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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland Pexels / Pavel Danilyuk, CC BY In a world that can seem increasingly digitised and isolating, board games offer a unique chance to connect with others. And over the holiday period, the right game can make ... <a title="An expert’s pick of the best board games to play (and gift) this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/an-experts-pick-of-the-best-board-games-to-play-and-gift-this-summer-270884/" aria-label="Read more about An expert’s pick of the best board games to play (and gift) this summer">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins The government’s plan for Parliament’s final full week of the year moves 12 different proposed laws through 32 stages of parliamentary approval. Included in the plan is fixing an error made by tired government MPs during the previous long week of urgency, when they voted for an opposition amendment ... <a title="Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/fast-and-fudged-crimes-bill-omits-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Another bank has increased its fixed home loan rates, as pressure continues on wholesale rates. Although the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate at its most recent review, it was firmer than the market expected in its view that further reductions were unlikely. That has prompted attention to turn ... <a title="Another bank lifts home loan rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/another-bank-lifts-home-loan-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Another bank lifts home loan rates">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Every year in New Zealand, children three and under experience around 1,250 toy-related injuries, according to new ACC statistics. To keep babies and young kids safe, it’s important to remember that some toys bought second-hand and from overseas retailers may not meet New Zealand’s product safety standards, says Plunket nurse Keli ... <a title="How to avoid buying unsafe toys for little kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-to-avoid-buying-unsafe-toys-for-little-kids/" aria-label="Read more about How to avoid buying unsafe toys for little kids">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Drew Rooke, Deputy Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation National Cancer Institute Most of us trust scientists. We believe they are not just competent, but honest as well. This belief is well-founded. However, scientists are also human – and sometimes they can make mistakes. These mistakes can ... <a title="Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/should-australia-establish-an-independent-body-to-investigate-scientific-misconduct-we-asked-5-experts-270460/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By R. Evan Ellis, Latin America Research Professor, US Army War College Planet Labs/Sentinel-2/The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ Click here to view the interactive visual feature mapping the US military in the Caribbean The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ... <a title="Tracking the US build-up in the Caribbean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/tracking-the-us-build-up-in-the-caribbean-270155/" aria-label="Read more about Tracking the US build-up in the Caribbean">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill McKay, Senior Lecturer Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau When the coalition government this week unveiled reforms to finally replace New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA), many of us would have been glad to see the back of ... <a title="Faster, cheaper … but better? The devil in the resource management reform detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/faster-cheaper-but-better-the-devil-in-the-resource-management-reform-detail-271839/" aria-label="Read more about Faster, cheaper … but better? The devil in the resource management reform detail">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump’s tariffs were suspended on beef and fruit in November. (File photo) AFP / RNZ Composite New Zealand exporters appear to have coped with the first six months of the US government’s tariffs, according to a new report. Westpac and the International Business Forum have looked at the ... <a title="New Zealand exporters ‘coping’ six months into US tariffs – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/new-zealand-exporters-coping-six-months-into-us-tariffs-report/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand exporters ‘coping’ six months into US tariffs – report">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mussels in Te Kaha were found to have high levels of biotoxins. (File photo) Suppled/Kura Paul-Burke NZ Food Safety is warning people not to eat shellfish from eastern Bay of Plenty due to high levels of biotoxins. Tests on mussels from Te Kaha have shown the level of paralytic toxins are ... <a title="Warning issued over shellfish in eastern Bay of Plenty after high levels of biotoxins found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/warning-issued-over-shellfish-in-eastern-bay-of-plenty-after-high-levels-of-biotoxins-found/" aria-label="Read more about Warning issued over shellfish in eastern Bay of Plenty after high levels of biotoxins found">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fans will help you feel more comfortable in hot weather. 123rf Explainer – If you’re starting to swelter as temperatures around the country rise, you might be wondering how best to cool your house. Does using the heat pump mean a big power bill? Is there a trick to using fans ... <a title="How can I cool down my house in summer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-can-i-cool-down-my-house-in-summer/" aria-label="Read more about How can I cool down my house in summer?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Imagine this: a band removes its entire music catalogue off Spotify in protest, only to discover an AI-generated impersonator has replaced it. The impersonator offers songs that sound much like the band’s originals. The imposter tops Spotify search results for the band’s music – attracting significant streams – and goes undetected ... <a title="Aussie band quits Spotify in protest, AI doppelgänger steps in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/aussie-band-quits-spotify-in-protest-ai-doppelganger-steps-in/" aria-label="Read more about Aussie band quits Spotify in protest, AI doppelgänger steps in">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Image by Steve DiMatteo from Pixabay Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name ... <a title="Can you only poo at home? A gastroenterologist explains what the Germans call ‘heimscheisser’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/can-you-only-poo-at-home-a-gastroenterologist-explains-what-the-germans-call-heimscheisser-269405/" aria-label="Read more about Can you only poo at home? A gastroenterologist explains what the Germans call ‘heimscheisser’">Read more</a>
