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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A quake described by GeoNet as “strong” shook the lower North Island on Friday morning. It measured 4.7 and struck 10 km southwest of Pongaroa at a depth of 17km at 7.16am. Pongaroa is southwest of Hastings and northeast of Wellington. Felt reports were lodged from the top of the ... <a title="‘Strong’ quake shakes lower North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/strong-quake-shakes-lower-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Strong’ quake shakes lower North Island">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulomi (Polly) Burey, Professor in Food Science, University of Southern Queensland Manki Kim/Unsplash When you splurge on a cocktail in a bar, the drink often comes with a slab of aesthetically pleasing, perfectly clear ice. The stuff looks much fancier than the slightly cloudy ice you get ... <a title="How do I make clear ice at home? A food scientist shares easy tips" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/how-do-i-make-clear-ice-at-home-a-food-scientist-shares-easy-tips-267544/" aria-label="Read more about How do I make clear ice at home? A food scientist shares easy tips">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Fire and Emergency will be relying on volunteer crews to fight fires in the main centres on Boxing Day between midday and 1pm, as its paid staff go on strike. Talks between the fire service and ... <a title="Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/paid-firefighters-to-briefly-strike-on-boxing-day/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. 123RF Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur’s Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and Emergency says it responded to a crash around 10.15pm on Christmas Day on State Highway 73, near the turnoff to Mount White. A car had run into a fallen ... <a title="Rockfall blocks state highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/rockfall-blocks-state-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Rockfall blocks state highway">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some time in the mid-2000s, a singular piece of music found its way onto student radio and other playlists. Consisting only of multi-tracked voices – like a one-person choir – The Awakening was a spooky song-poem: “a canon set in purgatory” as its author would later describe it. The subject of ... <a title="What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/what-makes-dudley-bensons-the-awakening-an-essential-album/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists’ visualisation for Auckland Transport of light rail in Mt Roskill. Supplied / Auckland Transport A public transport advocate, whose Auckland Light Rail submission made it onto the NZ Infrastructure Commission’s list of priorities, said light rail and mass transit needs to be brought back and become part of the ... <a title="Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/scrapped-light-rail-must-become-aucklands-long-term-transport-plan-advocate-says/" aria-label="Read more about Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Penny Smith Scientists are asking people to watch out for any Māui or Hector’s dolphins spotted in North Island waters, and report them. Māui dolphin are critically endangered, while Hector’s dolphins are vulnerable. Earthrace Conservation/Liz Slooten (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Sightings of a rare dolphin in the Bay of Islands in ... <a title="Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/rare-hectors-or-maui-dolphin-spotted-in-northland-prompts-questions/" aria-label="Read more about Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) 123RF Hundreds of households in the lower South Island are still without electricity after severe thunderstorms damaged powerlines. Power has been restored to many homes in Mosgiel near Dunedin, but at 10pm provider Aurora still listed around 300 customers impacted by outages. Dozens of rural areas in Southland are ... <a title="Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/hundreds-lose-power-in-dunedin-thunderstorms/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The number of people in the Auckland region who died without any family or friends to handle funeral arrangements leapt in the last year. If someone dies and no family or friends come forward to claim the body, some councils cover the cost of a burial or ... <a title="What happens to people who die without any relatives to bury them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/what-happens-to-people-who-die-without-any-relatives-to-bury-them/" aria-label="Read more about What happens to people who die without any relatives to bury them?">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework ahead of the Boxing Day sale frenzy. RNZ Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework, double check gift cards and know their rights ahead of Boxing Day sale frenzy. Electronic transaction figures showed pre-Christmas spending was slightly down on last ... <a title="What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/what-to-remember-before-your-boxing-day-shopping-spree/" aria-label="Read more about What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A person has been airlifted to Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle rolled over in Northland. St John were called to Pouto Point at around 2.30pm. One person with moderate injuries was treated at the scene and a second person with critical injuries ... <a title="Person critically injured after vehicle rollover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/person-critically-injured-after-vehicle-rollover/" aria-label="Read more about Person critically injured after vehicle rollover">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christmas lunch diners John Kiegan and Thelma Balthiejus. RNZ / Ellen O’Dwyer Since early Christmas morning, volunteers, chefs and do-gooders have been busy cooking up Christmas Spirit in Upper Hutt. The Rimutaka Lions Club held its annual Christmas lunch today, a tradition running for nearly four decades. Known as Room at ... <a title="Tucking in the Christmas spirit in Upper Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/tucking-in-the-christmas-spirit-in-upper-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Tucking in the Christmas spirit in Upper Hutt">Read more</a>
