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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins MPs may well be cranky after debates under urgency continued until about 1.40am this morning – resuming again at 9am. The House continues a packed agenda as the government tries to clear through legislation before the end of the year. When Parliament is under urgency, sittings usually conclude at ... <a title="Urgent debates in Parliament go into wee hours of the morning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/urgent-debates-in-parliament-go-into-wee-hours-of-the-morning/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent debates in Parliament go into wee hours of the morning">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Gloriavle overseeing shepherd Howard Temple in the Greymouth District Court during his sentencing. Tim Brown / RNZ The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the innocence and childhood of the girls and young women he abused. Through tears and strains of emotion his victims have detailed to the Greymouth District ... <a title="Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple sentenced to 26 months’ jail for sexual offending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/disgraced-former-gloriavale-leader-howard-temple-sentenced-to-26-months-jail-for-sexual-offending/" aria-label="Read more about Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple sentenced to 26 months’ jail for sexual offending">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney It’s common for Australians to use social media to find their next hike or swimming spot. And there’s a huge array of travel influencers willing to supply the #inspo for their ... <a title="Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/travel-influencers-do-crazy-things-to-entertain-us-and-downplay-the-risks-271400/" aria-label="Read more about Travel influencers ‘do crazy things’ to entertain us – and downplay the risks">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The first stage of the $1.4 billion National Ticketing System’s latest iteration, known as Motu Move, has been launched in Christchurch. RNZ / Nate McKinnon An Auckland councillor has renewed confidence the National Ticketing System is getting back on track. The $1.4 billion project which will allow people to pay for ... <a title="‘On track’: Auckland councillor’s renewed confidence in cashless ticketing for public transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/on-track-auckland-councillors-renewed-confidence-in-cashless-ticketing-for-public-transport/" aria-label="Read more about ‘On track’: Auckland councillor’s renewed confidence in cashless ticketing for public transport">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The increase was to keep up with the cost of living, the Workplace Relations and Safety Minister said. (File photo) 123RF Minimum wage workers will get a pay increase from April 1, but its less than the current rate of inflation. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden said the ... <a title="Minimum wage workers to get pay increase next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/minimum-wage-workers-to-get-pay-increase-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Minimum wage workers to get pay increase next year">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Timaru Christmas tree has suffered some significant fire damage overnight. Timaru District Council Police have charged a man with deliberately setting Timaru’s public Christmas tree alight. A photo posted to social media by the district council shows the scorched side of the 10-metre-tall tree in the Canterbury city’s centre surrounded ... <a title="Timaru’s Christmas tree set on fire, won’t be replaced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/timarus-christmas-tree-set-on-fire-wont-be-replaced/" aria-label="Read more about Timaru’s Christmas tree set on fire, won’t be replaced">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Nick Campton, ABC Dylan Brown scores a try for the Kiwis against Tonga in round 3 of the Pacific Championships rugby league tournament at Eden Park, Auckland, 2 November 2025. Photosport Analysis: After a year during which he signed the most lucrative contract in the history of rugby league, it ... <a title="Kiwis star Dylan Brown misses out on Golden Boot in baffling decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/kiwis-star-dylan-brown-misses-out-on-golden-boot-in-baffling-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis star Dylan Brown misses out on Golden Boot in baffling decision">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Photo: Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat could be made suitable for sale. From next year, small-scale meat processors will be subject to reduced meat sampling and testing requirements – compared ... <a title="New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/new-government-rules-coming-for-micro-abattoirs/" aria-label="Read more about New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A man trying to buy a car was allegedly assaulted by two people. (File photo) 123RF Two people have been charged with kidnapping and robbing a man trying to buy a car on Facebook Marketplace. Police said the victim arranged to meet a seller outside a house on Holdsworth Ave in ... <a title="Kidnapping charges after Facebook Marketplace buyer allegedly robbed and assaulted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/kidnapping-charges-after-facebook-marketplace-buyer-allegedly-robbed-and-assaulted/" aria-label="Read more about Kidnapping charges after Facebook Marketplace buyer allegedly robbed and assaulted">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action on day three of the Black Caps second test against the West Indies, at Cello Basin Reserve in Wellington. The Black Caps and West Indies are locked in a tight tussle in the second cricket test in Wellington. Having bowled the West Indies out for 205, ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-second-test-day-three/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Nathan Boulter NZPA / David Rowland A possessive stalker who stabbed a Christchurch mother 55 times after she broke off their relationship will be sentenced for murder in February. Nathan Boulter murdered Chantal McDonald in Parklands in July. He appeared via audio-visual link at the High Court ... <a title="Name suppression lifts for Christchurch murder victim Chantal McDonald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/name-suppression-lifts-for-christchurch-murder-victim-chantal-mcdonald/" aria-label="Read more about Name suppression lifts for Christchurch murder victim Chantal McDonald">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Police are continuing with a prosecution against the woman who accused former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending in relation to charges of harassing another police officer and his wife. A damning report released last month by the Independent Police Conduct Authority found serious ... <a title="Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser ‘Ms Z’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/police-press-on-with-prosecution-of-jevon-mcskimming-accuser-ms-z/" aria-label="Read more about Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser ‘Ms Z’">Read more</a>
