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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP Government agencies are confident the herbicide glyphosate is safe, despite the retraction of a widely referenced study due to corporate meddling. The 2000 study by Gary Williams, Robert Kroes and Ian Munro had long been treated as an authoritative source on the safety of glyphosate, but court documents released in ... <a title="Retraction of key herbicide study won’t sway the government’s approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/retraction-of-key-herbicide-study-wont-sway-the-governments-approach/" aria-label="Read more about Retraction of key herbicide study won’t sway the government’s approach">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing chief executive Jennie Wyllie. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Analysis – It will take a brave person to put their name forward to become the next chief executive of Netball New Zealand. The national body will be in the hunt for a new boss in the new year, with Jennie Wyllie ... <a title="The struggles that await Netball NZs next boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/the-struggles-that-await-netball-nzs-next-boss/" aria-label="Read more about The struggles that await Netball NZs next boss">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A family is advocating for change after their daughter died by suspected suicide. 123RF Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. The family of a 13-year-old who died by suspected suicide after contacting multiple helplines is making a plea for better information sharing by crisis services. Annabelle Daza died ... <a title="Family makes plea for better information sharing by crisis services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/family-makes-plea-for-better-information-sharing-by-crisis-services/" aria-label="Read more about Family makes plea for better information sharing by crisis services">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Apparently, the best gift you can get this summer is a food thermometer, according to University of Otago food science professor Phil Bremer. Foodborne illness spikes during this season, according to New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS), but most germs that make you sick are invisible. So it pays to know how ... <a title="How long will my Christmas ham last in the fridge? (And other summer food tips)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/how-long-will-my-christmas-ham-last-in-the-fridge-and-other-summer-food-tips/" aria-label="Read more about How long will my Christmas ham last in the fridge? (And other summer food tips)">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Western Sydney mother-of-two Minakshi Gajera has cleaned all kinds of stains and spills in her children’s school bags and fabric lunch boxes. The home cleaning enthusiast and content creator from Dharawal lands says she likes to give them a thorough clean at the end of each term. “It’s like full of ... <a title="How to clean your kids’ backpacks and lunch boxes now it’s school holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/how-to-clean-your-kids-backpacks-and-lunch-boxes-now-its-school-holidays/" aria-label="Read more about How to clean your kids’ backpacks and lunch boxes now it’s school holidays">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A man says he’s facing repossession of his vehicle and the forced sale of his house because it’s taking too long to access his KiwiSaver. RNZ A man who says he is facing repossession of his vehicle, the loss of items in storage and the forced sale of his house says ... <a title="KiwiSaver hardship application backlogs see man face vehicle repossession, house sale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/kiwisaver-hardship-application-backlogs-see-man-face-vehicle-repossession-house-sale/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver hardship application backlogs see man face vehicle repossession, house sale">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A dozen people have been injured in a major crash near Rotorua (File photo). RNZ/ Marika Khabazi A crash between a car and a minivan at Lake Rotoma, near Rotorua has seen a dozen people taken to a number of hospitals in the North Island. Emergency services, including two helicopters, responded ... <a title="Dozen injured in major State Highway 30 crash at Lake Rotoma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/dozen-injured-in-major-state-highway-30-crash-at-lake-rotoma/" aria-label="Read more about Dozen injured in major State Highway 30 crash at Lake Rotoma">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It wasn’t until Laura, a 46-year-old from Hawke’s Bay, became an adult that she began to view her father’s behaviour towards her as narcissistic. He seemed to thrive on creating conflict between Laura and her sister. He would switch between being lighthearted and friendly, to horrific and cruel, depending upon the ... <a title="New Zealanders going ‘no contact’ with a parent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/new-zealanders-going-no-contact-with-a-parent/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders going ‘no contact’ with a parent">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Schools are having to spend thousands of dollars replacing carpet, curtains and other items contaminated by play sand containing asbestos. Supplied A school principal facing a $90,000 bill for cleaning up asbestos-contaminated sand says she urgently needs more detail on a new scheme for financial support. The Ministry of Education is ... <a title="Education Ministry sets up financial support scheme for schools facing asbestos sand clean-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/education-ministry-sets-up-financial-support-scheme-for-schools-facing-asbestos-sand-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about Education Ministry sets up financial support scheme for schools facing asbestos sand clean-up">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ERO says it has the same high expectations of every school. RNZ/Sally Round Principals say the Education Review Office isn’t giving schools in poor communities enough credit for the challenges they face. They say the review office makes no allowances for the fact many of their students come from disadvantaged backgrounds ... <a title="Principals say ERO not giving rural schools credit for challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/principals-say-ero-not-giving-rural-schools-credit-for-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about Principals say ERO not giving rural schools credit for challenges">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said GDP growth showed there were better times ahead. RNZ The retail, construction and manufacturing sectors are cautiously optimistic about recent growth in the country’s economy. Stats NZ data showed gross domestic product (GDP) – the broad measure of economic growth – rose 1.1 percent in the ... <a title="Retail, construction, manufacturing industries eye GDP growth with cautious optimism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/retail-construction-manufacturing-industries-eye-gdp-growth-with-cautious-optimism/" aria-label="Read more about Retail, construction, manufacturing industries eye GDP growth with cautious optimism">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Savings account rates generally aren’t offering enough interest to keep up with inflation. But what are savers’ options if they don’t want to see their money going backwards? Reserve Bank data shows that the average interest rate paid by bonus-paying savings account, such as those that reward someone when they make ... <a title="How savers can stop accounts being eroded by inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/how-savers-can-stop-accounts-being-eroded-by-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about How savers can stop accounts being eroded by inflation">Read more</a>
