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Month: December 2025

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Members of the public yell abuse as man appears in court charged with hurting baby

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Hutt Valley District Court. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Members of the public yelled abuse at a Lower Hutt man as he appeared in the dock on charges of intentionally hurting a baby. The 30-year-old pleaded not guilty to all charges when he appeared in Hutt Valley District Court on Monday. Police ... <a title="Members of the public yell abuse as man appears in court charged with hurting baby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/members-of-the-public-yell-abuse-as-man-appears-in-court-charged-with-hurting-baby/" aria-label="Read more about Members of the public yell abuse as man appears in court charged with hurting baby">Read more</a>

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Lower Hutt man charged with intentionally injuring baby pleads not guilty

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Hutt Valley District Court. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A man charged with four counts of intentionally injuring a baby in Lower Hutt is pleading not guilty to all charges. It is at least the fourth serious child abuse case in the Hutt Valley in recent months. Police responded to a callout ... <a title="Lower Hutt man charged with intentionally injuring baby pleads not guilty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/lower-hutt-man-charged-with-intentionally-injuring-baby-pleads-not-guilty/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt man charged with intentionally injuring baby pleads not guilty">Read more</a>

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Firefighters battle to 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 are working to free the driver of a logging truck who is trapped after a crash north of Balclutha. Police said the crash occurred on Coe Road just after 11am on Monday. The driver is reported ... <a title="Firefighters battle to free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/firefighters-battle-to-free-driver-trapped-in-otago-logging-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle to free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash">Read more</a>

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Number of under 16s sleeping rough ‘much larger than we’d first anticipated’

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland-based Kick Back has released its first State of the Street report which it says is an SOS to the government and community at large (file image). RNZ / Luke McPake Young people are sleeping on the streets and in cars as a youth homelessness support service says the problem is ... <a title="Number of under 16s sleeping rough ‘much larger than we’d first anticipated’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/number-of-under-16s-sleeping-rough-much-larger-than-wed-first-anticipated/" aria-label="Read more about Number of under 16s sleeping rough ‘much larger than we’d first anticipated’">Read more</a>

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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Widespread rain and possible thunderstorms for the North Island Tuesday and Wednesday Strong winds possible for upper North Island mid-week Humid air ahead of a low, followed by a cooler southerly change Improving weather for most areas on Thursday The start of December might mark the beginning of summer ... <a title="Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/heavy-rain-thunderstorms-and-strong-winds-expected-as-summer-officially-begins/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins">Read more</a>

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‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers

December 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fergus Edwards, Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania Tom Stoppard, who has died at 88, was one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful playwrights of our age. He won his first Tony Award for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1968, and his last for ... <a title="‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/its-wanting-to-know-that-makes-us-matter-how-tom-stoppard-made-us-all-philosophers-270952/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers">Read more</a>

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Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Te Anihana Pomana. Supplied Police have formally identified the body of 25-year-old Te Anihana Pomana. Pomana went missing on August 21 after leaving SkyCity Hotel in the early hours of the morning. Last week, police announced a body they believed to be Pomana was found in dense bush in the Pukekohe ... <a title="Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/body-of-te-anihana-pomana-formally-identified/" aria-label="Read more about Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified">Read more</a>

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Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police in Lower Hutt

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The motorcyclist was caught driving in a dangerous manner around 10:30pm in Lower Hutt 123RF A motorcyclist has been hospitalised after crashing while fleeing Police on Taita Drive, in Lower Hutt last night. Hutt Valley Area Commander, Inspector Wade Jennings, says local Police saw the motorcyclist driving in a dangerous manner ... <a title="Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police in Lower Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/motorcyclist-hospitalised-after-hitting-fence-while-fleeing-police-in-lower-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police in Lower Hutt">Read more</a>

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56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly

December 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere drastically increased and global temperatures shot up by some 6°C. As we show in new research ... <a title="56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/56-million-years-ago-the-earth-suddenly-heated-up-and-many-plants-stopped-working-properly-270291/" aria-label="Read more about 56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly">Read more</a>

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Patrick Keusch had tears in his eyes as he pleaded guilty to fatal Canterbury crash

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Patrick Keusch appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday POOL / Iain McGregor / The Press A Swiss national wiped away tears as he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge following a fatal crash in Canterbury. A woman died following a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 73 near Sheffield ... <a title="Patrick Keusch had tears in his eyes as he pleaded guilty to fatal Canterbury crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/patrick-keusch-had-tears-in-his-eyes-as-he-pleaded-guilty-to-fatal-canterbury-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Patrick Keusch had tears in his eyes as he pleaded guilty to fatal Canterbury crash">Read more</a>

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Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The acting head of the Social Investment Agency says its work has not been destabilised by the high-profile absence of its chief executive. Former police commissioner Andrew Coster has been on leave from his role as social investment secretary since the release ... <a title="Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/social-investment-agency-work-continuing-despite-high-profile-absence-of-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss">Read more</a>

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Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series

December 1, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Blackcaps coach Rob Walter Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Caps coach Rob Walter doesn’t expect his side to have any problems slipping back into Test match mode in the first Test against West Indies starting in Christchurch on Tuesday. Walter is preparing for his first home Test series since taking over ... <a title="Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/black-caps-coach-rob-walter-prepares-for-his-first-home-test-series/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series">Read more</a>