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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A firefighter extinguishing hotspots at the Fernhill fire on Tuesday. Supplied / FENZ Fire crews are battling to control a scrub blaze that broke out near Hastings on Tuesday, leaving one person hospitalised and multiple buildings destroyed. The fire in Fernhill – between the township and the Ngaruroro River bridge – ... <a title="Firefighting resumes at scrub blaze in Fernhill, Hastings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/firefighting-resumes-at-scrub-blaze-in-fernhill-hastings/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighting resumes at scrub blaze in Fernhill, Hastings">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Transport Agency has commissioned an independent analysis to identify the full scale of falsely recorded breath testing. RNZ The New Zealand Transport Agency has commissioned an independent analysis of breath testing data to try and identify the full scale of falsely recorded tests. RNZ earlier revealed about 130 Police staff ... <a title="NZTA orders data analysis to identify full scale of falsely recorded breath tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/nzta-orders-data-analysis-to-identify-full-scale-of-falsely-recorded-breath-tests/" aria-label="Read more about NZTA orders data analysis to identify full scale of falsely recorded breath tests">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sandy Corbett found out she had cancer on Christmas Eve in 2020. Type of cancer? An incurable blood cancer called Myeloma, where about 60 percent of people survive five or more years with a stage two diagnosis. She didn’t have much information on what her treatment journey might be (the haematologist, ... <a title="Grieving through Christmas when tragedy strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/grieving-through-christmas-when-tragedy-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Grieving through Christmas when tragedy strikes">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ What were the most popular stories of the year on RNZ? They included major breaking news events, but there was also a lot of talk about laundry. RNZ is setting audience records regularly and is now the third most popular news site in New Zealand. In November, our digital audience ... <a title="The most popular stories you read on RNZ in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/the-most-popular-stories-you-read-on-rnz-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The most popular stories you read on RNZ in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force A Pacific security expert questions whether New Zealand should be the only country paying compensation for the sinking of the Manawanui. The New Zealand navy ... <a title="Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/expert-questions-whether-new-zealand-was-only-country-involved-in-survey-before-manawanui-sank/" aria-label="Read more about Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN US Vice President JD Vance. (File photo) AFP/JIM WATSON Analysis – Vice President JD Vance has never looked more like the presumptive 2028 Republican presidential nominee. We learned last week that perhaps his most formidable would-be foe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, had said he would ... <a title="JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/jd-vance-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-on-nick-fuentes-and-antisemitism/" aria-label="Read more about JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said it appeared someone had been serious injuries. (File photo) Supplied / St John A serious crash involving a pedestrian has shut a road in Moera, Lower Hutt. Emergency services were called to the crash on Randwick Rd, where a person had been hit by a car, shortly after 4pm ... <a title="Person hit by car in Lower Hutt, road closed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/person-hit-by-car-in-lower-hutt-road-closed/" aria-label="Read more about Person hit by car in Lower Hutt, road closed">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A tara iti and chick at Waipū. Supplied / Darren Markin The Department of Conservation is pleading with dog owners not to let their pets roam in nesting sites used by New Zealand’s rarest bird – the tara iti or fairy tern. The plea comes after a series of incidents apparently ... <a title="Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ’s rarest bird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/dog-owners-asked-to-keep-away-from-nesting-sites-used-by-nzs-rarest-bird/" aria-label="Read more about Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ’s rarest bird">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Her complaint centred on the decision not to recall and ban the importation sale of all coloured sand. Supplied A law advisor in human rights has lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman asking for an urgent investigation into the response to asbestos-contaminated play sand. Sophie Bradwell-Pollak said there had been multiple ... <a title="Human rights lawyer lodges Ombudsman complaint over asbestos sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/human-rights-lawyer-lodges-ombudsman-complaint-over-asbestos-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights lawyer lodges Ombudsman complaint over asbestos sand">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The men were grateful to see rescuers, but it was an uncomfortably close call, police said. Police are reminding people of the importance of personal locator beacons after three men endured a cold, wet night in a gorge. Wellington District Search and Rescue coordinator Sergeant Jonathan Westrupp said the trio had ... <a title="Hutt River misadventure a reminder of personal locator beacon importance, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hutt-river-misadventure-a-reminder-of-personal-locator-beacon-importance-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Hutt River misadventure a reminder of personal locator beacon importance, police say">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Kang Jin-kyu, AFP Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. (File photo) AFP / Jung Yeon-Je Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others ... <a title="Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/families-want-answers-a-year-after-south-koreas-deadliest-plane-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Drone footage of the fire near the Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill. SUPPLIED Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub fire which has destroyed buildings. Fire crews said they responded to the blaze Tuesday afternoon which is located between the Fernhill township and the Ngaruroro River bridge on ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hawkes-bay-scrub-fire-destroys-buildings-person-hospitalised/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised">Read more</a>
