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Month: December 2025

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Firefighters free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are working with specialist equipment to rescue the driver. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Firefighters have freed the driver of a logging truck who was trapped after a crash north of Balclutha. Police said the crash occurred on Coe Road just after 11am on Monday. Fire and Emergency said specialist equipment ... <a title="Firefighters free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/firefighters-free-driver-trapped-in-otago-logging-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash">Read more</a>

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Soldiers’ burial plaques stolen from grave sites in Invercargill

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they are investigating the thefts from grave sites at St Johns Cemetery between 28 October and 22 November. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Several burial plaques of First and Second World War soldiers have been stolen from grave sites in Invercargill. Police said they are investigating the thefts from grave ... <a title="Soldiers’ burial plaques stolen from grave sites in Invercargill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/soldiers-burial-plaques-stolen-from-grave-sites-in-invercargill/" aria-label="Read more about Soldiers’ burial plaques stolen from grave sites in Invercargill">Read more</a>

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Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The school has recalled the lunches, but some had already been eaten by students. Unsplash A Christchurch school says it has been provided with contaminated school lunches in a significant health and safety breach. Haeata Community Campus, which covers from Year 1 to 13, has put up a post on Facebook ... <a title="Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/food-poisoning-warning-after-christchurch-students-eat-contaminated-school-lunches/" aria-label="Read more about Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches">Read more</a>

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Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Police said a car had collided with a tree between Harwoods Road and Tapapa Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has died after a car crashed into a tree and caught on fire. Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 5 near Tapapa, Waikato at 10.45am on ... <a title="Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/person-dies-after-car-crashes-into-tree-catches-fire-on-sh5-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato">Read more</a>

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Auckland’s new convention centre to bring million-dollar boost to economy

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The Sky City Convention Centre’s foyer. RNZ/Nona Pelletier The opening of the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) is just around the corner and expected to contribute an initial $90 million a year to the economy over the next three years. The convention centre had been nearly 17 years in the ... <a title="Auckland’s new convention centre to bring million-dollar boost to economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/aucklands-new-convention-centre-to-bring-million-dollar-boost-to-economy/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s new convention centre to bring million-dollar boost to economy">Read more</a>

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Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform

December 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arthur Wyns, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne The United Nations’ global climate summit has finished for another year. Some progress was made in Brazil on climate finance and adaptation. But efforts to end reliance on fossil fuels were stymied by – you guessed it – fossil ... <a title="Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/are-un-climate-summits-a-waste-of-time-no-but-they-are-in-dire-need-of-reform-270457/" aria-label="Read more about Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform">Read more</a>

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David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Former Pharmac chief executive Sarah Fitt. RNZ / LUKE MCPAKE The Minister for Pharmac says the departure of its former chief executive – which appears to have come with a $357,000 payout – was “very well managed” by the board. Sarah Fitt resigned from the drug-buying agency in February after years ... <a title="David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/david-seymour-paula-bennett-defend-357k-exit-payment-to-former-pharmac-head/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head">Read more</a>

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Search for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay continues

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Northland Coastguard Air Patrol conducting the aerial search for a fisherman who was swept off the rocks at Tapotupotu Bay near Cape Reinga. Northland Coastguard Air Patrol The Police Dive Squad is searching the water near Cape Reinga for a fisherman swept from rocks at Tapotupotu Bay. The man was fishing ... <a title="Search for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/search-for-fisherman-missing-at-tapotupotu-bay-continues/" aria-label="Read more about Search for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay continues">Read more</a>

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A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions

December 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olena Onishchenko, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago Getty Images For over a decade, cryptocurrency has been synonymous with a promise of freedom: access to a decentralised digital realm operating beyond the reach of traditional banks and governments. That promise is about to be broken. A ... <a title="A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/a-global-tax-crackdown-is-coming-for-crypto-including-nz-trades-worth-billions-270785/" aria-label="Read more about A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions">Read more</a>

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Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success

December 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesco Chirico, Professor of Strategy and Family Business, Macquarie University Maskot/Getty Earlier this year, the world watched with interest as the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession drama came to a close. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s children – eyeing an empire estimated to be worth more than US$20 billion ... <a title="Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/passing-on-a-family-business-isnt-easy-heres-why-and-what-factors-predict-success-270063/" aria-label="Read more about Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success">Read more</a>

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Man taken to hospital with bruised ribs left paralysed after chest drain inserted incorrectly

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / RNZ composite A man who was taken to hospital with fractured ribs and bruised lungs was left paraplegic after a chest drain was inserted incorrectly. The man had been admitted to Auckland City Hospital following a car crash in 2022 where, four days into his stay, he was assessed ... <a title="Man taken to hospital with bruised ribs left paralysed after chest drain inserted incorrectly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/man-taken-to-hospital-with-bruised-ribs-left-paralysed-after-chest-drain-inserted-incorrectly/" aria-label="Read more about Man taken to hospital with bruised ribs left paralysed after chest drain inserted incorrectly">Read more</a>

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Search for 13-year-old Auckland girl Metallica missing for two weeks

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Missing 13-year-old Metallica. Supplied / Police An Auckland teenager has been missing for more than two weeks. Police are now asking for the public’s help in finding her. Metallica, 13, was reported missing from the Manurewa area, in South Auckland but is known to often visit the Wellsford area. She’s described ... <a title="Search for 13-year-old Auckland girl Metallica missing for two weeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/search-for-13-year-old-auckland-girl-metallica-missing-for-two-weeks/" aria-label="Read more about Search for 13-year-old Auckland girl Metallica missing for two weeks">Read more</a>