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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Six60 and Synthony will perform in Christchurch on 16 May, the first live music set at the city’s brand new One New Zealand Stadium. The Once in a Liftetime event will culminate in a collaboration between the twin headliners performing Six60’s biggest hits, event organisers confirmed on Wednesday. The long-awaited 30,000 ... <a title="First live show for new Christchurch stadium revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/first-live-show-for-new-christchurch-stadium-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about First live show for new Christchurch stadium revealed">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File picture. Connor Diver Fire crews have rushed to a motor camp in rural Manawatū after reports a tornado went through and overturned a caravan. Emergency services were called to Dudding Lake at 12.36pm. FENZ shift manager Murray Dunbar said a fire truck was at the scene alongside ambulance staff who ... <a title="Tornado reportedly tears through Manawatū motor camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/tornado-reportedly-tears-through-manawatu-motor-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Tornado reportedly tears through Manawatū motor camp">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the pendant has not yet been recovered. SCREENSHOT Police have not yet recovered a Fabergé egg pendant after it was allegedly eaten during a theft at an Auckland jewellery store. A 32-year-old man is before the courts, accused of swallowing the necklace worth more than $33,500. Inspector Grae Anderson ... <a title="Police yet to recover pendant allegedly swallowed at Auckland jewellery store" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/police-yet-to-recover-pendant-allegedly-swallowed-at-auckland-jewellery-store/" aria-label="Read more about Police yet to recover pendant allegedly swallowed at Auckland jewellery store">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand American rock band Linkin Park will visit New Zealand next year for one show in Auckland. Mike Shinoda, Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, Joe Hahn, Colin Brittain and new vocalist Emily Armstrong will bring theirFrom Zero World Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena on 18 March. Last year the band revealed in a statement ... <a title="Linkin Park are coming to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/linkin-park-are-coming-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Linkin Park are coming to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Featherstone, Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Daniel Featherstone In the Cape York community of Wujal Wujal, local service providers used to hold their breath every time a big storm rolled in. Cloud cover could knock out their satellite internet just when they needed it most. Since ... <a title="How Starlink is connecting remote First Nations communities – and creating new divides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/how-starlink-is-connecting-remote-first-nations-communities-and-creating-new-divides-271086/" aria-label="Read more about How Starlink is connecting remote First Nations communities – and creating new divides">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Unsplash – Mudit Agarwal A market “surprised” by the government has failed to buy a single carbon unit at the final Emissions Trading Scheme auction of the year. Not a single bidder registered for Wednesday’s auction, making 2025 the second calendar year in which all four quarterly ETS auctions have ... <a title="Emissions Trading Scheme: Year’s final auction fails to sell a single carbon unit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/emissions-trading-scheme-years-final-auction-fails-to-sell-a-single-carbon-unit/" aria-label="Read more about Emissions Trading Scheme: Year’s final auction fails to sell a single carbon unit">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government released its National AI Strategy this week, confirming it has dropped its earlier proposal for mandatory guardrails for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI). In responding to AI, the government has found itself caught between the unions, which have ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tim-ayres-on-the-ai-rollouts-looming-bumps-and-glitches-271092/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Horse of The Year 2026 has been cancelled. (File photo) 123 The Horse of the Year show in Hawke’s Bay has been cancelled for 2026 due to a lack of financial support. Held at the Hastings Showgrounds every March, it’s one of the largest equestrian events in the Southern Hemisphere, bringing ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay’s Horse of the Year show cancelled for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/hawkes-bays-horse-of-the-year-show-cancelled-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay’s Horse of the Year show cancelled for 2026">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster is the chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster’s has resigned as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. It comes after the police watchdog’s damning report into police’s response to allegations of sexual offending by former ... <a title="Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/former-police-boss-andrew-coster-resigns-as-head-of-the-social-investment-agency/" aria-label="Read more about Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland City missioner Helen Robinson says some foodbanks would close without government funding. Photo: RNZ Insight / Sarah Robson *This story has been updated to correct the amount of funding that is for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the programme. The country’s biggest foodbanks are warning of substantial closures if ... <a title="Foodbanks warn of closures if government funding fails to give ongoing funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/foodbanks-warn-of-closures-if-government-funding-fails-to-give-ongoing-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Foodbanks warn of closures if government funding fails to give ongoing funding">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A major three-year study has found Māori are being undercounted in prisons by around six percent, masking the true scale of incarceration and its impact on whānau. The kaupapa Māori research project, TIAKI, examined the experiences of whānau entering and leaving prisons, combining national administrative data with interviews led by researchers ... <a title="Kaupapa Māori study exposes gaps in prison data and support for Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/kaupapa-maori-study-exposes-gaps-in-prison-data-and-support-for-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Kaupapa Māori study exposes gaps in prison data and support for Māori">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The man appeared at the Dunedin District Court and was released on bail. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police have charged a Dunedin man after seizing 820 kilograms of pounamu. Officers found the stone, which was cut and ready for sale, during a search on Monday. The 29-year-old man has appeared in ... <a title="Police charge Dunedin man after seizing 820kg of pounamu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/police-charge-dunedin-man-after-seizing-820kg-of-pounamu/" aria-label="Read more about Police charge Dunedin man after seizing 820kg of pounamu">Read more</a>
