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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 vegetation fire has reportedly sparked 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 ... <a title="Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/car-crashes-into-tree-catches-fire-on-sh5-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua independence advocate says Indonesia is using its law to silence opposition. In April this year, letters were delivered to government institutions in Sorong West Papua, asking for peaceful dialogue between Indonesia’s ... <a title="Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/four-papuan-activists-jailed-on-treason-charges-nz-advocate-says-abuse-of-law/" aria-label="Read more about Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A road in Lower Hutt is blocked after a truck crashed this morning in Taita. Police said the truck rolled on Eastern Hutt Road between Peterkin Street and Page Grove, shortly around 9.05am. One person has moderate injuries and another has minor injuries. Work is underway to ... <a title="People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/people-injured-lower-hutt-road-blocked-following-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he is determined there will never be a repeat of the “group think” and closed ranks that led to members of the senior executive blocking an investigation into disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming. McSkimming – who was ... <a title="Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/police-commissioner-richard-chambers-determined-to-prevent-another-jevon-mcskimming-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Martin James Mooney, aged 68, from New Plymouth. NZ Police A man killed last month in New Plymouth’s centre city near the waterfront has been named. Emergency services were called to a fight on St Aubyn Street on the evening of 19 November. CPR was performed but 68-year-old Martin James Mooney ... <a title="Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/martin-mooney-named-as-man-killed-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One NZ has admitted to breaches of the Code related to information disclosure. RNZ / Nate McKinnon One NZ has been ordered to pay $1.1 million by the High Court after breaching the 111 Contact Code (the Code). The telecommunications company admitted 10 breaches of the Code, which requires providers to ... <a title="One NZ fined over $1m over emergency call breaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/one-nz-fined-over-1m-over-emergency-call-breaches/" aria-label="Read more about One NZ fined over $1m over emergency call breaches">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon pointed to the government’s plan to support a new medical school adding 120 training places each year from 2028. File photo. Reece Baker/RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour’s new GP loan proposal is “a bit confused” and does not address the real workforce shortage in the sector. The ... <a title="Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/labours-gp-plan-a-bit-confused-christopher-luxon-says/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The report shows that investing in HIV prevention and stigma initiatives is worthwhile, says a health expert. File photo. A public health researcher is celebrating a 29 percent decrease in new HIV diagnoses from 85 in 2010 to 60 in 2024. The statistic comes from the Ministry of Health’s HIV Monitoring ... <a title="Number of locally-acquired HIV diagnoses continues to fall – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/number-of-locally-acquired-hiv-diagnoses-continues-to-fall-report/" aria-label="Read more about Number of locally-acquired HIV diagnoses continues to fall – report">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Aucklanders are being reminded to be watchful and report any sightings of yellow-legged hornets as efforts to eliminate the invasive pests ramp up. Another yellow-legged hornet queen has been found on Auckland’s North Shore, as Biosecurity New ... <a title="Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/yellow-legged-hornet-aucklanders-warned-to-be-really-really-watchful/" aria-label="Read more about Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers affected by the latest overflow are likely not be able to harvest until after Christmas. Supplied Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season. Watercare confirmed to RNZ that ... <a title="‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/were-basically-stuffed-oyster-farmers-shut-down-by-another-overflow/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Newly-released documents suggest police pressured the main Crown eye-witness to testify at the 1992 murder retrial of Ross Appelgren, something not disclosed to the jury. The documents also show police were “keeping quiet” about the fact the witness was living illegally in Australia, and that they advised him to keep his ... <a title="Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nark-documents-suggest-key-witness-was-pressured-to-testify-at-ross-appelgrens-murder-retrial/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Osman, Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Canva/Pexels/The Conversation, CC BY-SA From next Wednesday, thousands of young Australians under 16 will lose access to their accounts across ten social media platforms, as the teen social media ban takes effect. What do ... <a title="‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/make-the-platforms-safer-what-young-people-really-think-about-the-social-media-ban-270159/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban">Read more</a>
