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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Addison, Senior Lecturer, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Conservationists have long anticipated the recent announcement that the national effort to eradicate possums, stoats and rats will now include feral cats. But the government’s decision ... <a title="NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/nz-is-taking-aim-at-feral-cats-are-we-ready-for-the-ethical-and-practical-implications-270885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University Liz Minchin/The Conversation, CC BY From causing a major phone outage to shutting down street lights across parks, suburbs and roads, copper theft has become a clear public safety risk. Last week, Optus said a phone ... <a title="Copper theft is hitting building sites, street lights – and now phones. How do we stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/copper-theft-is-hitting-building-sites-street-lights-and-now-phones-how-do-we-stop-it-270781/" aria-label="Read more about Copper theft is hitting building sites, street lights – and now phones. How do we stop it?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This story has been updated to reflect that Compass Group is still on the list of providers chosen to provide lunches to high schools, intermediate schools, and comprehensive schools in 2026. The principal of a school which served up a contaminated meal from the government’s free school lunches programmes says she’s ... <a title="Principal of school at centre of mouldy school lunch fiasco hurt by David Seymour’s comments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/principal-of-school-at-centre-of-mouldy-school-lunch-fiasco-hurt-by-david-seymours-comments/" aria-label="Read more about Principal of school at centre of mouldy school lunch fiasco hurt by David Seymour’s comments">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police will be auditing internet usage of the most senior police officers in the country over the last 12 months, starting with the Police Commissioner, RNZ can reveal. It comes as Commissioner Richard Chambers says he’s asked for a “closer look” at the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s (IPCA) scathing report released ... <a title="Police to audit internet use of every senior officer after Jevon McSkimming scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/police-to-audit-internet-use-of-every-senior-officer-after-jevon-mcskimming-scandal/" aria-label="Read more about Police to audit internet use of every senior officer after Jevon McSkimming scandal">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Has flexible, remote work made mahi more fun and has the freedom made us happier? The nine to five has changed a lot of recent years, with Covid forcing some business to adapt to working from a home. But it’s not without its challenges. How do you read the room when ... <a title="Has the freedom of ‘hybrid work’ made us happier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/has-the-freedom-of-hybrid-work-made-us-happier/" aria-label="Read more about Has the freedom of ‘hybrid work’ made us happier?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystal Randall, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong Krystal Randall If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and luxurious growing right at your feet: deep green ... <a title="Temperatures in a patch of Antarctic moss can vary as much as an entire mountain range" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/temperatures-in-a-patch-of-antarctic-moss-can-vary-as-much-as-an-entire-mountain-range-269801/" aria-label="Read more about Temperatures in a patch of Antarctic moss can vary as much as an entire mountain range">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Helen Clark Foundation is is calling for better laws to protect victims of sexual violence in New Zealand, including eradicating virginity testing. 123rf.com Researchers say the practice of virginity testing is happening in New Zealand and it’s harming women. The Helen Clark Foundation is calling for urgent law changes to ... <a title="Virginity testing harming women in New Zealand – researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/virginity-testing-harming-women-in-new-zealand-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Virginity testing harming women in New Zealand – researcher">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The consequences of chronic methamphetamine use are already visible in hospital wards, and it’s about to get worse, an emergency department doctor says. Dr Paul Quigley told a symposium on reducing drug harm on Monday the country was facing an impending health crisis on par with smoking-related lung disease. “We are ... <a title="Chronic methamphetamine use will cost us – emergency doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/chronic-methamphetamine-use-will-cost-us-emergency-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Chronic methamphetamine use will cost us – emergency doctor">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Fabergé locket was worth more than $33,500. SCREENSHOT A man has been charged for allegedly swallowing a Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500 during a theft at a store in Auckland. Police were called at 3.30pm last Friday to the store in the central city. The 32-year-old man was accused ... <a title="Man charged after allegedly eating a pendant at an Auckland jewellers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/man-charged-after-allegedly-eating-a-pendant-at-an-auckland-jewellers/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged after allegedly eating a pendant at an Auckland jewellers">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller The Tertiary Education Commission has taken the unusual step of giving multiple tertiary institutions permission to enrol extra students this year as they try to meet a boom in enrolments. The commission’s chief executive, Tim Fowler, told Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee institutions could enrol up ... <a title="Tertiary institutions enrolling extra students to meet demand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/tertiary-institutions-enrolling-extra-students-to-meet-demand/" aria-label="Read more about Tertiary institutions enrolling extra students to meet demand">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Storm clouds over Queen Elizabeth Park in Kāpiti after a thunderstorm. Supplied/ Dan Bailey The hot start to summer is expected to take a turn, with thunderstorms, hail and even a chance of tornados for the North Island. MetService said an active low pressure system is expected to move onto central ... <a title="Thunderstorms, hail and possible tornadoes forecast for North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/thunderstorms-hail-and-possible-tornadoes-forecast-for-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Thunderstorms, hail and possible tornadoes forecast for North Island">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis has labelled the conduct of Labour MPs “unbecoming” after a fiery Scrutiny Week appearance which saw accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking. Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits ... <a title="‘A bit tired, a bit ratty’: Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/a-bit-tired-a-bit-ratty-heated-exchange-between-willis-and-labour-mps-at-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A bit tired, a bit ratty’: Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament">Read more</a>
