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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Children at St Heliers School and residents at Grace Joel Retirement Village has been pen pals for the past year. Ke-Xin Li There’s nervous excitement as the children of Room 25 at St Heliers School get ready to visit their pen pals. A five minute walk brings the kids to the ... <a title="Students pair up with retirees and exchange lives through letters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/students-pair-up-with-retirees-and-exchange-lives-through-letters/" aria-label="Read more about Students pair up with retirees and exchange lives through letters">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Parts of the country saw temperatures in the high 20s or early 30s earlier this week. (File photo) RNZ/ Mohammad Alafeshat After days of sweltering heat for much of the country temperatures should drop by a few degrees in coming days. Earlier this week a heat alert was in place for ... <a title="Weather forecast: Temperatures creeping back down after scorching summer days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/weather-forecast-temperatures-creeping-back-down-after-scorching-summer-days/" aria-label="Read more about Weather forecast: Temperatures creeping back down after scorching summer days">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand You’ve long enjoyed a generous pour of milk in your morning coffee, or a big bowl of ice cream for dessert. You’ve been fine with dairy most of your life, but you’re getting into middle age, and all of a sudden it’s not sitting right with you – creating lots of ... <a title="Why you might suddenly stop drinking milk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/why-you-might-suddenly-stop-drinking-milk/" aria-label="Read more about Why you might suddenly stop drinking milk">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) and their nests have been found in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity NZ has more than doubled the surveillance zone for invasive yellow legged hornets in Auckland. More than 30 queen hornets and 22 nests have been located and destroyed so far in the region, with ... <a title="Biosecurity doubles Auckland’s surveillance zone for yellow-legged hornets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/biosecurity-doubles-aucklands-surveillance-zone-for-yellow-legged-hornets/" aria-label="Read more about Biosecurity doubles Auckland’s surveillance zone for yellow-legged hornets">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nelson Hospital. RNZ / Samantha Gee Health New Zealand is hiring an external project management team to run the Nelson Hospital redevelopment for the next six years. The project aims to deliver new, refurbished and seismically strengthened buildings in three packages. First up, design of a new 11,000 square metre inpatient ... <a title="External project management team to run Nelson Hospital redevelopment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/external-project-management-team-to-run-nelson-hospital-redevelopment/" aria-label="Read more about External project management team to run Nelson Hospital redevelopment">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kyle Whorrall, 33, was killed at a bus stop on St Johns Rd in Meadowbank, Auckland. SUPPLIED A trio of teenagers are the latest to be arrested as Auckland police investigate the violent murder of American student Kyle Whorrall. Six people have now been charged in connection with the homicide investigation, ... <a title="Three more arrests after murder of US student Kyle Whorrall in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/three-more-arrests-after-murder-of-us-student-kyle-whorrall-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Three more arrests after murder of US student Kyle Whorrall in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kaye and her daughter check out the calves at the Temuka sale. Supplied Strong beef prices are helping raise record funds as part of a fundraising scheme that’s been going for more than 40 years. IHC has been around for 70 years supporting those with intellectual disabilities, particularly in rural communities. ... <a title="Farmers doing their bit to support those with intellectual disabilities in rural communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/farmers-doing-their-bit-to-support-those-with-intellectual-disabilities-in-rural-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers doing their bit to support those with intellectual disabilities in rural communities">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dooley, Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne David Clode/Unsplash, CC BY Ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Belém last month, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva urged world leaders to agree to roadmaps away from fossil fuels ... <a title="Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/millions-of-hectares-are-still-being-cut-down-every-year-how-can-we-protect-global-forests-271305/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Caps ripped through the West Indies on the first day of the second test in Wellington, but it came at a cost. Late on day one the West Indies were dismissed for just 205, with a top score of just 48 from Shai Hope to put the Kiwis well ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-second-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day two">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nick Monro Welfare changes are biting so hard that people face losing the cars they call home or are struggling to provide the most basic needs, a Citizens Advice Bureau report has found. The report, based on more than 10,000 requests for the bureau’s help, found people from all walks of ... <a title="People facing ‘imminent homelessness’ not eligible for emergency housing, Citizens Advice Bureau says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/people-facing-imminent-homelessness-not-eligible-for-emergency-housing-citizens-advice-bureau-says/" aria-label="Read more about People facing ‘imminent homelessness’ not eligible for emergency housing, Citizens Advice Bureau says">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The recalled sand products. Supplied The Public Health Communication Centre says children exposed to asbestos contained in coloured play sands should be regularly monitored to ensure the best chance of successfully treating cancers – which could take decades to emerge later in life. Hundreds of schools have been tested – with ... <a title="Children exposed to asbestos should be monitored long-term – public health experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/children-exposed-to-asbestos-should-be-monitored-long-term-public-health-experts/" aria-label="Read more about Children exposed to asbestos should be monitored long-term – public health experts">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hemp industry laws are set to be loosened as Regulation Minister David Seymour announces sweeping changes. Seymour says the current licensing rules are heavy-handed and outdated, and will be replaced with new rules. Industrial hemp growers will no longer require a licence if the plants contain less than one-percent THC. But ... <a title="Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/hemp-industry-rules-loosened-in-sweeping-law-change/" aria-label="Read more about Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change">Read more</a>
