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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>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A woman who lost the ruby from her wedding ring had her claim turned down by her insurer. Supplied / Unsplash A case in which a woman had her claim for a lost stone from her ring turned down by her insurer is a reminder to check your cover, Consumer NZ ... <a title="Why a claim for a stone lost from a wedding ring was turned down by the insurer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/why-a-claim-for-a-stone-lost-from-a-wedding-ring-was-turned-down-by-the-insurer/" aria-label="Read more about Why a claim for a stone lost from a wedding ring was turned down by the insurer">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Jamie Tahana for RNZ Pacific Vishal Prasad (Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change) speaks to the press before the International Court of Justice following the conclusion of an advisory opinion on countries’ obligations to protect the climate. AFP / Lina Selg 2025 was a big year for Vishal Prasad. From ... <a title="How a Fiji man took on the world’s biggest polluters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/how-a-fiji-man-took-on-the-worlds-biggest-polluters/" aria-label="Read more about How a Fiji man took on the world’s biggest polluters">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour’s trade spokesperson Damien O’Connor. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Labour will not say if it will give its backing to the government’s free trade agreement (FTA) with India, but acknowledges it seems like a “good step forward” in something the party would support. Labour’s trade spokesperson Damien O’Connor said he was ... <a title="Labour won’t say if it’ll back India free trade deal, says it’s a ‘good step forward’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/labour-wont-say-if-itll-back-india-free-trade-deal-says-its-a-good-step-forward/" aria-label="Read more about Labour won’t say if it’ll back India free trade deal, says it’s a ‘good step forward’">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Team New Zealand in action off Barcelona, 2024. PHOTOSPORT Which teams will challenge for 38th America’s Cup has become clearer six weeks out from the entry window for the 2027 event slamming shut. On Monday it was revealed which teams make up the new America’s Cup Partnership (ACP), which in turn ... <a title="Who is backing the future of the America’s Cup?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/who-is-backing-the-future-of-the-americas-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Who is backing the future of the America’s Cup?">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minster Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay announce the deal. Mark Papalii Business groups have welcomed the announcement of a new Free Trade Agreement with India, but a partner in the coalition government will not support it, saying it is a “bad deal”. The government announced this evening that ... <a title="FTA with India: ‘Bad deal’ or ‘strategically significant milestone’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/fta-with-india-bad-deal-or-strategically-significant-milestone/" aria-label="Read more about FTA with India: ‘Bad deal’ or ‘strategically significant milestone’?">Read more</a>
