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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As the third Avatar film arrives in cinemas, it is fascinating to see how many people are still prepared to bet against James Cameron. I recall being skeptical before the first film in the series was released back in 2009. I wasn’t at all sure about the character designs for the ... <a title="Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/review-avatar-fire-and-ash-a-technical-spectacle-but-i-lost-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gun control expert Rebecca Peters. Supplied An international firearm regulation expert says the shooting at Bondi is not a sign gun laws aren’t effective – rather, it’s a wake up call for Australia’s enforcement. A father and son targeted a Jewish festival on Sunday evening, killing 15 people with legally-owned rifles. ... <a title="Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/australias-gun-law-complacency-a-result-of-early-success-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis speaking at the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update. RNZ Economists say the government is stuck between a rock and a hard place off the back of Treasury’s latest economic forecasts. Tuesday’s Half-Year Fiscal and Economic Update (HYEFU) saw a budget surplus stretch further out of reach, ... <a title="Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/economists-forecast-tough-calls-to-get-books-back-to-black/" aria-label="Read more about Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Morrisons Funerals have over 800 ashes sitting in storage. (File photo) An Auckland funeral home has reunited unclaimed ashes with about a dozen families, but still has over 800 remaining unclaimed after a call-out before a mass interment. In September, Morrisons Funerals said it had a secured room full of over ... <a title="Funeral home reunites families with unclaimed ashes, but over 800 still in storage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/funeral-home-reunites-families-with-unclaimed-ashes-but-over-800-still-in-storage/" aria-label="Read more about Funeral home reunites families with unclaimed ashes, but over 800 still in storage">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ex-deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Warning: This story discusses sexual abuse, which some may find disturbing. Jevon McSkimming’s sentencing on Wednesday should serve as a wake-up call to how common sex abuse images have become – and to help perpetrators stop accessing them, according to a child ... <a title="Jevon McSkimming case a wake-up call to child abuse ‘at every level’, charity says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/jevon-mcskimming-case-a-wake-up-call-to-child-abuse-at-every-level-charity-says/" aria-label="Read more about Jevon McSkimming case a wake-up call to child abuse ‘at every level’, charity says">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone WorkSafe has filed a charge in relation to the death of a Chinese worker who fell from a scissor lift during work last December. The worker came to New Zealand on a visa to work for an Auckland aluminium company. The worker fell from a scissor lift ... <a title="WorkSafe files charge following worker’s fatal fall from scissor lift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/worksafe-files-charge-following-workers-fatal-fall-from-scissor-lift/" aria-label="Read more about WorkSafe files charge following worker’s fatal fall from scissor lift">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Wednesday’s budget update will project a deficit of $36.8 billion for this financial year, which is $5.4 billion better than forecast in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) issued before the May election. The update projects deficits that are ... <a title="Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/mid-year-budget-update-will-project-deficit-of-nearly-37-billion-for-current-financial-year-271946/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 2026 will be the last year for the Splore music festival. Sigrid Yiakmis The classic summer festival is the latest loser in the cost of living crisis, with another iconic event announcing its downfall today. Splore is part of a growing list of struggling festivals, with big names like WOMAD and ... <a title="Big music festivals struggle as cost of living bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/big-music-festivals-struggle-as-cost-of-living-bites/" aria-label="Read more about Big music festivals struggle as cost of living bites">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman will not hesitate again to issue a statement for markets to understand how she interprets the economy. Breman sat down for an extensive interview with Morning Report presenter and incoming RNZ business editor Corin Dann, just a day after she took the unusual step of ... <a title="New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman talks to Corinn Dann: ‘Financial market conditions have tightened’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/new-reserve-bank-governor-anna-breman-talks-to-corinn-dann-financial-market-conditions-have-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman talks to Corinn Dann: ‘Financial market conditions have tightened’">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tributes from mourners are piled together at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach. Saeed Khan First Person: RNZ journalist Charlotte Cook is in Sydney to cover the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack, and says people on the street are not returning ... <a title="‘It will never be forgotten’ – RNZ on the ground at Bondi Beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/it-will-never-be-forgotten-rnz-on-the-ground-at-bondi-beach/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It will never be forgotten’ – RNZ on the ground at Bondi Beach">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says council staff have worked hard to stay within budget. Jessica Hopkins / RNZ A lobbyist who used to work for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is now a critic of the city’s 7.9 percent rates rise. Josh Van Veen was Brown’s deputy chief of staff just two ... <a title="Mayor Wayne Brown’s rate rise not popular with former deputy chief of staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/mayor-wayne-browns-rate-rise-not-popular-with-former-deputy-chief-of-staff/" aria-label="Read more about Mayor Wayne Brown’s rate rise not popular with former deputy chief of staff">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 16 December 2025 RNZ news item, 12pm 9 Dec 2025: “Finance Minister Nicola Willis has challenged one of her predecessors Ruth Richardson to debate her on how to best manage the country’s finances. Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more: ‘The taxpayers union is poised to launch a pressure campaign targeting ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/keith-rankin-analysis-fire-fire-todays-vestiges-of-ruthenasia-and-classical-austerity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity">Read more</a>
