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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There are two glaring lessons for politicians from the Anika Wells’ entitlements affair. First, don’t grab greedily at every generous entitlement MPs and especially ministers can get, even if “the rules” allow you to do so. Second, if you do ... <a title="View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/view-from-the-hill-in-awkward-timing-government-ends-energy-rebate-as-it-defends-wells-spendathon-270791/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Greens have suffered a year of significant setbacks. The election saw their numbers go backwards, losing three of their four lower house seats, then one of their senators, Dorinda Cox, defected to Labor. But the year ended on a ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sarah-hanson-young-on-the-social-media-ban-as-a-risky-fake-silver-bullet-271517/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An injured Eliesa Katoa of Tonga is attended to by a trainer New Zealand Kiwis v Tonga XIII Round 3 of the Pacific Championships rugby league tournament at Eden Park, Auckland NRL Photos/Photosport The NRL has proposed banning some Tongan league officials from Australian rugby league competitions for two years after ... <a title="Eliesa Katoa: NRL proposes two-year ban for officials who let injured player take the field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/eliesa-katoa-nrl-proposes-two-year-ban-for-officials-who-let-injured-player-take-the-field/" aria-label="Read more about Eliesa Katoa: NRL proposes two-year ban for officials who let injured player take the field">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police Minister Mark Mitchell. VNP / Phil Smith The Prime Minister says there is no need for a further inquiry into the Jevon McSkimming scandal, claiming the government’s implementation of an Inspector General is the strongest response. On Sunday, former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told TVNZ’s ... <a title="No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/no-need-for-a-further-inquiry-into-mcskimming-scandal-pm/" aria-label="Read more about No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal – PM">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mātauranga Iwi Leaders Group Chair Rāhui Papa presents a 24,000 strong petition calling for the immediate reversal of the amendment that removed school boards’ requirement to give effect to te Tiriti to Minister of Education Erica Stanford. RNZ / Pokere Paewai The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) has delivered a 24,000 ... <a title="24,000 sign petition calling for immediate reinstatement of school Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/24000-sign-petition-calling-for-immediate-reinstatement-of-school-te-tiriti-o-waitangi-obligations/" aria-label="Read more about 24,000 sign petition calling for immediate reinstatement of school Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netflix’s $125-billion (US$72b) plan to buy Warner Bros was anounced on Friday. Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP Netflix’s $125-billion (US$72b) plan to buy Warner Bros could have adverse implications for New Zealand’s Sky Television as well as the price of Netflix subscriptions. Brokerage firm Forsyth Barr analyst Ben Crozier ... <a title="Netflix’s billion dollar plan to buy Warner Bros could be bad news for Sky TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/netflixs-billion-dollar-plan-to-buy-warner-bros-could-be-bad-news-for-sky-tv/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s billion dollar plan to buy Warner Bros could be bad news for Sky TV">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of sound used in recent horror films such as Together. You can also hear it ... <a title="The sound effects that make horror films so scary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/the-sound-effects-that-make-horror-films-so-scary/" aria-label="Read more about The sound effects that make horror films so scary">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Papua New Guinea conjoined twins. Audrey Taula / Life Flight and NEST retrieval team Rare conjoined twins from Papua New Guinea had a seven-hour operation in Australia to surgically separate them on Sunday, but only one of the boys survived. Tom and Sawong were rushed into emergency surgery at Sydney Children’s ... <a title="Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/conjoined-twin-dies-after-separation-surgery/" aria-label="Read more about Conjoined twin dies after separation surgery">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Bulahdelah fire has burnt through 3,400 hectares of the Myall Lakes National Park. ABC News: Ross McLoughlin A firefighter from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has died after being crushed by a tree during bushfire prevention work north of Newcastle. The Bulahdelah fire, which has destroyed four ... <a title="Firefighter killed by falling tree during bushfire prevention work in New South Wales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/firefighter-killed-by-falling-tree-during-bushfire-prevention-work-in-new-south-wales/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighter killed by falling tree during bushfire prevention work in New South Wales">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Scientists have hailed the benefits of exercising early in life to lower the risk of your brain degenerating later. But new research suggests that even when you’re 45 or older, it’s not too late to try. Having the highest levels of physical activity in midlife (45 to 64) and late life ... <a title="For better brain health, it’s never too late to get active" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/for-better-brain-health-its-never-too-late-to-get-active/" aria-label="Read more about For better brain health, it’s never too late to get active">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Max Saltman, Jennifer Hansler and Billy Stockwell, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkey’s President following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 19, 2025 AFP Talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators over a proposed peace deal with Russia ended in Miami ... <a title="Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/ukraine-peace-talks-in-miami-end-with-lingering-questions-over-security-guarantees-and-territory/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Running prodigy Sam Ruthe is having a record-breaking year. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The ease at which running prodigy Sam Ruthe smashed the long-standing secondary schools 1500 metre record took the 16-year-old by surprise. The Tauranga Boys’ College student shattered the record, held by Commonwealth Games runner Richard Potts since 1989, by eight ... <a title="Running prodigy Sam Ruthe explains how he smashed the 1500m school record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/08/running-prodigy-sam-ruthe-explains-how-he-smashed-the-1500m-school-record/" aria-label="Read more about Running prodigy Sam Ruthe explains how he smashed the 1500m school record">Read more</a>
