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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government has announced its much-anticipated gas reservation scheme, to provide security for Australia’s domestic supply and put downward pressure on prices. The scheme, working though permits, will only affect new contracts. Although it will apply to all new ... <a title="Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/albanese-government-announces-gas-reservation-plan-to-address-supply-and-price-272433/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Taupō. 123rf A boatie has been rescued from Lake Taupō after their vessel caught fire. A callout came just after 6pm on Sunday to Whangamatā Bay at the northern end of the lake by Kinloch. Police said a search and rescue operation got underway, and the person was rescued just ... <a title="Police investigation underway after Taupō boat fire prompts rescue mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/police-investigation-underway-after-taupo-boat-fire-prompts-rescue-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Police investigation underway after Taupō boat fire prompts rescue mission">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called about 9.45am on Monday to the scene off the Thames Coast Road. RNZ / REECE BAKER A person is missing after getting into difficulty in the water in the Coromandel Peninsula. Emergency services were responding to a report of a person missing in the water near Waikawau boat ... <a title="Search underway after person missing in water in Coromandel Peninsula" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/search-underway-after-person-missing-in-water-in-coromandel-peninsula/" aria-label="Read more about Search underway after person missing in water in Coromandel Peninsula">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the Serious Crash Unit has been notified. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly One person is in a serious condition after a crash between a vehicle and pedestrian in Mount Eden, Auckland. Police were called to the scene at the intersection of Dominion and Balmoral Roads at 11.40am on Monday. The ... <a title="Person in serious condition after vehicle, pedestrian collide in Mount Eden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/person-in-serious-condition-after-vehicle-pedestrian-collide-in-mount-eden/" aria-label="Read more about Person in serious condition after vehicle, pedestrian collide in Mount Eden">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand James Ransone, an actor best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire and also starring in It: Chapter Two, has died at age 46, according to LA medical authorities. The actor took his own life, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Ransone played the dock worker-turned-petty criminal Zibby ... <a title="James Ransone, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘It: Chapter Two’, dies at 46" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/james-ransone-star-of-the-wire-and-it-chapter-two-dies-at-46/" aria-label="Read more about James Ransone, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘It: Chapter Two’, dies at 46">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government planned to redirect $1.7 million from various contracts with sexual abuse services from January. Supplied/123RF Sexual abuse support services facing cuts in the new year have been given an extra six months, but are being told not to expect any more than that. The government planned to redirect $1.7 ... <a title="Sexual abuse support services facing cuts have contracts extended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/sexual-abuse-support-services-facing-cuts-have-contracts-extended/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual abuse support services facing cuts have contracts extended">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A pair of takahē birds believed to be infertile have thrilled staff at Zelandia wildlife sanctuary by unexpectedly hatching a chick. Bendigo, a male takahē, and Waitaa a female, came to Zelandia two years ago as a non-breeding pair. Staff thought Bendigo had fertility issues, as he was not productive with ... <a title="Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/takahe-pair-thought-to-be-infertile-hatch-chick-at-zealandia/" aria-label="Read more about Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Detective senior sergeant Greg Baird says the social harm caused by illicit drugs is significant. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A Southland police operation has ended in a mass drug and firearms bust, after police executed 12 search warrants around Invercargill. Police said eight people were arrested after they seized methamphetamine, firearms ... <a title="Police arrest eight after gang targeted drug-bust in Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/police-arrest-eight-after-gang-targeted-drug-bust-in-southland/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest eight after gang targeted drug-bust in Southland">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis will not be standing for an electorate seat at the next election. At the last election, Willis campaigned for the Wellington electorate of Ōhāriu, which was narrowly won by Labour’s Greg O’Connor with 17,565 votes to Willis’ 16,305. The electorate will next year ... <a title="Finance Minister Nicola Willis not standing for electorate seat at election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/finance-minister-nicola-willis-not-standing-for-electorate-seat-at-election/" aria-label="Read more about Finance Minister Nicola Willis not standing for electorate seat at election">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Houses in Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Staff at the New World supermarket in Whitianga are back on the water as they deliver food to the Coromandel peninsula by boat. New World has operated its Waka Kai service each holiday season since 2019, running groceries by sea ... <a title="New World back delivering groceries to Coromandel peninsula by boat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/new-world-back-delivering-groceries-to-coromandel-peninsula-by-boat/" aria-label="Read more about New World back delivering groceries to Coromandel peninsula by boat">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police Police say the 29-year-old they’re searching for after a double-homicide in the North Island has a dog with him. Friends of sheep farmer husband and wife Brendon and Trina Cole say they were found dead at their Murumuru Road property in Ruatiti more than one ... <a title="Ruatiti homicide: Police search bush for person of interest Mitchell Cole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/ruatiti-homicide-police-search-bush-for-person-of-interest-mitchell-cole/" aria-label="Read more about Ruatiti homicide: Police search bush for person of interest Mitchell Cole">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main banks are now advertising rates of 4.49 percent for 12 months. RNZ A couple who regretted their decision to fix their home loan for five years in 2023 have been unsuccessful in their complaint against their bank. They complained to the Banking Ombudsman, which issued a case note on ... <a title="Couple lose home loan complaint in face of $50,000 break fee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/couple-lose-home-loan-complaint-in-face-of-50000-break-fee/" aria-label="Read more about Couple lose home loan complaint in face of $50,000 break fee">Read more</a>
