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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Buses will replace trains across most of the Wellington rail network from 26 December until 12 January. RNZ / Krystal Gibbens Wellington trains will be out of action for at least two weeks over the summer break. KiwiRail said track maintenance and major upgrades will see buses replace trains across most ... <a title="Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/wellington-trains-out-of-action-for-at-least-two-weeks-over-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prepay customers have their power disconnected more often. RNZ More than 10,000 households a month have their power disconnected, new data shows. The Electricity Authority has published a new disconnections for non-payment dashboard, including prepay customers who have been disconnected. It shows that between January and October, for people on contract ... <a title="1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/1000-customers-each-weekday-have-power-disconnected/" aria-label="Read more about 1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The Bondi terror attack on Sunday has seen Australian federal, state and territory governments agree to the biggest overhaul of firearms regulations since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. For New Zealanders, with memories of the horrific 2019 Christchurch terror ... <a title="What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-nz-needs-to-watch-as-australia-reforms-gun-laws-after-the-bondi-terror-attack-272170/" aria-label="Read more about What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hunter Victor Tindale in Fiordland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Permits for trapping feral cats on conservation land may become easier to obtain. At present, individuals need to adapt a possum fur trapping permit and contact local Department of Conservation (DOC) offices for permission to trap. Gaining permission can take weeks, and ... <a title="A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/a-permit-for-trapping-feral-cats-may-get-much-easier-to-obtain-after-a-u-turn-by-doc/" aria-label="Read more about A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poo transplants may sound unglamorous, but researchers say the early evidence has been encouraging, and it’s grabbed attention around the world. Nelson infectious disease specialist Richard Everts (of Richmond Health Centre) and researchers at Auckland’s Liggins Institute say fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can help certain patients — yet finding eligible donors ... <a title="Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/can-you-donate-your-poo-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A judge has ordered a new election to take place for seats on the Auckland local board due to manipulation of voting papers. RNZ / Eveline Harvey A law professor says a judge’s order for a new election to take place for seats on an Auckland local board – due to ... <a title="Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for the postal voting – law professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/otara-papatoetoe-election-re-do-a-nail-in-the-coffin-for-the-postal-voting-law-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for the postal voting – law professor">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the best things about summer gatherings is how happily everyone contributes to the table; a salad here, some barbecue meat there, or the show-stopping summer pudding that disappears in seconds every time. Most of us have a few go-to dishes that get rolled out as soon as the invites ... <a title="What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-to-bring-to-a-barbecue-that-isnt-a-boring-potato-salad/" aria-label="Read more about What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A computer illustration of a person with foot pain. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rheumatologists in some regions are turning down about half the specialist referrals they receive from GPs in order to provide adequate treatment for their existing patients. However, they say even with restricting “in-flow” in that way, wait times ... <a title="‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/crunch-point-stretched-rheumatologists-decline-half-of-referrals-in-some-regions/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former mayor Peter Tennent is developing two buildings across the road including one which will house a family apartment overlooking the Tasman Sea. RNZ / Robin Martin A former New Plymouth mayor has put in a bid to buy two blocks of Kāinga Ora flats – planning to bowl them and ... <a title="Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/former-new-plymouth-mayor-bids-for-kainga-ora-flats-neighbouring-his-apartment-development/" aria-label="Read more about Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Best Oscar Contender/Best Movie of the Year One Battle After Another Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s career-long evocation of what he loves about the movies of the 1970s reaches new heights with this fist-pumpingly righteous call to action that reminds us that films actually used to, you know, be about stuff. As ... <a title="The best films of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/the-best-films-of-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best films of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults last year. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults than ever before as their rolls increased rapidly last year. Education Ministry figures show the number of stand-downs for children who physically assaulted other students or their teachers reached 9758 ... <a title="More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/more-than-10000-children-stood-down-for-physically-assaulting-other-students-teachers-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rising nitrate levels in drinking water have dominated Canterbury’s water quality debate, but anglers, conservationists and scientists are also worried about the environmental effects, with many rivers and streams testing well above the national bottom line. In the third of a three-part series, Keiller MacDuff reports on the people fighting for ... <a title="Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/anglers-becoming-endangered-species-on-some-canterbury-rivers/" aria-label="Read more about Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers">Read more</a>
