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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hutt Valley Police investigating the armed robbery of an Upper Hutt bar. AFP / Andri Tambunan Police received a call just after midnight on Wednesday morning reporting that a masked offender brandishing a firearm approached bar staff at Quinns Post bar on Ward Street and demanded cash. “The offender then fled ... <a title="Police appeal for information after robbery at Quinns Post bar in Upper Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/police-appeal-for-information-after-robbery-at-quinns-post-bar-in-upper-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Police appeal for information after robbery at Quinns Post bar in Upper Hutt">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has revealed the television ads that New Zealanders complained most about in 2025. From burnouts to bare bottoms, Kiwis had a gutful of a few well-known businesses on their screens. Topping this year’s list for the most complained about ad was KFC’s “Colonel Hacker” ... <a title="Revealed: The most complained about New Zealand TV ads for 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/revealed-the-most-complained-about-new-zealand-tv-ads-for-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Revealed: The most complained about New Zealand TV ads for 2025">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The invasive gold clam. NIWA Lake Rotomanu in New Plymouth will be emptied this week to allow scientists to get a full picture of the extent of a freshwater gold clam infestation. The invasive clam Corbicula fluminea was found in the lake on 8 November, the first discovery in New Zealand ... <a title="New Plymouth lake to be drained in fight against invasive clams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-plymouth-lake-to-be-drained-in-fight-against-invasive-clams/" aria-label="Read more about New Plymouth lake to be drained in fight against invasive clams">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jonathan Trubuhovich was found injured at Mt Eden prison on 29 November, assessed by on-site medical and taken to hospital. Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski *This story has been updated since publication. The family of a man who died 10 days after allegedly being assaulted by his cellmate at Mt Eden ... <a title="Double-bunk cell death: Jonathan Trubuhovich’s family want Corrections to be held accountable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/double-bunk-cell-death-jonathan-trubuhovichs-family-want-corrections-to-be-held-accountable/" aria-label="Read more about Double-bunk cell death: Jonathan Trubuhovich’s family want Corrections to be held accountable">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mount Victoria tunnel has now reopened after a crash. File picture. 123RF The Transport Agency says the Mount Victoria tunnel has now fully reopened after a crash. Police were called to a two-car crash on State Highway 1 in the southbound lane near the entrance to the tunnel around 2.30pm. One ... <a title="Mount Victoria tunnel in central Wellington reopens after crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/mount-victoria-tunnel-in-central-wellington-reopens-after-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Mount Victoria tunnel in central Wellington reopens after crash">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres, PhD Candidate, Political Science, International Relations and Constitutional Law, University of the Sunshine Coast Two centuries ago, US President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off-limits to European powers in what would became known in history books as the “Monroe Doctrine”. The proclamation ... <a title="Why is Trump so obsessed with Venezuela? His new security strategy provides some clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/why-is-trump-so-obsessed-with-venezuela-his-new-security-strategy-provides-some-clues-271530/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Trump so obsessed with Venezuela? His new security strategy provides some clues">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The names owners give their dogs are a reflection of how much they love their best friend. Supplied / New Plymouth District Council Some of the dog names registered in New Plymouth this year have been barking. New Plymouth District Council animal services lead Kimberley Laurence says the names owners give ... <a title="Dog names in Taranaki have been barking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/dog-names-in-taranaki-have-been-barking/" aria-label="Read more about Dog names in Taranaki have been barking">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police outside the Fenchurch Superette in Glen Innes on Tuesday. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Glen Innes locals are mourning the death of a man killed on a bus in the Auckland suburb this week. Two passengers were stabbed on the same number 76 bus on Monday night, first in Glen Innes ... <a title="Auckland residents worried following fatal bus stabbing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/auckland-residents-worried-following-fatal-bus-stabbing/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland residents worried following fatal bus stabbing">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Sydney Alex Vaughan Music and theatre can bring into the world places and stories that exist only in the imagination. Can music and theatre also change hearts and minds? This question is at the heart of Cowbois, a new music ... <a title="Cowbois reimagines Hollywood’s Wild West – with a wonderful queer twist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/cowbois-reimagines-hollywoods-wild-west-with-a-wonderful-queer-twist-271611/" aria-label="Read more about Cowbois reimagines Hollywood’s Wild West – with a wonderful queer twist">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kristin Hannah’s novel The Women was issued 159 times SUPPLIED New Plymouth readers checked out more than 667,000 books from the Puke Ariki library this year with a historical novel set during the Vietnam War topping the list of adult fiction issues – again. Kristin Hannah’s novel The Women was issued ... <a title="New Plymouth readers check out more than 667,000 books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-plymouth-readers-check-out-more-than-667000-books/" aria-label="Read more about New Plymouth readers check out more than 667,000 books">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Denny, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Yan Krukov/Pexels An extensive government review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in 2023 made 51 specific recommendations to enable “an RBA fit for the future”. But the narrow terms of reference confined the review to an economic ... <a title="As the population ages, the RBA’s interest rate policy is no longer fit for purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/as-the-population-ages-the-rbas-interest-rate-policy-is-no-longer-fit-for-purpose-271098/" aria-label="Read more about As the population ages, the RBA’s interest rate policy is no longer fit for purpose">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey says the Koha Café is already making a difference in the community. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Plymouth’s Koha Café is the latest local crisis recovery cafe to receive a funding boost from the government. The Koha Café – run by the Taranaki Retreat – ... <a title="New Plymouth’s crisis recovery café gets government funding boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-plymouths-crisis-recovery-cafe-gets-government-funding-boost/" aria-label="Read more about New Plymouth’s crisis recovery café gets government funding boost">Read more</a>
