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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Zoo has euthanised its elderly rhino Zambezi. Facebook/Auckland Zoo Auckland Zoo has euthanised its elderly rhino, Zambezi, due to age-related health conditions. The 36-year-old Southern white rhino relocated to Auckland from Hamilton Zoo in 2007. Auckland Zoo Veterinarian Dr Adam Naylor said Zambezi’s dental disease had made it difficult for ... <a title="Auckland Zoo euthanises elderly rhino Zambezi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/auckland-zoo-euthanises-elderly-rhino-zambezi/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Zoo euthanises elderly rhino Zambezi">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming after pleading guilty to eight charges in the Wellington District Court, November 6. Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via Getty Images The sentencing of former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming represents not ... <a title="Jevon McSkimming sentencing: why a public inquiry into the police should be next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/jevon-mcskimming-sentencing-why-a-public-inquiry-into-the-police-should-be-next-272149/" aria-label="Read more about Jevon McSkimming sentencing: why a public inquiry into the police should be next">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash A TV advertising company has been caught out for lying to consumers and leaving fake reviews on its website. The Commerce Commission says Brand Developer Limited, which trades as The TV Shop, has been convicted of 13 charges for breaches of the Fair Trading Act over a period of nearly ... <a title="TV advertising company caught lying to consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/tv-advertising-company-caught-lying-to-consumers/" aria-label="Read more about TV advertising company caught lying to consumers">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PATHA is seeking a judicial review of what it calls the “illegal and unethical decision”. File photo. RNZ // Angus Dreaver The ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria in young people – which was due to come into effect this week – has been delayed, pending ... <a title="Puberty blockers ban delayed by judicial review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/puberty-blockers-ban-delayed-by-judicial-review/" aria-label="Read more about Puberty blockers ban delayed by judicial review">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank plans to reduce the amount of capital banks are required to hold against their loans. RNZ / Dom Thomas Changes to bank capital requirements may mean home loan interest rates are lower than they could otherwise have been, but the impact is likely to be small, economists say. ... <a title="What do new bank rules mean for home loans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-do-new-bank-rules-mean-for-home-loans/" aria-label="Read more about What do new bank rules mean for home loans">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 17, 2025.
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Primary school teachers and principals have both rejected potential settlements. File photo. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Primary school teachers belonging to the NZEI union have rejected the government’s latest pay offer. The decision followed last week’s vote by primary school principals – belonging to the same union – to reject a ... <a title="Primary school teachers reject government’s latest pay offer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/primary-school-teachers-reject-governments-latest-pay-offer/" aria-label="Read more about Primary school teachers reject government’s latest pay offer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jevon McSkimming was sentenced to nine months home detention at the Wellington District Court. RNZ/Samuel Rillstone Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming has avoided jail time, instead sentenced to nine months’ home detention, at the Wellington District Court this afternoon. He pleaded guilty in November to three representative charges of ... <a title="Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/jevon-mcskimming-avoids-jail-sentence-over-possession-of-child-sexual-exploitation-material/" aria-label="Read more about Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorcyclists protested the planned charges. Supplied/Lucy Morris A plan to charge motorcyclists for parking in Wellington City has been scrapped by councillors. In May the Wellington City Council voted to put in fees of $1 per hour for motorbikes to park in car parks, with a daily cap of $6. Deputy ... <a title="Councillors scrap plans to charge motorbikes for parking in Wellington City" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/councillors-scrap-plans-to-charge-motorbikes-for-parking-in-wellington-city/" aria-label="Read more about Councillors scrap plans to charge motorbikes for parking in Wellington City">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists impression of the new civic precinct. Supplied / Tauranga City Council Old wounds from the time the Tauranga was run by government commissioners have reopened during a discussion on future funding for the city’s civic precinct. The Tauranga city council met on Tuesday to decide how the Te Manawataki ... <a title="‘Somebody ends up paying’ – council considers funding for Tauranga’s civic precinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/somebody-ends-up-paying-council-considers-funding-for-taurangas-civic-precinct/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Somebody ends up paying’ – council considers funding for Tauranga’s civic precinct">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Arnold, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow (Lead Clinician), Monash University Many hundreds of people were at Bondi beach on Sunday when 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people. Many witnesses saw people be seriously injured ... <a title="If you witnessed the Bondi Hanukkah attack, here’s what you might be going through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/if-you-witnessed-the-bondi-hanukkah-attack-heres-what-you-might-be-going-through-272054/" aria-label="Read more about If you witnessed the Bondi Hanukkah attack, here’s what you might be going through">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra The federal government’s mid-year budget update shows a modest improvement in the deficit forecast in 2025–26, but much of this comes from a larger-than-forecast tax take. The update, known as the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), estimates a ... <a title="The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/the-budget-update-shows-a-slight-improvement-in-the-federal-deficit-but-its-mostly-due-to-good-luck-271934/" aria-label="Read more about The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck">Read more</a>
