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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand “The last thing I would ever, ever do is retire,” Sir Sam Neill says. Recently named Screen Legend at this year’s New Zealand Screen Awards, the 78-year-old actor says his 54-year long (and counting) career still excites him. “I love being able to go away, go home again too, but I ... <a title="Sam Neill: ‘Retirement it’s like a swear word to me’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/sam-neill-retirement-its-like-a-swear-word-to-me/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Neill: ‘Retirement it’s like a swear word to me’">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Huia provides an interregional passenger rail service between the regions of Waikato and Auckland. Supplied / Waikato Regional Council The future of the Hamilton to Auckland train, Te Huia, looks set to be decided in the first half of next year. The Waikato regional council voted on Thursday to ask ... <a title="Fate of Hamilton-to-Auckland Te Huia train to be decided next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/fate-of-hamilton-to-auckland-te-huia-train-to-be-decided-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Fate of Hamilton-to-Auckland Te Huia train to be decided next year">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Esarona David Lologa in the High Court in Wellington on Friday. Samuel Rillstone The man who murdered five people by lighting the Loafers Lodge blaze has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of release for at least 22 years. Esarona David Lologa, 50, set the Wellington boarding house ... <a title="Loafers Lodge fire: Esarona David Lologa handed life sentence for murder of five people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/loafers-lodge-fire-esarona-david-lologa-handed-life-sentence-for-murder-of-five-people/" aria-label="Read more about Loafers Lodge fire: Esarona David Lologa handed life sentence for murder of five people">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what’s a comfortable sleeping temperature. By midnight, one partner is hot and sweaty while the other is freezing. Sounds familiar? You’re not alone. ... <a title="Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/will-the-scandinavian-sleep-method-really-help-me-sleep-270359/" aria-label="Read more about Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action as the third in the five-test series between arch rivals Australia and England continues at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, and England are staring down the barrel of a third Test defeat. Australia currently has a 2-0 lead in the series, after successful campaigns in both Perth ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-third-test-day-three/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day three">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Supreme Court has found that climate change is a mandatory consideration when the government considers opening up new blocks for exploration and extraction. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The country’s highest court has found that governments must consider climate change when deciding whether to offer oil and gas blocks for tender. ... <a title="Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/supreme-court-finds-government-must-consider-climate-change-when-offering-oil-and-gas-tenders/" aria-label="Read more about Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nearly 600 keen runners showed up dressed in Santa suits to run 5km around Hobsonville Point in the first ever Early Bird Run Crew’s Santa Run. The run club’s founder, and event organiser, Duncan Oswald, told RNZ he had always wanted to get the event going but didn’t think it was ... <a title="600 Santas sweat it out in fun run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/600-santas-sweat-it-out-in-fun-run/" aria-label="Read more about 600 Santas sweat it out in fun run">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is proposing to amend alcohol legislation so restaurants with on-site retail spaces can sell take-home booze. The amendment to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act would mean restaurants can apply for an off-licence, if they also sell takeaway food or non-alcoholic beverages prepared by ... <a title="Restaurants may be able to sell take-home alcohol under revised law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/restaurants-may-be-able-to-sell-take-home-alcohol-under-revised-law/" aria-label="Read more about Restaurants may be able to sell take-home alcohol under revised law">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Taylor, Senior Lecturer, School of Indigenous Studies, The University of Western Australia Quaranup, also known as Point Possession, in Western Australia. AndrewofBornholm/Wikimedia “It makes me feel like I am right there on Country”. This was the response of a student after they used a new virtual ... <a title="A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/a-virtual-reality-tool-i-developed-is-helping-indigenous-people-connect-with-country-271851/" aria-label="Read more about A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi State-owned Kiwibank’s $500m capital raise won’t go ahead Its parent Kiwi Group Capital cited recent RBNZ capital settings and $400m raise KGC engaged with leading investors Kiwibank has scrapped a plan to raise extra capital from local investors to strengthen its finances. The state-owned bank had been ... <a title="Kiwibank scraps $500 million capital raising plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/kiwibank-scraps-500-million-capital-raising-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwibank scraps $500 million capital raising plan">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A small number of KiwiSaver schemes have been sending gifts to members this Christmas. 123RF Have you had a Christmas gift from your KiwiSaver provider? A small number of KiwiSaver schemes have been sending gifts to members this Christmas. RNZ has discovered an umbrella sent to a member from Generate KiwiSaver, ... <a title="Have you had a Christmas gift from your KiwiSaver provider?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/have-you-had-a-christmas-gift-from-your-kiwisaver-provider/" aria-label="Read more about Have you had a Christmas gift from your KiwiSaver provider?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Getty Images President Donald Trump’s recently-issued National Security Strategy marks a decisive break in United States foreign policy. It also poses an uncomfortable challenge for New Zealand and other countries that have long depended on a rules-based ... <a title="Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/trumps-new-security-strategy-exposes-the-limits-of-nzs-softly-softly-diplomacy-272354/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy">Read more</a>
