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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / REECE BAKER Three people have been arrested, following a burglary south of Auckland and a dramatic failed escape from police on Sunday afternoon. Officers were called to a burglary at a business on Great South Road in Drury just after 5pm. Police said the three alleged offenders ... <a title="Car fleeing burglary crashes into two other vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/car-fleeing-burglary-crashes-into-two-other-vehicles/" aria-label="Read more about Car fleeing burglary crashes into two other vehicles">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are to be reviewed, in the Albanese government’s latest responsle in the wake of the Bondi tragedy. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is still resisting calls for a national royal commission. Albanese said in ... <a title="Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/australias-law-enforcement-and-intelligence-agencies-to-be-reviewed-post-bondi-272434/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Phoenix celebrate a goal against Central Coast Mariners. Marty Melville/Photosport Wellington Phoenix are off the bottom of the A-League table, after beating Central Coast Mariners 3-1 in Wellington. Midfielder Corban Piper scored the first goal in the 31st minute, after Kasuki Nagasawa pounced on a poor pass from a Mariners ... <a title="Football: Wellington Phoenix win for the third time this season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/football-wellington-phoenix-win-for-the-third-time-this-season/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Wellington Phoenix win for the third time this season">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The 38-year-old man is due to appear in court on Christmas Eve. 123RF A man driving a car equipped with flashing police lights pulled over the wrong vehicle in south Auckland on Saturday night. Two officers driving an unmarked police car were puzzled, when a stationwagon following them turned on a ... <a title="Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/man-impersonating-police-accidentally-pulls-over-mufti-cop-car/" aria-label="Read more about Man impersonating police accidentally pulls over mufti cop car">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Michael Mclean. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A man accused of sexually abusing a boy into his teens has been acquitted on some charges, while others left a hung jury. Michael Mclean has been on trial in the Auckland District Court, with his defence calling the allegations nonsense and claiming they never ... <a title="Man has some sexual abuse charges acquitted, others ended with hung jury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/man-has-some-sexual-abuse-charges-acquitted-others-ended-with-hung-jury/" aria-label="Read more about Man has some sexual abuse charges acquitted, others ended with hung jury">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Bar staff stepped in to help when a man was allegedly stabbed in the stomach at Wellington’s Ace of Spades Bar. Supplied/ Google Maps A woman has been arrested, as police continue to investigate a stabbing in a central Wellington bar, and they have renewed a call for anyone who saw ... <a title="Woman arrested after stabbing, witnesses sought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/woman-arrested-after-stabbing-witnesses-sought/" aria-label="Read more about Woman arrested after stabbing, witnesses sought">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 21, 2025.
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Feral cat caught in a live trap in Fiordland National Park. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A research project has discovered a way to use sound as a harmless deterrent to keep cats away from nesting native birds. Senior scientist at the Bioeconomy Science Institute (formerly known as Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ... <a title="New research project uses sound to protect native birds from cats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/new-research-project-uses-sound-to-protect-native-birds-from-cats/" aria-label="Read more about New research project uses sound to protect native birds from cats">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Diesel fuel slicking out from the wreck of the HMNZS Manawanui, in late 2024, after the navy shift grounded on a reef near the village of Tafitoala in Samoa. Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure Samoa Concerns are being raised that the New Zealand government has shortchanged Samoa since HMNZS Manawanui ... <a title="Did New Zealand shortchange Samoa over HMNZS Manawanui wreck compensation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/did-new-zealand-shortchange-samoa-over-hmnzs-manawanui-wreck-compensation/" aria-label="Read more about Did New Zealand shortchange Samoa over HMNZS Manawanui wreck compensation?">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Emergency Services are working at the scene of a fiery crash, and police warn it has closed State Highway One lanes near Hampton Downs. No one was seriously injured in the crash on Sunday, police said in a statement. However the vehicle had caught fire ... <a title="Fiery crash blocking lanes on State Highway 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/fiery-crash-blocking-lanes-on-state-highway-1/" aria-label="Read more about Fiery crash blocking lanes on State Highway 1">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Officials say transparency is critical to build trust in the government’s most important data system, but the business case for expanding it is mostly blanked out (File photo). RNZ Officials say transparency is critical to build trust in the government’s most important data system, but the business case for expanding it ... <a title="Officials say transparency key to build trust in govt data system, release heavily redacted docs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/officials-say-transparency-key-to-build-trust-in-govt-data-system-release-heavily-redacted-docs/" aria-label="Read more about Officials say transparency key to build trust in govt data system, release heavily redacted docs">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the third in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England continues at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. Australia currently has a 2-0 lead in the series, after successful campaigns in both Perth and Brisbane. First ball is scheduled for 12.30pm NZT. Sign up for Ngā ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day five" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-third-test-day-five/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day five">Read more</a>
