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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand International and French media on Monday paid tribute to Brigitte Bardot, with some highlighting her reputation as “the greatest sex symbol of French cinema” and others her role as a “controversial activist”. Images of the screen legend were splashed across media outlets around the globe following the announcement of her death ... <a title="Media on Bardot: France’s biggest ‘sex symbol’ or ‘crazy cat lady’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/media-on-bardot-frances-biggest-sex-symbol-or-crazy-cat-lady/" aria-label="Read more about Media on Bardot: France’s biggest ‘sex symbol’ or ‘crazy cat lady’">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The roof of an unoccupied home in the Auckland suburb of Hillsborough came off in high winds and scattered debris down the road. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Wild weather battered much of the North Island on Monday, disrupting campers, and there’s more stormy conditions on the way. Follow the latest ... <a title="Live weather updates: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/live-weather-updates-tents-destroyed-trees-down-in-heavy-winds/" aria-label="Read more about Live weather updates: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has died in hospital after being struck by a car in Napier on Saturday. The man was hit around 10pm on McGrath Street, and suffered critical injuries. Police said the man died on Monday. Police would like to speak to any witnesses and are continuing ... <a title="Man dies after being hit by car in Napier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/man-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-in-napier/" aria-label="Read more about Man dies after being hit by car in Napier">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Brown, Lecturer in Math and Physics, CQUniversity Australia Pixabay/Pexels Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking and preserving food. They gathered around a flickering fire to share stories, pass on cultural knowledge and build community. ... <a title="What actually is fire? A physicist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/what-actually-is-fire-a-physicist-explains-269708/" aria-label="Read more about What actually is fire? A physicist explains">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Peden, NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney Kindel Media/Pexels It’s summer so kids’ playdates and birthday parties might start moving from the playground to the pool. I research how to prevent drowning. I’m also a mum ... <a title="It’s a pool party! How to stay safe around the pool with friends this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/its-a-pool-party-how-to-stay-safe-around-the-pool-with-friends-this-summer-268090/" aria-label="Read more about It’s a pool party! How to stay safe around the pool with friends this summer">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rumen Rachev, PhD Candidate, Edith Cowan University Thomas Koukas/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-ND As a scholar researching clouds, I have spent much of my time trying to understand the economy of the sky. Not the weather reports showing scudding rainclouds, but the deeper logic of cloud movements, their distributions ... <a title="Clouds are vital to life – but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here’s how to see the changes above us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/clouds-are-vital-to-life-but-many-are-becoming-wispy-ghosts-heres-how-to-see-the-changes-above-us-265575/" aria-label="Read more about Clouds are vital to life – but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here’s how to see the changes above us">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Campground managers in the North Island are hoping for sunnier weather leading up to New Year’s. Ruth Kuo Wild weather battered much of the North Island on Monday, disrupting campers, causing power outages and downing trees. In the parts of the South Island, strong winds brought down trees overnight. Has your ... <a title="Weather: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/weather-tents-destroyed-trees-down-in-heavy-winds/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Brockett, Professor of Sport Systems Development, Victoria University Sport is one of the most climate-sensitive aspects of Australian life, yet still sits largely outside the national conversation on climate exposure. Sport attracts around 14 million participants annually in Australia. According to national data from July 2023 ... <a title="Can Australian sport ever be environmentally sustainable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/can-australian-sport-ever-be-environmentally-sustainable-267545/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australian sport ever be environmentally sustainable?">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Dovey, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne Among his other ongoing projects, US President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term on a renovation. The Oval Office has been converted into a miniature palace festooned with gold bling, the rose ... <a title="Architecture isn’t neutral. It’s been shaping political power for millennia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/architecture-isnt-neutral-its-been-shaping-political-power-for-millennia-267742/" aria-label="Read more about Architecture isn’t neutral. It’s been shaping political power for millennia">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University Pinterest, Canva, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY These days, human resources (HR) departments want us to use official titles for jobs. But we know the social truths of a job — how well that job gets done, whether we like ... <a title="Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – origins of nicknames for jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/babblers-cops-and-quacks-the-sometimes-dark-but-often-amusing-origins-of-nicknames-for-jobs-270647/" aria-label="Read more about Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – origins of nicknames for jobs">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY “All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments”, proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st-2nd century CE), the Roman poet. Today, 20,000 ... <a title="‘Weights of gold in bullion’: how the ancients invested in precious metals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/weights-of-gold-in-bullion-how-the-ancients-invested-in-precious-metals-268207/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: how the ancients invested in precious metals">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Phoenix are now 10th following the defeat to Melbourne Victory. Masanori Udagawa/Photosport The Wellington Phoenix have fallen to their heaviest defeat of the A-League season, thumped 5-1 by Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park. Ramy Najjarine drew the Phoenix level at 1-1 midway through the first half but the hosts scored ... <a title="Phoenix crushed by Victory in A-League clash in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/phoenix-crushed-by-victory-in-a-league-clash-in-melbourne/" aria-label="Read more about Phoenix crushed by Victory in A-League clash in Melbourne">Read more</a>
