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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Monty Knight. RNZ/Carol Stiles Name suppression for a woman accused of murdering well-known Far North businessman Monty Knight has been extended until April next year while experts determine whether she is mentally fit to stand trial. The 57-year-old appeared in the High Court at Whangārei on Friday morning, almost three weeks ... <a title="Monty Knight’s alleged killer has name suppression extended while mental state assessed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/monty-knights-alleged-killer-has-name-suppression-extended-while-mental-state-assessed/" aria-label="Read more about Monty Knight’s alleged killer has name suppression extended while mental state assessed">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Pohutukawa, Mt Victoria, Wellington Robyn Jaquiery Flowering pōhutukawa trees are the sign summer is here – and many we have seen are already in full bloom. But are they flowering earlier this year? Ecologist and botanist Associate Professor Bruce Burns, from the University of Auckland, says no. “We have had some ... <a title="Are pōhutukawa trees flowering early this year? A botanist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/are-pohutukawa-trees-flowering-early-this-year-a-botanist-explains/" aria-label="Read more about Are pōhutukawa trees flowering early this year? A botanist explains">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand IRD said it was bringing the treatment of loans in line with other countries. (File photo) RNZ Inland Revenue is planning to crack down on shareholders taking loans from companies, in a move that could hand some an extra tax bill. Inland Revenue (IR) is asking for feedback on proposals to ... <a title="Tax change could leave family businesses with bigger bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/tax-change-could-leave-family-businesses-with-bigger-bills/" aria-label="Read more about Tax change could leave family businesses with bigger bills">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Timber on the trails at Matairangi/Mt Victoria. SUPPLIED A Wellington mountain biker says riders aren’t a threat to nesting kārearea, after vigilante attempts to keep people off the trails. Tracks on Matairangi/Mt Victoria have been vandalised this week, with logs, holes and makeshift barricades put up across them. Local rider Rod ... <a title="Mountain biker says they’re no threat to nesting kārearea after track vandalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/mountain-biker-says-theyre-no-threat-to-nesting-karearea-after-track-vandalism/" aria-label="Read more about Mountain biker says they’re no threat to nesting kārearea after track vandalism">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Oruba Khalil. Supplied An Auckland doctor based in Otara said crowded housing makes children in her community more vulnerable to the spread of measles, and is doing everything she can to make vaccinations more accessible to families. There are now six actively infectious cases of measles across the country, and ... <a title="GP worries crowded housing will add to measles spread in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/gp-worries-crowded-housing-will-add-to-measles-spread-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about GP worries crowded housing will add to measles spread in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Air NZ said there was no change to flight schedules at this time. (File photo) RNZ / Dan Cook The union for Air NZ cabin crew is defending the timing of strike activity planned for eight days before Christmas. Some cabin crews will walk off the job on December 18, although ... <a title="Air NZ cabin crews may strike in week before Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/air-nz-cabin-crews-may-strike-in-week-before-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ cabin crews may strike in week before Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash, on Seafield View Rd, was reported to police just after 7.30am on Friday. Finn Blackwell One person has been taken to hospital in moderate condition after a car crashed into a house in the Auckland suburb of Grafton. The crash, on Seafield View Rd, was reported to police just ... <a title="Person in hospital as car ploughs into Auckland villa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/person-in-hospital-as-car-ploughs-into-auckland-villa/" aria-label="Read more about Person in hospital as car ploughs into Auckland villa">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Whakatāne River. Google Maps The person who died after a car crashed into a river off State Highway 2 near Whakatāne on Tuesday has been named. They were 44-year-old Ngahina Takarangi, of Whakatāne. A second person was injured in the crash on White Pine Bush Road, Tāneatua, police said. “The circumstances ... <a title="Victim of Whakatāne River crash named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/victim-of-whakatane-river-crash-named/" aria-label="Read more about Victim of Whakatāne River crash named">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia AzmanL / Getty Images “I asked it to call one of my sisters, and it then started calling an old boss that I don’t talk to any more.” —Amy, ... <a title="‘We gotta act white’: how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/we-gotta-act-white-how-voice-recognition-tech-fails-for-aboriginal-english-speakers-270983/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We gotta act white’: how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mei-fen Kuo, Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Culture and History, Macquarie University Recently, a new documentary was screened across Australia about the late Taiwanese Australian professor Chwei-Liang Chiou, who dedicated his life to improving relations between Taiwan and Australia. At the Brisbane premiere, former federal MP Graham Perrett ... <a title="What is Taiwan and why is it important? A new study shows Australians struggle to answer these questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/what-is-taiwan-and-why-is-it-important-a-new-study-shows-australians-struggle-to-answer-these-questions-269809/" aria-label="Read more about What is Taiwan and why is it important? A new study shows Australians struggle to answer these questions">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen de Boer, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology fauxels/Pexels As the festive season approaches, perhaps you’re thinking of hosting friends and family. You know at least one person who’ll attend who becomes anxious around food and another with an eating disorder. So, ... <a title="How to host a meal if one of your guests has an eating disorder or is anxious around food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/how-to-host-a-meal-if-one-of-your-guests-has-an-eating-disorder-or-is-anxious-around-food-267967/" aria-label="Read more about How to host a meal if one of your guests has an eating disorder or is anxious around food">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock A. Hedges, Research Affiliate, University of Adelaide The Conversation , CC BY-ND You might think of Australia’s arid centre as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it’s actually dotted with thousands of rock holes – natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little oases ... <a title="Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes. They might not be there much longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/meet-the-weird-wonderful-creatures-that-live-in-australias-desert-water-holes-they-might-not-be-there-much-longer-269814/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the weird, wonderful creatures that live in Australia’s desert water holes. They might not be there much longer">Read more</a>
