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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Aucklanders are being reminded to be watchful and report any sightings of yellow-legged hornets as efforts to eliminate the invasive pests ramp up. Another yellow-legged hornet queen has been found on Auckland’s North Shore, as Biosecurity New ... <a title="Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/yellow-legged-hornet-aucklanders-warned-to-be-really-really-watchful/" aria-label="Read more about Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers affected by the latest overflow are likely not be able to harvest until after Christmas. Supplied Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season. Watercare confirmed to RNZ that ... <a title="‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/were-basically-stuffed-oyster-farmers-shut-down-by-another-overflow/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Newly-released documents suggest police pressured the main Crown eye-witness to testify at the 1992 murder retrial of Ross Appelgren, something not disclosed to the jury. The documents also show police were “keeping quiet” about the fact the witness was living illegally in Australia, and that they advised him to keep his ... <a title="Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nark-documents-suggest-key-witness-was-pressured-to-testify-at-ross-appelgrens-murder-retrial/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Osman, Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Canva/Pexels/The Conversation, CC BY-SA From next Wednesday, thousands of young Australians under 16 will lose access to their accounts across ten social media platforms, as the teen social media ban takes effect. What do ... <a title="‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/make-the-platforms-safer-what-young-people-really-think-about-the-social-media-ban-270159/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University Youth crime is never far from the public consciousness, but Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s announcement of “adult time for violent crime” has brought the issue back into sharp focus. The proposed changes would see children as young as 14 ... <a title="Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/is-australia-in-a-youth-crime-crisis-heres-what-the-numbers-say-270375/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Arnold, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow (Lead Clinician), Monash University taylor hernandez/Unsplash In the Netflix show Nobody Wants This Morgan begins a relationship with her therapist Dr Andy. Morgan’s sister Joanne and the rest of Morgan’s family are concerned about the relationship. But the TV show ... <a title="Why dating your therapist is never OK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/why-dating-your-therapist-is-never-ok-269512/" aria-label="Read more about Why dating your therapist is never OK">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Lester, Professor of Ecology and Entomology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jonathan Raa/Getty Images The first Asian yellow-legged hornets observed in Auckland in winter were two old and slow males. Many people were concerned and worried. Now, at the end of spring, what ... <a title="NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nz-now-has-a-narrow-window-to-stop-the-asian-yellow-legged-hornet-heres-how-everyone-can-help-270800/" aria-label="Read more about NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Wander Women Collective/ Getty Images School bullying is one of the most serious issues facing Australian schools. Students who are bullied can be left psychologically and emotionally devastated for years afterwards. Last month, the federal ... <a title="Should anti-bullying approaches encourage kids to be ‘upstanders’? The evidence is not clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/should-anti-bullying-approaches-encourage-kids-to-be-upstanders-the-evidence-is-not-clear-270660/" aria-label="Read more about Should anti-bullying approaches encourage kids to be ‘upstanders’? The evidence is not clear">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand When rising teenage ballet star Tamison Soppet found out she had been selected as candidate for Switzerland’s prestigious Prix de Lausanne she jumped for joy. Waiting with her parents to join a two-hour ballet class in Paris, the shocked but smiling Christchurch 15-year-old was bursting with excitement when her mother called ... <a title="Tamison Soppet was the only Kiwi to be chosen for Switzerland’s Prix de Lausanne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/tamison-soppet-was-the-only-kiwi-to-be-chosen-for-switzerlands-prix-de-lausanne/" aria-label="Read more about Tamison Soppet was the only Kiwi to be chosen for Switzerland’s Prix de Lausanne">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An Iberia Airbus A320-251N prepares for takeoff in Madrid, Spain, on 12 October, 2025. AFP/ Urban and Sport – Joan Valls The Airbus A320 is a “very good aircraft to fly” and has been safely flying for more than 40 years, an aviation expert says. It comes after more than 6000 ... <a title="‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/very-good-aircraft-expert-on-airbus-a320-grounding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Blacks Sevens player Brady Rush. Photosport New Zealand has swept the Dubai round of the Sevens World Series with the Black Ferns Sevens and All Blacks Sevens beating Australia in their respective finals. The Black Ferns Sevens thumped their arch-rivals 29-14 before the All Blacks Sevens held on the beat ... <a title="All Blacks Sevens end title drought, Black Ferns Sevens get revenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/all-blacks-sevens-end-title-drought-black-ferns-sevens-get-revenge/" aria-label="Read more about All Blacks Sevens end title drought, Black Ferns Sevens get revenge">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This year also marks 40 years since the Burnett Foundation (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation) opened its doors. 123RF More than four decades after the first New Zealander was diagnosed with HIV, medical advances have completely changed the face of the once-fatal virus, but one man living with it says ... <a title="‘We are active members of society’: 40 Forty years of fighting HIV in NZ but the stigma is still there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/we-are-active-members-of-society-40-forty-years-of-fighting-hiv-in-nz-but-the-stigma-is-still-there/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are active members of society’: 40 Forty years of fighting HIV in NZ but the stigma is still there">Read more</a>
