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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Plateau Hut on Aoraki/Mount Cook. Supplied / DoC A pair of climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook are believed to have died in a large ice avalanche, police said on Thursday. If so, that would make them the fifth and sixth reported South Island mountaineering deaths in the past month. The two ... <a title="Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/ice-avalanche-likely-killed-aoraki-mount-cook-climbers-police/" aria-label="Read more about Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand John Campbell RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly John Campbell is returning to RNZ, as the new co-host of Morning Report alongside Ingrid Hipkiss. RNZ’s Chief Audio Officer Pip Keane said the field of applicants for role on the flagship news programme was impressive but Campbell stood out . “John’s experience as a ... <a title="John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/john-campbell-announced-as-new-co-host-of-morning-report/" aria-label="Read more about John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacques Raubenheimer, Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney Google Trends, Facebook, The Conversation, CC BY-SA In the wake of Sunday’s tragic Bondi shooting, conspiracy theories and deliberate misinformation have spread on social media. Many social media posts suggested the name Naveed Akram was searched before the ... <a title="How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/how-misreading-google-trends-is-fuelling-bondi-attack-conspiracy-theories-272251/" aria-label="Read more about How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Kearnes, Professor of Environment & Society, UNSW Sydney 97s/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-ND Until recently, Australia’s efforts to tackle “forever chemical” pollution focused on highly polluted firefighting and defence sites. But last year, elevated levels of some of these chemicals were detected in the untreated water supply for ... <a title="Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/dont-talk-listen-why-communities-affected-by-forever-chemicals-in-water-must-be-heard-258062/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t talk – listen. Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 18, 2025.
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast, taken when it was visited by the Employment Court’s chief judge on 25 February 2023. RNZ / Jean Edwards The Secretary for Education is cancelling the registration of Gloriavale Christian School. The school was told of the decision on Thursday, which will take effect ... <a title="Gloriavale Christian School registration cancelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/gloriavale-christian-school-registration-cancelled/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale Christian School registration cancelled">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University After several years of steadily declining, the Australian dollar staged a meaningful recovery in 2025, culminating in a two-cent rally over the past month. Since the start of the year, the value of the Australian dollar has risen by more ... <a title="Will the Australian dollar keep rising in 2026? 3 factors to watch in the new year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/will-the-australian-dollar-keep-rising-in-2026-3-factors-to-watch-in-the-new-year-271833/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Australian dollar keep rising in 2026? 3 factors to watch in the new year">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sneha Patel is sentenced to 11 months’ home detention for exploiting three migrant workers and failing to pay them thousands of dollars in wages. RNZ/Libby Kirkby-McLeod Being exploited left three workers permanently traumatised and facing financial hardship, according to the Migrant Workers Association of Aotearoa. President Anu Kaloti supported Sneha Patel’s ... <a title="‘Some justice’ for exploited workers as ex-employer gets home detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/some-justice-for-exploited-workers-as-ex-employer-gets-home-detention/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Some justice’ for exploited workers as ex-employer gets home detention">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Ganderton, Senior Lecturer (Physiotherapy), RMIT University Photo by Yan Krukau/Pexels You can feel hip pain at any stage of life, including childhood, young adulthood and the middle years. This can come as a surprise; many people associate hip pain with old age. It can strike fear ... <a title="Why does my hip hurt? Hip pain can have many causes and mostly doesn’t require surgery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/why-does-my-hip-hurt-hip-pain-can-have-many-causes-and-mostly-doesnt-require-surgery-265871/" aria-label="Read more about Why does my hip hurt? Hip pain can have many causes and mostly doesn’t require surgery">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The vote on councillor David Baldwin’s sand mining position statement was unanimous. Whangārei district councillors have voted unanimously to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay. The proposal – which, if granted, could see 8 million cubic metres of sand removed over a 35-year period – could be ... <a title="Councillors vote to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/councillors-vote-to-oppose-plans-for-fast-tracked-sand-mining-at-northlands-bream-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Councillors vote to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka tracks had been closed (file image). 123rf A pair of major cycling and walking tracks in the central North Island are closed while police search for a man wanted for murder. Police have been looking for 29-year-old Mitchell Cole since Saturday, after two bodies were found in ... <a title="Popular North Island walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/popular-north-island-walking-tracks-closed-as-police-search-for-wanted-man/" aria-label="Read more about Popular North Island walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Toioho ki Āpiti graduate Rewiti Arapere (left) and graduate and Senior Lecturer Erena Arapere (right). Supplied/Massey University Toioho ki Āpiti – New Zealand’s only university based Māori Visual Arts programme celebrated its 30th anniversary this month at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University. Across those three decades Toioho ki Āpiti has ... <a title="New Zealand’s only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/new-zealands-only-maori-visual-arts-degree-celebrates-30-years-of-arts-education/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education">Read more</a>
