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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 20-year-old subantartic fur seal Ōrua has been euthanised. Supplied / Auckland Zoo The last remaining seal in a New Zealand zoo has been euthanised. Auckland Zoo announced its 20-year-old subantartic fur seal named Ōrua was euthanised on Thursday. The zoo said Ōrua was close to the maximum lifespan for his species ... <a title="NZ’s last seal in zoo euthanised, leaves behind ‘special legacy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/nzs-last-seal-in-zoo-euthanised-leaves-behind-special-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s last seal in zoo euthanised, leaves behind ‘special legacy’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netflix has announced its planned acquisition of the American media company Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (NZ$142.43 billion). The acquisition has provoked criticism from film fans, creatives and the US government, including concerns for the future of filmgoing. News of the acquisition was also followed by a ... <a title="Netflix is buying Warner Brothers: Is it the end of the cinema?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/netflix-is-buying-warner-brothers-is-it-the-end-of-the-cinema/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix is buying Warner Brothers: Is it the end of the cinema?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Primary teachers have been in drawn-out pay talks. (File photo) 123rf.com Primary school teachers are considering a potential settlement of their drawn-out pay talks. Teachers belonging to union NZEI Te Riu Roa received the offer overnight. Voting on the offer began on Friday morning and closed at 12pm on Wednesday next ... <a title="Primary teachers consider settlement after drawn-out pay talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/primary-teachers-consider-settlement-after-drawn-out-pay-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Primary teachers consider settlement after drawn-out pay talks">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Hobbyist beekeepers are being asked to stay alert for invasive yellow-legged hornets loitering around their hives. Biosecurity New Zealand has more than doubled its Auckland surveillance zone from 5 to 11 kilometres. Auckland Beekeepers Club president Ken Brown said that decision was made because worker hornets were beginning to travel ... <a title="Appeal to backyard beekeepers to be vigilant over yellow-legged hornets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/appeal-to-backyard-beekeepers-to-be-vigilant-over-yellow-legged-hornets/" aria-label="Read more about Appeal to backyard beekeepers to be vigilant over yellow-legged hornets">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash Some food outlets have been supersizing portion sizes and it would be good to go back to smaller amounts, a New Zealand health professor says. In an article in the medical journal The Lancet, adviser to the UK government on obesity, Professor Naveed Sattar, said ready to eat portion sizes ... <a title="We need to get back to smaller portions, health professor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/we-need-to-get-back-to-smaller-portions-health-professor-says/" aria-label="Read more about We need to get back to smaller portions, health professor says">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Little is chair of the Wellington Mayoral Forum. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Mayor of Wellington says the region needs to work together to plan a response to the government’s calls for simpler, more cost-effective local government to prevent changes from being “imposed” upon them. All of the region’s mayors ... <a title="Regions must band together to avoid being pushed, Wellington mayor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/regions-must-band-together-to-avoid-being-pushed-wellington-mayor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Regions must band together to avoid being pushed, Wellington mayor says">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lorna Irene Drive Reserve playground in Raumati South. Supplied / Kāpiti Coast District Council Young children getting burnt by playground equipment has sparked a petition calling for every new or upgraded playground to have mandatory shade from the sun. Founder of app Roam With Kids, Renata Wiles, launched the petition to ... <a title="Children being burnt by playground equipment sparks petition to parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/children-being-burnt-by-playground-equipment-sparks-petition-to-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Children being burnt by playground equipment sparks petition to parliament">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast Malvestida/Unsplash You’ve probably experienced it – your alarm is set for 6:30am, yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There’s no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing ... <a title="Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/why-do-we-wake-up-shortly-before-our-alarm-goes-off-its-not-by-chance-268992/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It’s not by chance">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thanh-Son Pham, ARC DECRA Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University Copernicus / ESA, CC BY Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice ... <a title="Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/hundreds-of-iceberg-earthquakes-detected-at-the-crumbling-end-of-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-268893/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Katie Boulter, Venus Williams, Alexandra Eala, Elina Svitolina will compete at the ASB Classic 2026. ASB Classic/Photosport A seven-time Grand Slam champion, an Olympic medallist and the Philippines’ first top 50 player were among the initial 25 players confirmed for the 2026 ASB Classic women’s tennis tournament in Auckland. A field ... <a title="Svitolina to Boulter: The ASB Classic 2026 women’s tennis field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/svitolina-to-boulter-the-asb-classic-2026-womens-tennis-field/" aria-label="Read more about Svitolina to Boulter: The ASB Classic 2026 women’s tennis field">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its long-standing guidance about vaccines and autism. The guidance once stated clearly and correctly that the evidence shows no link between vaccines and the development of autism. Now ... <a title="The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/the-united-states-cdc-has-abandoned-science-in-its-new-advice-about-vaccines-and-autism-271493/" aria-label="Read more about The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time. But there’s a lesser-known part to the story. ... <a title="Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/big-batteries-are-now-outcompeting-gas-in-the-grid-and-gas-rich-western-australia-is-at-the-forefront-271753/" aria-label="Read more about Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront">Read more</a>
