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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand What are you wearing? No seriously, what are you wearing to bed? Because it can affect the quality of your sleep. “What you sleep in can alter the temperature, [that] is the main thing in terms of how it may affect your sleep,” explains Kathleen Maddison from the Centre for Sleep ... <a title="Is it better to sleep naked or wear pyjamas in summer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/is-it-better-to-sleep-naked-or-wear-pyjamas-in-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Is it better to sleep naked or wear pyjamas in summer?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government’s finances are slightly worse than expected, as the tax take fell more than expenses. Treasury figures, which exclude ACC finances, showed a deficit of $4.9 billion for the four months ended October – about $700 million higher than forecast in May’s ... <a title="Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/government-finances-worse-than-expected-as-tax-take-falls/" aria-label="Read more about Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Caps face the West Indies for day three of their first test of the summer from Hagley Oval in Christchurch. New Zealand has played just two Test matches so far in 2025, beating Zimbabwe 2-0 in Bulawayo in August. Since then they’ve played 17 white-ball games against Australia, England ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies first test – day three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-first-test-day-three/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies first test – day three">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rajinder was on trial at the High Court in Dunedin. RNZ A man has been found guilty of murdering Gurjit Singh in his Dunedin home. The jury retired to consider its verdict at the High Court in Dunedin on Wednesday morning and returned on Thursday. The 35-year-old, known only as Rajinder, ... <a title="Rajinder found guilty of murdering Gurjit Singh in his Dunedin home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/rajinder-found-guilty-of-murdering-gurjit-singh-in-his-dunedin-home/" aria-label="Read more about Rajinder found guilty of murdering Gurjit Singh in his Dunedin home">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The site has been cordoned off and an investigation is underway. Matthew Rosenberg/LDR More than a million dollars’ worth of trucks and equipment have been destroyed in a suspected arson in a popular Invercargill park. Police are investigating after the fire was reported early on Wednesday morning in Queens Park. Invercargill ... <a title="Suspicious Invercargill blaze destroys more than $1m worth of gear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/suspicious-invercargill-blaze-destroys-more-than-1m-worth-of-gear/" aria-label="Read more about Suspicious Invercargill blaze destroys more than $1m worth of gear">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dunedin South Woolworths supermarket was closed for nearly three weeks due to a rat problem. RNZ / Tess Brunton Woolworths New Zealand has pleaded guilty to failing to properly deal with a rat infestation at its Dunedin South supermarket. The company appeared at the Dunedin District Court before Judge David Robinson ... <a title="Woolworths NZ pleads guilty over Dunedin supermarket rat infestation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/woolworths-nz-pleads-guilty-over-dunedin-supermarket-rat-infestation/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths NZ pleads guilty over Dunedin supermarket rat infestation">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Dairy giant Fonterra has increased its first quarter profits to $278 million, $15m more than a year ago. Key numbers for the quarter ended 31st October: Net profit $278m up $15m Forecast FY earnings unchanged at 45-65cps Midpoint milk price forecast $9.50 per kgMS Lactalis gains OIS ... <a title="Fonterra profits rise in first quarter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/fonterra-profits-rise-in-first-quarter/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra profits rise in first quarter">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Mobile network company 2degrees says it is aware some customers are experiencing issues with connecting, receiving, or making calls on their mobile devices. 2degrees’ website says a nationwide fault was under repair since about 4am on Thursday morning. The company said it was sorry for the inconvenience ... <a title="Mobile phone issues for some 2degrees customers due to nationwide fault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/mobile-phone-issues-for-some-2degrees-customers-due-to-nationwide-fault/" aria-label="Read more about Mobile phone issues for some 2degrees customers due to nationwide fault">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s been a great year for feet, particularly toes. If you followed the fashion of the Northern Hemisphere summer, a predictor for what might be cool for New Zealand’s summer, you likely saw shoes that might typically be categorised as offensive to the eye. I’m talking about styles such as the ... <a title="Will New Zealand follow the ‘ugly shoe’ summer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/will-new-zealand-follow-the-ugly-shoe-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Will New Zealand follow the ‘ugly shoe’ summer?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The store opens at 11am, while the carpark was opened to shoppers at 8.30am. RNZ / Melanie Earley A handful of eager shoppers have begun to gather outside the new IKEA store at Mt Wellington in Auckland. Drivers are being warned to expect 40-minute queues today, with traffic analysts expecting crowds ... <a title="Queues build as shoppers line up for IKEA’s Auckland opening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/queues-build-as-shoppers-line-up-for-ikeas-auckland-opening/" aria-label="Read more about Queues build as shoppers line up for IKEA’s Auckland opening">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rutherford Street, between Melling Link and Connolly Street, is closed. X / NZ Transport Agency A person is dead after a fuel truck collided with a building on Lower Hutt’s Rutherford Street. At 9.15am Rutherford Street, between Melling Link and Connolly Street, was still closed after the single-vehicle crash about 5.30am ... <a title="Person killed, major Lower Hutt road closed for hours as fuel truck hits building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/person-killed-major-lower-hutt-road-closed-for-hours-as-fuel-truck-hits-building/" aria-label="Read more about Person killed, major Lower Hutt road closed for hours as fuel truck hits building">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Climate Change Minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Nick Monro The government has rejected all of the Climate Change Commission’s recommendations to strengthen New Zealand’s emissions targets. The move comes despite the Commission warning the effects of climate change are hitting New Zealand sooner and more severely than expected, and that New ... <a title="Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission’s emissions target recommendations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/government-rejects-all-of-climate-change-commissions-emissions-target-recommendations/" aria-label="Read more about Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission’s emissions target recommendations">Read more</a>
