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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. 123RF Credit card reward schemes are predicted to continue to become less generous, as the Commerce Commission clamps down on card fees. Since 1 December, domestic Visa and Mastercard payments have been subject to new caps on interchange fees, which are paid to the card issuer for each credit ... <a title="Why your credit card might offer you less generous rewards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/why-your-credit-card-might-offer-you-less-generous-rewards/" aria-label="Read more about Why your credit card might offer you less generous rewards">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Threats relating to technology, disinformation, economic security and foreign interference are overshadowing traditional security concerns in Australians’ minds, according to data released by the Australian National University National Security College. More than 12,000 people were asked across two surveys, in ... <a title="Australians see AI as leading threat to people and businesses: survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/australians-see-ai-as-leading-threat-to-people-and-businesses-survey-270794/" aria-label="Read more about Australians see AI as leading threat to people and businesses: survey">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Australia beat England by eight wickets in the second Ashes test in Brisbane on day four on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Australia, who won the series-opener in Perth by eight wickets, need only draw the next test in Adelaide to retain the urn. Sign up ... <a title="Australia beat England by eight wickets in second Ashes test, lead series 2-0" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/australia-beat-england-by-eight-wickets-in-second-ashes-test-lead-series-2-0/" aria-label="Read more about Australia beat England by eight wickets in second Ashes test, lead series 2-0">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Artist Jacqui Madelin is walking 12km a day to raise money for Project Island Song, a pest-free wildlife sanctuary spanning seven islands in the eastern Bay of Islands. But there’s a twist, Madelin is completing each day’s walk, for the first 12 days in December, dressed head-to-toe in pieces from her extensive vintage wardrobe. ... <a title="Walking 144 kilometres in impeccable vintage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/walking-144-kilometres-in-impeccable-vintage/" aria-label="Read more about Walking 144 kilometres in impeccable vintage">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Folk-rock luminary Suzanne Vega, now 66, has just released her first album in eleven years, Flying with Angels. New York has yet to recover from the Covid lockdowns, she tells RNZ’s Sunday Mornings. Singer/songerwriter Suzanne Vega performs at RNZ’s Auckland studio, Tuesday 7th Auckland 2018 RNZ/Luke McPake . “So that’s one ... <a title="Suzanne Vega after Covid: ‘A very tempestuous time to be alive’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/suzanne-vega-after-covid-a-very-tempestuous-time-to-be-alive/" aria-label="Read more about Suzanne Vega after Covid: ‘A very tempestuous time to be alive’">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Daniel Hillier. GIUSEPPE CACACE Danish golfer Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson has claimed the Australian Open, winning by just one shot over home favourite Cam Smith. Kiwi Daniel Hillier shared sixth place with rising Spanish golfer Jose Luis Ballester. Neergaard-Peterson, 26, carded a final-round 70 to prevail in a tight finish at Royal Melbourne. ... <a title="Kiwi Daniel Hillier shares sixth place at Australian Golf Open in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/kiwi-daniel-hillier-shares-sixth-place-at-australian-golf-open-in-melbourne/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi Daniel Hillier shares sixth place at Australian Golf Open in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Four patients were transferred to Gisborne Hospital. St John File photo. Four people have been taken to Gisborne Hospital, after a vehicle crashed into a tree in Whatatutu. Police said they were notified of single vehicle crash on Mangamaia Road at about 3.40pm Sunday. The crash occurred on private property, with ... <a title="Four injured after vehicle hits tree in Whatatutu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/four-injured-after-vehicle-hits-tree-in-whatatutu/" aria-label="Read more about Four injured after vehicle hits tree in Whatatutu">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This story has been updated to include additional comment from Oranga Tamariki. The Green Party is calling on the government to abandon boot camps, after ‘Scrutiny Week’ questioning revealed another intake of the controversial programme is planned for early next year. During their appearances at Parliament’s Scrutiny Week committees, Minister for ... <a title="Government urged to ditch second military-style boot camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/government-urged-to-ditch-second-military-style-boot-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Government urged to ditch second military-style boot camp">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More yellow-legged hornets are being found in Auckland. Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity New Zealand urges Aucklanders to be on the lookout for yellow-legged hornets or nests, as numbers of the pest keep climbing. Thirty-three Queen Hornets have so far been found in the Glenfield and Birkdale areas of the North Shore – ... <a title="Biosecurity puts Aucklanders on alert for yellow-legged hornets, as more are found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/biosecurity-puts-aucklanders-on-alert-for-yellow-legged-hornets-as-more-are-found/" aria-label="Read more about Biosecurity puts Aucklanders on alert for yellow-legged hornets, as more are found">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police cordon off the scene on Harris Road, Mt Wellington, after launching a homicide investigation. RNZ / Felix Walton A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder, after the death of a man in the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington on Friday. The injured man turned up at a medical centre ... <a title="Man charged with murder after Mt Wellington stabbing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/man-charged-with-murder-after-mt-wellington-stabbing/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder after Mt Wellington stabbing">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Several locations of interest are located on Karangahape Road in central Auckland. Google Maps Several new locations of interest in the spread of measles have been identified – including two central Auckland bars – and anybody who may have been exposed is asked to urgently contact Healthline. There were no new ... <a title="Measles outbreak: Auckland bars included in new locations of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/measles-outbreak-auckland-bars-included-in-new-locations-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Measles outbreak: Auckland bars included in new locations of interest">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand FENZ also attended a fire in a paddock and along a hedge-line in Broomfield, near Amberley. RNZ / Rob Dixon One person has been injured in a housefire just north of Picton, near Waikawa. The fire was reported just after 1pm Sunday. Fire and Emergency said the fire was contained to ... <a title="One person injured after Waikawa housefire, north of Picton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/one-person-injured-after-waikawa-housefire-north-of-picton/" aria-label="Read more about One person injured after Waikawa housefire, north of Picton">Read more</a>
