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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PGG Wrightson’s Culverden Store. Supplied Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) has upgraded its earnings guidance amid continued strength in the agricultural sector. The company expected operating earnings of about $64 million for the year ending 30 June 2026, compared to its previous forecast of above $60m, and $56.1m the previous ... <a title="Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/strong-agricultural-sector-boosts-pgg-wrightson/" aria-label="Read more about Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wait-times increased significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. (File photo) AFP/ Thibaut Durand/ Hans Lucas Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth are waiting in pain to have them surgically extracted. Health NZ figures show as of September, there were 4866 children and young people on the dental surgery wait list – an ... <a title="Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth waiting in pain for surgery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/nearly-5000-children-with-rotten-teeth-waiting-in-pain-for-surgery/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth waiting in pain for surgery">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they were looking for Mitchell Cole, 29, as part of their enquiries Supplied / NZ Police Police investigating a double homicide in the central North Island have released an image of a man they’re describing as a person of interest. Two bodies were found at a house in Ruatiti ... <a title="Search on for man after double homicide in Ruatiti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/search-on-for-man-after-double-homicide-in-ruatiti/" aria-label="Read more about Search on for man after double homicide in Ruatiti">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s family confirmed his death. chabad.org via ABC A 10-year-old girl, a Rabbi and a Holocaust survivor are among the those killed during a terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Sixteen people, including one of the gunmen, were killed during the mass shooting on Sunday evening. Those ... <a title="The victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/the-victims-of-the-bondi-beach-terror-attack/" aria-label="Read more about The victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene outside ACG Parnell College. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Firefighters have cordoned off ACG Senior College Parnell in Auckland following a “chemical spill”. A police spokesperson said Fire and Emergency New Zealand were at the scene of a chemical spill on Monday. A reporter at the scene said a ... <a title="Firefighters cordon off Auckland’s ACG Senior College Parnell after ‘chemical spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/firefighters-cordon-off-aucklands-acg-senior-college-parnell-after-chemical-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters cordon off Auckland’s ACG Senior College Parnell after ‘chemical spill">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene last month at a property on Kākāriki Grove. Supplied Six people have now been arrested in relation to the murder investigation of a Kāpiti man, as police call for the public to come forward with information. Michael Kenneth Tofts was found with critical injuries at home ... <a title="Six arrested in relation to murder of Michael Tofts in Waikanae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/six-arrested-in-relation-to-murder-of-michael-tofts-in-waikanae/" aria-label="Read more about Six arrested in relation to murder of Michael Tofts in Waikanae">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency said the fire ripped through cutover pine forest across several gullies. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Firefighters, helicopters and heavy machinery are back at a large forestry fire near Whanganui trying to get it under control before winds pick up in the afternoon. It has so far ripped through ... <a title="Forest fire near Whanganui spreads to over 100 hectares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/forest-fire-near-whanganui-spreads-to-over-100-hectares/" aria-label="Read more about Forest fire near Whanganui spreads to over 100 hectares">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Have you ever thought a font looked “friendly” or “elegant”? Or felt that Comic Sans was somehow unserious? You’re not imagining it. Typefaces carry personalities, and we react to them more than we realise. My work explores how the shapes of letters can subtly influence our feelings. When we read, we ... <a title="It’s not you – some fonts feel different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/its-not-you-some-fonts-feel-different/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not you – some fonts feel different">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Glyphosate-free oat crops in the South Island for Dunedin company Harraway and Sons. SUPPLIED/HARRAWAYS Longstanding Otago business Harraways and Sons is investing millions of dollars into its oat mill, the only operational one in Aotearoa, to meet growing demand for the healthy and humble locally-grown oat. The company, known as Harraways, ... <a title="Harraways invests $11m into NZ’s only working oat mill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/harraways-invests-11m-into-nzs-only-working-oat-mill/" aria-label="Read more about Harraways invests $11m into NZ’s only working oat mill">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car outside a Wellington synagogue on Monday 15 December 2025. RNZ / Mark Papalii Security measures have been increased for the Jewish community across New Zealand after the Bondi Beach terror attack in Sydney, Australia. Sixteen people died and dozens were injured after two gunmen opened fire on the ... <a title="New Zealand steps up security for Jewish community after Bondi terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/new-zealand-steps-up-security-for-jewish-community-after-bondi-terror-attack/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand steps up security for Jewish community after Bondi terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Deputy Editor and Chief of Staff, The Conversation The death toll has risen to 16 after two gunmen opened fire on a crowd at Bondi Beach at about 6.47pm on Sunday. Thirty-eight people were injured and taken to hospital, including two police officers and four ... <a title="‘An act of evil antisemitism’: at least 16 dead in terrorist attack on Bondi Beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/an-act-of-evil-antisemitism-at-least-16-dead-in-terrorist-attack-on-bondi-beach-272031/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An act of evil antisemitism’: at least 16 dead in terrorist attack on Bondi Beach">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sixteen people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Australian officials described it as a targeted, anti-semitic terror attack. One of the suspected gunmen was also killed. Authorities said far more people would have been killed were it not for a bystander, ... <a title="Live: 16 people killed, shooter named in Bondi Beach terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/live-16-people-killed-shooter-named-in-bondi-beach-terror-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Live: 16 people killed, shooter named in Bondi Beach terror attack">Read more</a>
