prompted a recall of several brands of children coloured play sand. Supplied The Ministry of Education says early childhood services and school boards are legally responsible for funding asbestos-contaminated sand removal, after a kindergarten operator estimated a $350,000 clean-up to decontaminate her sites. Whānau Manaaki chief executive Amanda ... <a title="Asbestos sand clean-up legal responsibility falls on schools, Education Ministry says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/asbestos-sand-clean-up-legal-responsibility-falls-on-schools-education-ministry-says/" aria-label="Read more about Asbestos sand clean-up legal responsibility falls on schools, Education Ministry says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 4, 2025.
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The town supply for Paihia, Ōpua and Waitangi comes from a treatment plant drawing water from the Waitangi River, just upstream of Haruru Falls. RNZ/ Peter de Graaf People in three Far North towns – including the summer holiday hotspot of Paihia – have been warned to boil their tap water ... <a title="Boil water notice issued for Paihia, Ōpua and Waitangi in Far North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/boil-water-notice-issued-for-paihia-opua-and-waitangi-in-far-north/" aria-label="Read more about Boil water notice issued for Paihia, Ōpua and Waitangi in Far North">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police find machete in Auckland reserve five months after killing of US man Kyle Whorrall. Supplied/police Auckland police cannot say if a machete found in their investigation into the killing of US student, Kyle Whorrall, is linked to his fatal attack. Another teenager was charged with the 33-year-old’s murder on Wednesday. ... <a title="Auckland police still cannot say if machete linked to killing of Kyle Whorrall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/auckland-police-still-cannot-say-if-machete-linked-to-killing-of-kyle-whorrall/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland police still cannot say if machete linked to killing of Kyle Whorrall">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Noam Mānuka Lazarus, Massey University journalism student “Track closed” safety sign torn down. SUPPLIED A mountain biking instructor says Wellington mountain bike trails have again been littered with logs, dug up and blocked with wooden barriers. Police and the Wellington City Council have been investigating the damage to the Matairangi/Mt ... <a title="Vandals litter Wellington bike trails with logs, holes and wooden barriers amidst police investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/vandals-litter-wellington-bike-trails-with-logs-holes-and-wooden-barriers-amidst-police-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about Vandals litter Wellington bike trails with logs, holes and wooden barriers amidst police investigation">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PPTA president Chris Abercrombie. Photo: Supplied *This article has been updated to correct the size of the pay offer rejected by school support staff The secondary teachers’ union says its members accepted the government’s pay offer because they wanted to clear the decks before the start of next year. It says ... <a title="Secondary teachers vote to accept government’s latest collective agreement settlement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/secondary-teachers-vote-to-accept-governments-latest-collective-agreement-settlement/" aria-label="Read more about Secondary teachers vote to accept government’s latest collective agreement settlement">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inge Gnatt, Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images If you’ve ever been on the sidelines at an under-12’s team sport, you will know that some children are fiercely competitive, while others are there simply to socialise. In the workplace, two colleagues ... <a title="Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-are-some-people-extremely-competitive-while-others-are-so-chill-269270/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with ... <a title="Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-tasmanias-politicians-couldnt-say-no-to-a-once-in-a-century-afl-opportunity-270979/" aria-label="Read more about Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Air NZ said it had now reached agreements “in principle” with unions representing its regional turboprop and widebody jet cabin crew. AFP Air New Zealand says there will no longer be strike action affecting long-haul or regional travellers, but disruptions to its domestic, Tasman and Pacific services are still possible. Cabin ... <a title="Air NZ reaches ‘in principle’ deal to ward off some strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/air-nz-reaches-in-principle-deal-to-ward-off-some-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ reaches ‘in principle’ deal to ward off some strikes">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Coster when he was in charge of the police. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Analysis – Headline writers have had their fun calling it ‘Coster’s Last Stand’, and like the general’s doomed battle, it ended with a crushing fall. The comparison falls apart pretty quickly after that. Yes, Andrew Coster leaves ... <a title="Analysis: Can Andrew Coster come back from this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/analysis-can-andrew-coster-come-back-from-this/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis: Can Andrew Coster come back from this?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland has managed to avoid a predicted IKEA stampede and traffic jams as the first shoppers entered the new store at Mt Wellington in Auckland. Despite warnings of motorway gridlock and potential delays finding a carpark, traffic was free flowing in the area with Google Maps showing a 16-minute trip from ... <a title="IKEA Auckland opening: Predicted traffic chaos fails to eventuate as first shoppers visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/ikea-auckland-opening-predicted-traffic-chaos-fails-to-eventuate-as-first-shoppers-visit/" aria-label="Read more about IKEA Auckland opening: Predicted traffic chaos fails to eventuate as first shoppers visit">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford has said the treaty is the Crown’s responsibility, not schools’. RNZ / Mark Papalii An Education Ministry report shows officials strongly warned the government against removing schools’ Treaty of Waitangi obligations. The proactively-released document said changing references to the treaty in the Education and Training Act was ... <a title="Ministers were warned against removing schools’ Treaty obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/ministers-were-warned-against-removing-schools-treaty-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers were warned against removing schools’ Treaty obligations">Read more</a>
