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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The sewage spill came at the peak of the oyster season. Nick Monro Watercare has fulfilled a promise to give another $1 million to beleaguered oyster farmers north of Auckland after a catastrophic sewage failure. It’s after an initial $1m was given last month after the spill obliterated crops in late ... <a title="Oyster farmers to receive another $1m over catastrophic sewage spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/oyster-farmers-to-receive-another-1m-over-catastrophic-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Oyster farmers to receive another $1m over catastrophic sewage spill">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hoskins Sotutu with fans. Brett Phibbs/Photosport Former All Blacks loose forward Hoskins Sotutu has signed with English Premiership club Newcastle Red Bulls and will depart the Blues after the 2026 Super Rugby season. He remained fully committed to the Blues for their upcoming campaign, he said. Since making his Super Rugby ... <a title="Former All Black Hoskins Sotutu to leave Blues at end of Super Rugby season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/former-all-black-hoskins-sotutu-to-leave-blues-at-end-of-super-rugby-season/" aria-label="Read more about Former All Black Hoskins Sotutu to leave Blues at end of Super Rugby season">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighting has resumed this morning. Facebook / Hawke’s Bay Fire and Emergency The scrub fire near the Hawke’s Bay village of Fernhill – between the township and the Ngaruroro River bridge – is almost fully out, Fire and Emergency says. The blaze is fully contained and 95 percent extinguished, a spokesperson ... <a title="Scrub blaze near Hastings almost out, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/scrub-blaze-near-hastings-almost-out-firefighters-treated-for-heat-exhaustion/" aria-label="Read more about Scrub blaze near Hastings almost out, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Teo was being gradually eased back from seven years of patrol work. Supplied / NZ Police / Senior Constable Alex Stammers A police dog seriously injured after falling into scalding geothermal water is finally getting to enjoy retirement after months of recovery – just in time for Christmas. Teo was being ... <a title="‘Doesn’t give up’ – Police dog Teo recovers from fall during search and rescue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/doesnt-give-up-police-dog-teo-recovers-from-fall-during-search-and-rescue/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Doesn’t give up’ – Police dog Teo recovers from fall during search and rescue">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A body has been recovered near Thames on and is believed to be a person that went missing in Coromandel waters two days ago. Duty Inspector Neil Faulkner said at around 6.10am on Wednesday, police received reports of a body being located on the beach by a ... <a title="Body recovered near Thames believed to be missing person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/body-recovered-near-thames-believed-to-be-missing-person/" aria-label="Read more about Body recovered near Thames believed to be missing person">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService meteorologist Dan Corrigan told RNZ for many places, Christmas will be “good barbecue weather”. 123RF / Mandic Jovan It’s one more sleep until Christmas, and whether celebrations will be out in the sun or shifted indoors depends on where you are in the country. Forecasters are predicting a mixed bag ... <a title="Where the ‘good BBQ weather’ is on Christmas – and where will be rainy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/where-the-good-bbq-weather-is-on-christmas-and-where-will-be-rainy/" aria-label="Read more about Where the ‘good BBQ weather’ is on Christmas – and where will be rainy">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christmas is often defined by the traditions of familiar faces, overflowing tables and the comfort of home. But for some families, choosing a different path has reshaped the festive season into something altogether more adventurous. For Richard and Carolyn Powles, Christmas now unfolds at anchor. While their voyage from New Zealand ... <a title="Anchors, camels and kayaks: A less traditional Christmas for Kiwi travellers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/anchors-camels-and-kayaks-a-less-traditional-christmas-for-kiwi-travellers/" aria-label="Read more about Anchors, camels and kayaks: A less traditional Christmas for Kiwi travellers">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Jones, PhD candidate, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland Photo by Boris Izmaylov on Unsplash Ever wondered why your mango tree drops fruit before it’s ripe? Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly as millions of mangoes fall to the ground ... <a title="Why mangoes fall before they’re ripe – and how science is helping them hang on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/why-mangoes-fall-before-theyre-ripe-and-how-science-is-helping-them-hang-on-268882/" aria-label="Read more about Why mangoes fall before they’re ripe – and how science is helping them hang on">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Christmas means different things to different people. For me, it’s an opportunity to eat celebratory foods that aren’t available all year round. The top of my list is glazed ham, but a very close second is a well ... <a title="‘Never move around a flaming dessert’: a scientist explains the chemistry of a Christmas pudding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/never-move-around-a-flaming-dessert-a-scientist-explains-the-chemistry-of-a-christmas-pudding-268392/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Never move around a flaming dessert’: a scientist explains the chemistry of a Christmas pudding">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Alexandr Kolesnikov/ Getty Images Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters. The excitement of tearing into gifts is often mixed with intense anticipation – and sometimes, disappointment. After investing time, thought and money into creating a magical ... <a title="It’s (not) a new bike! How to manage kids’ gift expectations at Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/its-not-a-new-bike-how-to-manage-kids-gift-expectations-at-christmas-271314/" aria-label="Read more about It’s (not) a new bike! How to manage kids’ gift expectations at Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes is a line from one of my least favourite Christmas carols. Apart from being generally saccharine, Away in a ... <a title="We know about Jesus as a baby, and as a man. But what kind of child was he?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/we-know-about-jesus-as-a-baby-and-as-a-man-but-what-kind-of-child-was-he-269183/" aria-label="Read more about We know about Jesus as a baby, and as a man. But what kind of child was he?">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Garnock-Jones, Emeritus Professor of Botany, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Philip Garnock-Jones/Auckland University Press, CC BY-NC-ND Traditionally, the plants associated with Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere – holly, ivy, mistletoe – are celebrated for their evergreen leaves in winter or their fruits. But ... <a title="Most of NZ’s flowering plants grow nowhere else – and Christmas falls in peak blooming season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/most-of-nzs-flowering-plants-grow-nowhere-else-and-christmas-falls-in-peak-blooming-season-271617/" aria-label="Read more about Most of NZ’s flowering plants grow nowhere else – and Christmas falls in peak blooming season">Read more</a>
