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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Choi, Senior lecturer in Education (Additional Languages), The University of Melbourne Kamaji Ogino/ Pexels About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking English and during term-time, home languages often take a back seat. So ... <a title="Leave notes, play games, go shopping: how to boost your child’s multilingual skills these holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/leave-notes-play-games-go-shopping-how-to-boost-your-childs-multilingual-skills-these-holidays-271840/" aria-label="Read more about Leave notes, play games, go shopping: how to boost your child’s multilingual skills these holidays">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney This week, the federal government announced a ban on supermarket price gouging, aiming to get “a fairer go for families in their weekly shop”. From July 1 2026, the new ... <a title="Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/supermarket-price-gouging-will-be-banned-from-july-will-consumers-actually-end-up-better-off-272060/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland The Terror of War, commonly known as “Napalm Girl”, is one of the most enduring and influential images of the 20th century. Captured on June 8 1972, the photograph shows nine-year-old Kim Phúc running naked ... <a title="Who really photographed Napalm Girl? The famous war photo is now contested history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/who-really-photographed-napalm-girl-the-famous-war-photo-is-now-contested-history-267440/" aria-label="Read more about Who really photographed Napalm Girl? The famous war photo is now contested history">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the gunmen who police believe carried out a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15 people at the weekend has woken from a coma. Naveed Akram, 24, remains in a Sydney hospital under police guard. His 50-year-old father Sajid was killed by police during the shooting. Police ... <a title="Live: Bondi terror attack gunman wakes from coma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/live-bondi-terror-attack-gunman-wakes-from-coma/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Bondi terror attack gunman wakes from coma">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A judge has ordered a new election to take place for seats on the Auckland local board due to manipulation of voting papers. RNZ / Eveline Harvey A law professor says a judge’s order for a new election to take place for seats on an Auckland local board – due to ... <a title="Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for postal voting – law professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/otara-papatoetoe-election-re-do-a-nail-in-the-coffin-for-postal-voting-law-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for postal voting – law professor">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Buses will replace trains across most of the Wellington rail network from 26 December until 12 January. RNZ / Krystal Gibbens Wellington trains will be out of action for at least two weeks over the summer break. KiwiRail said track maintenance and major upgrades will see buses replace trains across most ... <a title="Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/wellington-trains-out-of-action-for-at-least-two-weeks-over-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prepay customers have their power disconnected more often. RNZ More than 10,000 households a month have their power disconnected, new data shows. The Electricity Authority has published a new disconnections for non-payment dashboard, including prepay customers who have been disconnected. It shows that between January and October, for people on contract ... <a title="1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/1000-customers-each-weekday-have-power-disconnected/" aria-label="Read more about 1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The Bondi terror attack on Sunday has seen Australian federal, state and territory governments agree to the biggest overhaul of firearms regulations since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. For New Zealanders, with memories of the horrific 2019 Christchurch terror ... <a title="What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-nz-needs-to-watch-as-australia-reforms-gun-laws-after-the-bondi-terror-attack-272170/" aria-label="Read more about What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hunter Victor Tindale in Fiordland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Permits for trapping feral cats on conservation land may become easier to obtain. At present, individuals need to adapt a possum fur trapping permit and contact local Department of Conservation (DOC) offices for permission to trap. Gaining permission can take weeks, and ... <a title="A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/a-permit-for-trapping-feral-cats-may-get-much-easier-to-obtain-after-a-u-turn-by-doc/" aria-label="Read more about A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poo transplants may sound unglamorous, but researchers say the early evidence has been encouraging, and it’s grabbed attention around the world. Nelson infectious disease specialist Richard Everts (of Richmond Health Centre) and researchers at Auckland’s Liggins Institute say fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can help certain patients — yet finding eligible donors ... <a title="Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/can-you-donate-your-poo-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A judge has ordered a new election to take place for seats on the Auckland local board due to manipulation of voting papers. RNZ / Eveline Harvey A law professor says a judge’s order for a new election to take place for seats on an Auckland local board – due to ... <a title="Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for the postal voting – law professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/otara-papatoetoe-election-re-do-a-nail-in-the-coffin-for-the-postal-voting-law-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for the postal voting – law professor">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the best things about summer gatherings is how happily everyone contributes to the table; a salad here, some barbecue meat there, or the show-stopping summer pudding that disappears in seconds every time. Most of us have a few go-to dishes that get rolled out as soon as the invites ... <a title="What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-to-bring-to-a-barbecue-that-isnt-a-boring-potato-salad/" aria-label="Read more about What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad">Read more</a>
