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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Once niche imports, Japanese and Korean sunscreens are now lining shelves at retailers, including major places like Farmers, and slipping into the routines of New Zealanders tired of the heavy, chalky formulas they grew up with. Auckland hairstylist and makeup artist Naeema Bhikoo has watched the shift firsthand. After years of ... <a title="Japanese and Korean sunscreens are trendy – but do they work under NZ’s sun?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/japanese-and-korean-sunscreens-are-trendy-but-do-they-work-under-nzs-sun/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese and Korean sunscreens are trendy – but do they work under NZ’s sun?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jonathan Trubuhovich died in hospital earlier this month after being assaulted. 123RF An inmate has been charged with killing a fellow prisoner at Mt Eden Prison. Jonathan Trubuhovich, who was 69, was assaulted at the end of November and died in hospital 10 days later. Police launched a homicide investigation and ... <a title="Man charged with killing fellow prisoner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/man-charged-with-killing-fellow-prisoner/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with killing fellow prisoner">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lord Fakafanua is Tonga’s new prime minister. VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox The election of a noble to lead Tonga’s next government is raising concerns over the direction of the country’s democracy. Lord Fakafanua, 40, beat incumbent prime minister Dr ‘Aisake Eke – the only other nominee – in Monday’s vote for ... <a title="What the election of Tonga’s new noble PM means for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/what-the-election-of-tongas-new-noble-pm-means-for-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about What the election of Tonga’s new noble PM means for democracy">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police outside Kosher Deli NZ Nick Monro New Zealand police expect officers to guard key locations for the Jewish community until at least the end of the week. Police say the officers, who have been armed, will stay while they continue to assess the deadly attack at Bondi that killed 15 ... <a title="NZ police to guard Jewish community locations following Bondi attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/nz-police-to-guard-jewish-community-locations-following-bondi-attack/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police to guard Jewish community locations following Bondi attack">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Snowboarder Cam Melville Ives, left, skier Fin Melville Ives and skier Mischa Thomas model the uniforms the New Zealand team will be wearing at the Winter Olympics in northern Italy in February. SUPPLIED Twins Cam and Fin Melville Ives have revealed the New Zealand team’s uniform for the Milano Cortina 2026 ... <a title="New Zealand’s Winter Olympics team uniforms revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/new-zealands-winter-olympics-team-uniforms-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s Winter Olympics team uniforms revealed">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tourists on Fox Glacier on the West Coast. supplied / Fox Glacier Guiding Almost all of New Zealand’s glaciers could completely disappear if global warming continues on its current track, new research shows. Local glacier researchers say that level of loss would contribute to sea-level rise, make water shortages worse, and ... <a title="Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ’s glaciers, research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/climate-change-could-claim-nearly-all-of-nzs-glaciers-research-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ’s glaciers, research shows">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Splore music and arts festival organisers have announced that next year’s will be the last due to lower than hoped for ticket sales. Splore curator John Minty said after 18 years of financial viability the festival first hit headwinds with Covid postponements and cancellations. Then the cost of living crisis led ... <a title="Splore festival will end for good in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/splore-festival-will-end-for-good-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Splore festival will end for good in 2026">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kororipo Pā as seen from the other side of Kerikeri Basin with Kemp House, New Zealand’s oldest surviving building, on the right. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A bill returning one of New Zealand’s most historic sites to Māori is due to be passed by Parliament on Wednesday, ending a 20-year ... <a title="Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/parliament-bill-set-to-return-historic-maori-site-in-northland-to-ngapuhi/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor of Social Work and Chair, Indigenous Research Ethics Advisory Panel, Australian Catholic University Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception. The plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as ... <a title="Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/australias-national-plan-says-existing-laws-are-enough-to-regulate-ai-this-is-false-hope-271725/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Harpur, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland; Syracuse University ad0sy/Reddit “Welcome”, the sign at the supermarket entrance says, above a drawing of a shopper walking in and pushing a trolley. But for many shoppers – especially those with wheelchairs, walkers or ... <a title="How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/how-stores-fighting-thieves-risk-putting-off-shoppers-with-disabilities-and-kids-271397/" aria-label="Read more about How stores fighting thieves risk putting off shoppers with disabilities and kids">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong Wellcome Collection Quality narrative podcasts experienced a downturn this year, with industry layoffs in key networks including Pineapple Street Studios and Wondery. But commercial cutbacks have reinvigorated the artistic spirit of the genre. In a class of its ... <a title="Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/festering-families-difficult-truths-and-transcendent-grace-best-podcasts-of-2025-270687/" aria-label="Read more about Festering families, difficult truths and transcendent grace: best podcasts of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand was due Nearly two-thirds of households in New Zealand own a pet, and many more are planning to welcome a furry friend this Christmas. In Auckland, a family-run business is making sure pets get where they’re going safely – transporting more than 100 animals at a time on a bus that ... <a title="Paws on board: Inside the Pet Bus as it travels the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/paws-on-board-inside-the-pet-bus-as-it-travels-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Paws on board: Inside the Pet Bus as it travels the country">Read more</a>
