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December 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Candice Harris, Professor of Management, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Let’s face it: as well as sparkly and bright, the coming of Christmas can feel daunting, overwhelming and exhausting. In the workplace, the tenets of good leadership help build a culture of positivity, resilience and cooperation. ... <a title="Don’t drive the sleigh on your own: 5 tested management tips for surviving Christmas like a boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/dont-drive-the-sleigh-on-your-own-5-tested-management-tips-for-surviving-christmas-like-a-boss-271522/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t drive the sleigh on your own: 5 tested management tips for surviving Christmas like a boss">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nelly Liyanagamage, Lecturer, University of Wollongong Marcelo Ferrari/Pixabay Christmas is just around the corner, and you might be wondering how to spend those long, lazy afternoons. If you’re tired of the same old Monopoly, perhaps it’s time to try Settlers of Catan. It’s a strategy board game ... <a title="Could Settlers of Catan make you a better strategist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/could-settlers-of-catan-make-you-a-better-strategist-269494/" aria-label="Read more about Could Settlers of Catan make you a better strategist?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anyone applying for a home loan now could face an extra wait for an answer. RNZ Anyone applying for a home loan now could face an extra wait for an answer. Mortgage advisers say a busier-than-usual period for applications, coupled with the impending Christmas break, could mean a wait for some ... <a title="Why home loan applicants might face an extra wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/why-home-loan-applicants-might-face-an-extra-wait/" aria-label="Read more about Why home loan applicants might face an extra wait">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Search engines in Australia will soon have to blur pornographic and violent images in some cases to limit the chances children accidentally encounter this content. This is one of several rules ... <a title="Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/search-engines-will-soon-start-filtering-adult-content-under-new-esafety-rules-271724/" aria-label="Read more about Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jefferson, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Miljko/Getty Images As the summer holidays begin, parents may feel concerned their children will “forget how to spell their own names” during the long school break. Or there may be worries about forgetting times tables, slipping reading levels ... <a title="Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/should-kids-at-least-do-a-little-bit-of-school-work-over-the-holidays-271952/" aria-label="Read more about Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorcylists and drivers are being told to take extra care through State Highway 2 around Remutaka Hill. NZTA Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast to hit central New Zealand in the days leading up to Christmas. A front from over the Tasman Sea moved over the North Island on Tuesday, ... <a title="Weather: Warning to drivers as wild weather hits central New Zealand before Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/weather-warning-to-drivers-as-wild-weather-hits-central-new-zealand-before-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Warning to drivers as wild weather hits central New Zealand before Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A 30-year-old man allegedly threatened police with a knife and bit an officer during an arrest in Dunedin. Police were told a man was trying to steal vehicles, and identified a person walking on King Edward Street about 10am on Friday, Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said. “Officers verbally informed him ... <a title="Man allegedly bites officer during arrest, threatens police with knife" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/man-allegedly-bites-officer-during-arrest-threatens-police-with-knife/" aria-label="Read more about Man allegedly bites officer during arrest, threatens police with knife">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Opinion – I have a vivid memory of the moment I realised Santa didn’t exist. I was around six years old, it was the height of summer, and I was sitting on the step outside our back door, thinking about God. The existence of God, back then, was something that annoyed ... <a title="The case for lying to kids about Santa – a philosopher’s view" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/the-case-for-lying-to-kids-about-santa-a-philosophers-view/" aria-label="Read more about The case for lying to kids about Santa – a philosopher’s view">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers guard Izaiah Brockington. www.photosport.nz The New Zealand Breakers have slumped to a third straight defeat, beaten 99-85 by the Bullets in their NBL clash in Brisbane. The hosts entered the game having lost their past seven matches by an average of 22 points. However, they put that aside score 56 ... <a title="Breakers beaten by Bullets to fall to third straight loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/breakers-beaten-by-bullets-to-fall-to-third-straight-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Breakers beaten by Bullets to fall to third straight loss">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One crew is still there dampening down hotspots. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Firefighters are responding to a fire at a commercial property in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said four crews were called to the scene shortly after 3.30am on Tuesday to find the building well involved. ... <a title="Firefighters called to blaze at Christchurch business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/firefighters-called-to-blaze-at-christchurch-business/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters called to blaze at Christchurch business">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori’ co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi. RNZ/Liliian Hanly Te Pāti Māori co-leaders say they were “blindsided” at the way things “spiralled out of control” this year. Both Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi know next year be “tough”, but insist “there is no left bloc without Te Pāti Māori”. ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori insists no left bloc without it, prepares to mobilise support again next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/te-pati-maori-insists-no-left-bloc-without-it-prepares-to-mobilise-support-again-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori insists no left bloc without it, prepares to mobilise support again next year">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Northland fisherman Cliff Barnes, 80, has had more brushes with death than most of us have had hot fish dinners. He’s fallen off his fishing boat and watched it chug off into the distance. Another time he survived in a cave for a week with nothing to eat but rotting octopus. It ... <a title="Ten interesting New Zealanders we met this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/ten-interesting-new-zealanders-we-met-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about Ten interesting New Zealanders we met this year">Read more</a>
