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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A Taupō family of six walked the length of the country along Te Araroa trail, homeschooling all the way, having never done an overnight hike before. A jubilant Courtney and Andrew Williams and their children Elliot, 6, Skye, 9, Summer, 11, and Oliver, 13, finished the 3048km walk from Cape Reinga ... <a title="People who pushed the limits in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/people-who-pushed-the-limits-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about People who pushed the limits in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has reversed his previous opposition to the Chorus debt sell-off, saying it is “monetisation” rather than an asset sale. Finance Minister Nicola Willis last week confirmed the government would sell about $650m in interest-free loans ... <a title="Winston Peters makes u-turn on Chorus debt sell-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/winston-peters-makes-u-turn-on-chorus-debt-sell-off/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters makes u-turn on Chorus debt sell-off">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Marika Khabazi is a video journalist with Georgian and Russian ancestry. She moved to New Zealand as a 16-year-old in 2008 to pursue a career in the Film and TV industry. Her documentary explores the power and similarities of the Māori haka to Georgian traditional dance. As ... <a title="‘Our sense of identity’: What New Zealand and Georgia have in common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/our-sense-of-identity-what-new-zealand-and-georgia-have-in-common/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our sense of identity’: What New Zealand and Georgia have in common">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Water schemes for many small and rural communities lacked the same protections and treatment of systems for larger urban areas. HENDRIK SCHMIDT Holidaymakers need to be vigilant by checking the quality of drinking water at their holiday spots which run on riskier schemes, Water New Zealand says. The water industry body ... <a title="Holiday makers warned to check destination water is safe to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/holiday-makers-warned-to-check-destination-water-is-safe-to-drink/" aria-label="Read more about Holiday makers warned to check destination water is safe to drink">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand skier Alice Robinson © Erich Spiess / Red Bull Content Pool 2025 / PHOTOSPORT Queenstown skier Alice Robinson is a genuine contender for the podium in two events at the Winter Olympics in February. Robinson has followed up her historic Super G World Cup win last week by finishing ... <a title="Alice Robinson an Olympic podium contender after another impressive result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/alice-robinson-an-olympic-podium-contender-after-another-impressive-result/" aria-label="Read more about Alice Robinson an Olympic podium contender after another impressive result">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has been arrested in Wellington CBD, after reports of someone with a gun. Police said they received a report just after 6am on Monday that someone at a Willis Street residence could be in possession of a gun. Police said they attended the residence and ... <a title="Person with imitation gun arrested in Wellington CBD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/person-with-imitation-gun-arrested-in-wellington-cbd/" aria-label="Read more about Person with imitation gun arrested in Wellington CBD">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The head of the Predator Free NZ Trust says there is “some complexity” in using sound to keep cats away from nesting native birds. Jessi Morgan says it is important to keep the country’s native wildlife safe, while recognising the role cats play as companions. A project from the Bioeconomy Science ... <a title="Keeping cats away with sound: ‘It’s important we explore these different options’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/keeping-cats-away-with-sound-its-important-we-explore-these-different-options/" aria-label="Read more about Keeping cats away with sound: ‘It’s important we explore these different options’">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Jacobson, Senior Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Queensland Amelia Frank, June 1930. University of Wisconsin In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare ... <a title="Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/who-was-amelia-frank-the-life-of-a-forgotten-physicist-270953/" aria-label="Read more about Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanna Trnka, Professor of Anthropolgy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Health isn’t what it used to be – namely the absence of being sick. Ask any teenager today what it means to them to be healthy, and you’re likely to hear about the vast ... <a title="More than just being well: teens and Gen Z are redefining what it means to be healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/more-than-just-being-well-teens-and-gen-z-are-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-healthy-269258/" aria-label="Read more about More than just being well: teens and Gen Z are redefining what it means to be healthy">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Nicholas, Lecturer in Dance and Performance Science, Edith Cowan University Westend61/Getty The festive season can throw our exercise routines out the window. You might be staying somewhere different, with no access to a gym. Maybe your yoga studio is closed or social sport is on a ... <a title="No gym or regular routine? Here’s how to stay fit over the holiday break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/no-gym-or-regular-routine-heres-how-to-stay-fit-over-the-holiday-break-270296/" aria-label="Read more about No gym or regular routine? Here’s how to stay fit over the holiday break">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamshid Aghaei, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Central Queensland University, CQUniversity Australia Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity to more than half a million ... <a title="When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/when-disasters-strike-home-batteries-could-be-a-lifeline-264698/" aria-label="Read more about When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi, Adjunct Professor in Disaster Management, James Cook University This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what followed. ... <a title="Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/disaster-after-disaster-do-we-have-enough-raw-materials-to-build-back-better-265682/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?">Read more</a>
