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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. There are 427 students enrolled in the country’s eight charter schools. Unsplash The Charter School Agency has revealed there are 427 students enrolled in the eight charter schools. The number of enrolments has been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their ... <a title="Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/charter-school-agency-reveals-enrolment-numbers-after-telling-schools-to-keep-figures-under-wraps/" aria-label="Read more about Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Nurses Organisation strike on 28 November. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Health NZ has accused nurses of failing to honour their commitment to provide so-called “life preserving services” during a partial strike. However, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation is blaming Health NZ for rejecting a plan for dedicated on-call staff ... <a title="Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/health-nz-and-nurses-union-at-loggerheads-over-strike-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan">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="NZ facing health crisis from chronic methamphetamine use – emergency doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/nz-facing-health-crisis-from-chronic-methamphetamine-use-emergency-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ facing health crisis from chronic methamphetamine use – emergency doctor">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand On the morning of his final NCEA exams, while most students flick straight to page one and start scribbling, Year 13 Hutt Valley High School student Toby Ireland begins by feeling the test. His right hand hovers over rows of tiny raised dots; his left flies across a compact keyboard-like device. ... <a title="How a student feels his way through NCEA exams for six hours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/how-a-student-feels-his-way-through-ncea-exams-for-six-hours/" aria-label="Read more about How a student feels his way through NCEA exams for six hours">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The price of Bitcoin has fallen significantly after a volatile year. CFOTO / NurPhoto via AFP Falls in Bitcoin’s value are typical of the cryptocurrency’s high levels of volatility, experts say, but having a proponent in the White House is likely to put a floor under its price. The price of ... <a title="Why one fund manager is banking on Trump to support falling Bitcoin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/why-one-fund-manager-is-banking-on-trump-to-support-falling-bitcoin/" aria-label="Read more about Why one fund manager is banking on Trump to support falling Bitcoin">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Single retired women turning to reverse mortgages Single women are turning to reverse mortgages as a way to get more cash flow in retirement. UnSplash/ Cade Martin Single women are turning to reverse mortgages as a way to get more cash flow in retirement – and some commentators say it may ... <a title="Adjustment to single pension rate may be prompting women to borrow against homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/adjustment-to-single-pension-rate-may-be-prompting-women-to-borrow-against-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Adjustment to single pension rate may be prompting women to borrow against homes">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Leopard family decided to take time out to go on a 15-month camping trip in 2021. But the allure of life on the road was such they’re still going strong, travelling the country towing an off-grid caravan. Mike and Sophie Leopard and their three children, Jade, 13, Riley, 12, and ... <a title="The Rotorua family who have been on a 4-year camping trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/the-rotorua-family-who-have-been-on-a-4-year-camping-trip/" aria-label="Read more about The Rotorua family who have been on a 4-year camping trip">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Scania Rangi Te Whare died at the scene. 123RF A coroner has found the death of a driver who crashed into a school bus could have been prevented had he not driven while tired. Scania Rangi Te Whare, 27, had driven from his home in Te Kuiti on 31 October 2022, ... <a title="Night shift worker died in school bus crash driving home, coroner warns of fatigue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/night-shift-worker-died-in-school-bus-crash-driving-home-coroner-warns-of-fatigue/" aria-label="Read more about Night shift worker died in school bus crash driving home, coroner warns of fatigue">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Track and field star Anna Grimaldi celebrates after winning bronze in the women’s 100m T47 final at the 2024 Paralympics. GETTY IMAGES New Zealand’s Olympic and Paralympic movements could be on the brink of a historic shift, with the two organising bodies formally exploring the possibility of becoming a single organisation. ... <a title="New Zealand Olympic bosses weigh up major sporting merger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/new-zealand-olympic-bosses-weigh-up-major-sporting-merger/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand Olympic bosses weigh up major sporting merger">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Helen Clark Foundation is calling for better laws to protect victims of sexual violence in New Zealand, labelling current practices “inadequate”. A report released today by the foundation has highlighted four areas that it says will create “practical, meaningful and lasting change”. In a ... <a title="Better laws needed to protect sexual violence survivors – Helen Clark Foundation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/better-laws-needed-to-protect-sexual-violence-survivors-helen-clark-foundation/" aria-label="Read more about Better laws needed to protect sexual violence survivors – Helen Clark Foundation">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. MARIKA KHABAZI / RNZ Auckland’s mayor has hit out at the government’s rates cap, saying the strategy “won’t work” . The government is setting a target range of 2 to 4 percent increases – with councils having to appeal to a regulator if they want to go ... <a title="Auckland mayor hits out at government’s rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/auckland-mayor-hits-out-at-governments-rates-cap-says-it-could-impact-city-rail-link/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland mayor hits out at government’s rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the rancid lunches had already been eaten by students. Supplied Christchurch parents are horrified after their children ate a contaminated meal from the government’s free school lunches programme. The School Lunch Collective told RNZ it was investigating a “food quality issue” after mouldy mince was served up to students ... <a title="Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/parents-horrified-children-ate-mouldy-mince-in-government-funded-school-lunches/" aria-label="Read more about Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches">Read more</a>
