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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand What is going on with our eel population? Uncovering he mystery behind eel breed has proven to be a difficult task, but passionate scientists are far from calling it quits. Senior lecturer at AUT, Dr Amandine Sabadel is a chemist, ecologist, environmental scientist and an eel expert. She told The run ... <a title="Uncovering the mysteries behind eel migration and spawning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/uncovering-the-mysteries-behind-eel-migration-and-spawning/" aria-label="Read more about Uncovering the mysteries behind eel migration and spawning">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents, but stopped short of ordering it to change the rule. The decision comes as the region grapples with increasing levels of nitrate in its waterways, ... <a title="Nitrates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/nitrates-in-water-ecans-rule-making-fell-short-of-law-over-allowing-discharges-high-court-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Nitrates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand What is going on with our eel population? Uncovering he mystery behind eel breed has proven to be a difficult task, but passionate scientists are far from calling it quits. Senior lecturer at AUT, Dr Amandine Sabadel is a chemist, ecologist, environmental scientist and an eel expert. She told The run ... <a title="Unvcovering the mysteries behind eel migration and spawning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/unvcovering-the-mysteries-behind-eel-migration-and-spawning/" aria-label="Read more about Unvcovering the mysteries behind eel migration and spawning">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kāeo’s water treatment plant has resumed operation after a 67-day shutdown, just in time for Christmas. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Far North town has received a very welcome Christmas present – running water for the first time in more than two months. Residents of Kāeo, about 30km ... <a title="Far North town, Kāeo, gets running water for first time in more than two months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/far-north-town-kaeo-gets-running-water-for-first-time-in-more-than-two-months/" aria-label="Read more about Far North town, Kāeo, gets running water for first time in more than two months">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents, but stopped short of ordering it to change the rule. The decision comes as the region grapples with increasing levels of nitrate in its waterways, ... <a title="Nitreates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing dicharges, High Court rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/nitreates-in-water-ecans-rule-making-fell-short-of-law-over-allowing-dicharges-high-court-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Nitreates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing dicharges, High Court rules">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand While your Instagram feed says the holidays are about joy and love, for many people, Christmas brings a sense of hopelessness about managing tricky family members, inappropriate comments and probing questions. “When any groups gather, there are going to be mixed emotions about the event itself, the family dynamics, which perhaps ... <a title="How to handle awkward interactions this Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/how-to-handle-awkward-interactions-this-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about How to handle awkward interactions this Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The wreck of Manawanui seen from above. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii A New Zealand law professor is calling for the United Kingdom’s role to be considered when it comes to compensation for villagers impacted by the sinking of Manawanui last year. The New Zealand navy vessel was surveying the ... <a title="Calls for the UK’s role to be considered in the sinking of Manawanui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/calls-for-the-uks-role-to-be-considered-in-the-sinking-of-manawanui/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for the UK’s role to be considered in the sinking of Manawanui">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Transport Agency urging drivers to plan ahead and be safe for their summer road trip. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan ahead for a safe summer road trip, as several accidents have snarled Auckland traffic on Christmas Eve. It warned more cars on the road, ... <a title="Christmas and Boxing Day set to bring more cars and tired drivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/christmas-and-boxing-day-set-to-bring-more-cars-and-tired-drivers/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas and Boxing Day set to bring more cars and tired drivers">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [xh Multiple hospitalisations due to synthetic drug use The hospitalisation had been linked to synthetic drugs in the Auckland region. (File photo) AFP A warning has been issued after multiple people were hospitalised in the last day after using synthetic drugs. High Alert, a drug watchdog, said the cases had been ... <a title="Warning after multiple people hospitalised after using synthetic cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/warning-after-multiple-people-hospitalised-after-using-synthetic-cannabis/" aria-label="Read more about Warning after multiple people hospitalised after using synthetic cannabis">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A 21-year-old man was arrested on Christmas Eve and charged with murder. (File photo) RNZ / Richard Tindiller A man has been charged with murder after the death of a man in Hamilton last week. Police were called to a home in Lake Crescent at 6.15pm on December 18, where they ... <a title="Man charged with murder over Hamilton death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/man-charged-with-murder-over-hamilton-death/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder over Hamilton death">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A firefighter extinguishing hotspots at the Fernhill fire on Tuesday. Supplied / FENZ Residents who evacuated due to a scrub fire near the Hawke’s Bay village of Fernhill have been allowed to return to their homes. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson told RNZ there’s now one fire truck monitoring the scene, ... <a title="Residents return home after Hawke’s Bay blaze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/residents-return-home-after-hawkes-bay-blaze/" aria-label="Read more about Residents return home after Hawke’s Bay blaze">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand UnSplash/ Carl Tronders A Rotorua man has rallied about a dozen young people to give their neighbourhood a festive spruce-up. Thomas Peato, a youth mentor at Waiariki Whānau Mentoring, and local rangatahi gathered once a week through December for a full day of maintenance work, he told RNZ’s The run home ... <a title="Festive spirit spurs teens to commit to neighbourhood spruce-up in Rotorua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/festive-spirit-spurs-teens-to-commit-to-neighbourhood-spruce-up-in-rotorua/" aria-label="Read more about Festive spirit spurs teens to commit to neighbourhood spruce-up in Rotorua">Read more</a>
