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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 2026 will be the last year for the Splore music festival. Sigrid Yiakmis The classic summer festival is the latest loser in the cost of living crisis, with another iconic event announcing its downfall today. Splore is part of a growing list of struggling festivals, with big names like WOMAD and ... <a title="Big music festivals struggle as cost of living bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/big-music-festivals-struggle-as-cost-of-living-bites/" aria-label="Read more about Big music festivals struggle as cost of living bites">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman will not hesitate again to issue a statement for markets to understand how she interprets the economy. Breman sat down for an extensive interview with Morning Report presenter and incoming RNZ business editor Corin Dann, just a day after she took the unusual step of ... <a title="New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman talks to Corinn Dann: ‘Financial market conditions have tightened’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/new-reserve-bank-governor-anna-breman-talks-to-corinn-dann-financial-market-conditions-have-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman talks to Corinn Dann: ‘Financial market conditions have tightened’">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tributes from mourners are piled together at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach. Saeed Khan First Person: RNZ journalist Charlotte Cook is in Sydney to cover the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack, and says people on the street are not returning ... <a title="‘It will never be forgotten’ – RNZ on the ground at Bondi Beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/it-will-never-be-forgotten-rnz-on-the-ground-at-bondi-beach/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It will never be forgotten’ – RNZ on the ground at Bondi Beach">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says council staff have worked hard to stay within budget. Jessica Hopkins / RNZ A lobbyist who used to work for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is now a critic of the city’s 7.9 percent rates rise. Josh Van Veen was Brown’s deputy chief of staff just two ... <a title="Mayor Wayne Brown’s rate rise not popular with former deputy chief of staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/mayor-wayne-browns-rate-rise-not-popular-with-former-deputy-chief-of-staff/" aria-label="Read more about Mayor Wayne Brown’s rate rise not popular with former deputy chief of staff">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 16 December 2025 RNZ news item, 12pm 9 Dec 2025: “Finance Minister Nicola Willis has challenged one of her predecessors Ruth Richardson to debate her on how to best manage the country’s finances. Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more: ‘The taxpayers union is poised to launch a pressure campaign targeting ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/keith-rankin-analysis-fire-fire-todays-vestiges-of-ruthenasia-and-classical-austerity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Fire! Fire! Today’s Vestiges of Ruthenasia and Classical Austerity">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand How dolphins and orca can work together By Katie Hunt for CNN Underwater footage revealed that the killer whales were also following dolphins on their dives of up to 60 metres. File photo. AFP / FRANCO BANFI A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins off the coast of British Columbia have been ... <a title="Some dolphins appear to have orca friends – scientists think they have figured out what’s going on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/some-dolphins-appear-to-have-orca-friends-scientists-think-they-have-figured-out-whats-going-on/" aria-label="Read more about Some dolphins appear to have orca friends – scientists think they have figured out what’s going on">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Current Finance Minister Nicola Willis and former minister Ruth Richardson. RNZ/Reece Baker/Supplied The debate between Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Taxpayers Union chair Ruth Richardson seems unlikely to go ahead, with Richardson saying she won’t be part of a “circus or sideshow”. Willis last week challenged Richardson – the former National ... <a title="Willis v Richardson debate unlikely to go ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/willis-v-richardson-debate-unlikely-to-go-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Willis v Richardson debate unlikely to go ahead">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minster Nicola Willis says going harder could hurt lower income families, while going softer was “reckless and irresponsible”. RNZ / Mark Papalii Both Labour and the Taxpayers’ Union have hit back at criticism levelled at them by Finance Minister Nicola Willis, saying she must take responsibility for the state of ... <a title="Finance minister must take responsibility for state of books, say Labour, Taxpayer Union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/finance-minister-must-take-responsibility-for-state-of-books-say-labour-taxpayer-union/" aria-label="Read more about Finance minister must take responsibility for state of books, say Labour, Taxpayer Union">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The subsidy will be reduced from 75 percent to 65 percent. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is cutting transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people for elderly and disabled people from 75 percent to 65 percent. The Total Mobility scheme provides discounted taxis and public transport fares for those with ... <a title="Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/transport-subsidies-for-elderly-and-disabled-people-reduced/" aria-label="Read more about Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Storm Uriah Constable-Carter appears via video link in the Nelson District Court. RNZ / Samantha Gee WARNING: Contains content about sexual offending against children and animals. A Tasman man has been jailed for more than five years for collecting thousands of child exploitation photos and videos, described by a judge as ... <a title="Man jailed for more than five years for collecting child exploitation material" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/man-jailed-for-more-than-five-years-for-collecting-child-exploitation-material/" aria-label="Read more about Man jailed for more than five years for collecting child exploitation material">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Auckland Council Auckland Councillors have voted not to proceed with a six-month trial of fortnightly kerbside rubbish collections in parts of the city, after considering public feedback. The proposed trial would’ve halved the number of kerbside collections in Te Atatū, Panmure, Tāmaki, Clendon Park and Weymouth, with the intention ... <a title="Auckland’s fortnightly rubbish collection trial kicked to curb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/aucklands-fortnightly-rubbish-collection-trial-kicked-to-curb/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s fortnightly rubbish collection trial kicked to curb">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Guide dogs can not get away if they are attacked while in their harness, and could put their owners at risk. File photo. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Some guide dogs who get attacked by other dogs while on the job can not recover their confidence and have to be retired. Several ... <a title="Attacks on guide dogs leave animals too anxious to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/attacks-on-guide-dogs-leave-animals-too-anxious-to-work/" aria-label="Read more about Attacks on guide dogs leave animals too anxious to work">Read more</a>
