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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Council are investigating what appears to be a bee swarm. Supplied Auckland Council staff are investigating an insect swarm in the central city this afternoon. A member of the public alerted council at about 12.15pm to a swarm on the corner of High Street and Shortland Street. In a video ... <a title="Reports of bee swarm in downtown Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/reports-of-bee-swarm-in-downtown-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Reports of bee swarm in downtown Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire started on Monday, a month after a large blaze. RNZ / Dan Jones Firefighters have left Tongariro National Park and handed it back to the Department of Conservation (DoC) following a blaze earlier this week. The fire began on Monday, just a month after a blaze covering almost 3000 ... <a title="Firefighters hand Tongariro National Park back to DoC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/firefighters-hand-tongariro-national-park-back-to-doc/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters hand Tongariro National Park back to DoC">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Hawke’s Bay officers had no legal grounds to pepper spray a man and force entry into his home, the police watchdog has found. The incident happened in July last year, when seven officers went to arrest the man for breaching bail. When police arrived at his Flaxmere ... <a title="Police had no grounds to pepper spray man and push into his home, watchdog says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/police-had-no-grounds-to-pepper-spray-man-and-push-into-his-home-watchdog-says/" aria-label="Read more about Police had no grounds to pepper spray man and push into his home, watchdog says">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Jordan Siemens/Getty Images As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it’s a good idea or even legal rages on – both at home and overseas. Yet barely acknowledged in ... <a title="If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/if-social-media-for-kids-is-so-bad-should-we-be-allowed-to-post-kids-photos-online-271387/" aria-label="Read more about If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Eden Carson of New Zealand celebrates with teammate Georgia Plimmer after defeating South Africa during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final 2024. Francois Nel/Getty Images White Ferns off-spinner Eden Carson will undergo surgery on her right elbow and is expected to be sidelined for six months, ruling her out of ... <a title="White Ferns spinner Eden Carson to miss World Cup title defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/white-ferns-spinner-eden-carson-to-miss-world-cup-title-defence/" aria-label="Read more about White Ferns spinner Eden Carson to miss World Cup title defence">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand People on Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. (File photo) RNZ / Pretoria Gordon Wellington city councillors have saved the City to Sea bridge from the bulldozers for now, while planning continues on its future. The CBD bridge was slated for demolition, but the works were paused while Wellington City Council awaited ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved from demolition – for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-from-demolition-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved from demolition – for now">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police are asking for the community’s help to find out what happened to a three-week-old baby who suffered a serious injury in the Hutt Valley. On 2 December, police were notified about a baby that had been brought into hospital by her family. She had a broken ... <a title="Call for public help after 3-week-old baby suffers broken leg in Hutt Valley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/call-for-public-help-after-3-week-old-baby-suffers-broken-leg-in-hutt-valley/" aria-label="Read more about Call for public help after 3-week-old baby suffers broken leg in Hutt Valley">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University Umbrella If you were scouting about for a feature documentary subject, porridge might not be the first thing you’d think of. That is, unless you were Australian opera and theatre director turned documentary film maker, Constantine Costi, who has ... <a title="The Golden Spurtle dives into the world of competitive porridge making with heart and humour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-golden-spurtle-dives-into-the-world-of-competitive-porridge-making-with-heart-and-humour-269808/" aria-label="Read more about The Golden Spurtle dives into the world of competitive porridge making with heart and humour">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Health officials are concerned by the rate of smoking. (File photo) RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King For the first time in over a decade the decreasing trend of Māori smoking rates has stalled leaving health advocates devastated. The latest New Zealand Health Survey showed daily smoking among Māori adults 15 and over ... <a title="Māori smoking rates stall for the first time in over a decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/maori-smoking-rates-stall-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade/" aria-label="Read more about Māori smoking rates stall for the first time in over a decade">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Local Government Minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Spending on water services will be nearly $9 billion higher under the Local Water Done Well model than councils previously estimated. Councils had to submit water service plans to show how they would organise water services in a financially sustainable way as ... <a title="Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b higher than expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/local-water-done-well-council-plans-to-cost-9b-higher-than-expected/" aria-label="Read more about Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b higher than expected">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File pic 123rf.com The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has directed Jetstar to stop using two baggage scales at Wellington Airport after inspections found they failed to meet legal accuracy requirements under the Weights and Measures Act 1987. Following a public complaint in September, Trading Standards, a business unit of ... <a title="Jetstar ordered to stop using faulty baggage scales at Wellington Airport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/jetstar-ordered-to-stop-using-faulty-baggage-scales-at-wellington-airport/" aria-label="Read more about Jetstar ordered to stop using faulty baggage scales at Wellington Airport">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Red-tipped bananas are not new to Australian consumers, but have gone viral on social media this month after an inquisitive post from two bewildered British backpackers. The video from travellers Mel Chekaoui and Phil Colia has been seen more than 11 million times on Instagram, with eager consumers commenting that they ... <a title="How the world got talking about red-tipped bananas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/how-the-world-got-talking-about-red-tipped-bananas/" aria-label="Read more about How the world got talking about red-tipped bananas">Read more</a>
