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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A computer illustration of a person with foot pain. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rheumatologists in some regions are turning down about half the specialist referrals they receive from GPs in order to provide adequate treatment for their existing patients. However, they say even with restricting “in-flow” in that way, wait times ... <a title="‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/crunch-point-stretched-rheumatologists-decline-half-of-referrals-in-some-regions/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former mayor Peter Tennent is developing two buildings across the road including one which will house a family apartment overlooking the Tasman Sea. RNZ / Robin Martin A former New Plymouth mayor has put in a bid to buy two blocks of Kāinga Ora flats – planning to bowl them and ... <a title="Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/former-new-plymouth-mayor-bids-for-kainga-ora-flats-neighbouring-his-apartment-development/" aria-label="Read more about Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Best Oscar Contender/Best Movie of the Year One Battle After Another Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s career-long evocation of what he loves about the movies of the 1970s reaches new heights with this fist-pumpingly righteous call to action that reminds us that films actually used to, you know, be about stuff. As ... <a title="The best films of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/the-best-films-of-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best films of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults last year. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults than ever before as their rolls increased rapidly last year. Education Ministry figures show the number of stand-downs for children who physically assaulted other students or their teachers reached 9758 ... <a title="More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/more-than-10000-children-stood-down-for-physically-assaulting-other-students-teachers-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rising nitrate levels in drinking water have dominated Canterbury’s water quality debate, but anglers, conservationists and scientists are also worried about the environmental effects, with many rivers and streams testing well above the national bottom line. In the third of a three-part series, Keiller MacDuff reports on the people fighting for ... <a title="Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/anglers-becoming-endangered-species-on-some-canterbury-rivers/" aria-label="Read more about Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As the third Avatar film arrives in cinemas, it is fascinating to see how many people are still prepared to bet against James Cameron. I recall being skeptical before the first film in the series was released back in 2009. I wasn’t at all sure about the character designs for the ... <a title="Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/review-avatar-fire-and-ash-a-technical-spectacle-but-i-lost-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gun control expert Rebecca Peters. Supplied An international firearm regulation expert says the shooting at Bondi is not a sign gun laws aren’t effective – rather, it’s a wake up call for Australia’s enforcement. A father and son targeted a Jewish festival on Sunday evening, killing 15 people with legally-owned rifles. ... <a title="Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/australias-gun-law-complacency-a-result-of-early-success-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis speaking at the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update. RNZ Economists say the government is stuck between a rock and a hard place off the back of Treasury’s latest economic forecasts. Tuesday’s Half-Year Fiscal and Economic Update (HYEFU) saw a budget surplus stretch further out of reach, ... <a title="Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/economists-forecast-tough-calls-to-get-books-back-to-black/" aria-label="Read more about Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Morrisons Funerals have over 800 ashes sitting in storage. (File photo) An Auckland funeral home has reunited unclaimed ashes with about a dozen families, but still has over 800 remaining unclaimed after a call-out before a mass interment. In September, Morrisons Funerals said it had a secured room full of over ... <a title="Funeral home reunites families with unclaimed ashes, but over 800 still in storage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/funeral-home-reunites-families-with-unclaimed-ashes-but-over-800-still-in-storage/" aria-label="Read more about Funeral home reunites families with unclaimed ashes, but over 800 still in storage">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ex-deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Warning: This story discusses sexual abuse, which some may find disturbing. Jevon McSkimming’s sentencing on Wednesday should serve as a wake-up call to how common sex abuse images have become – and to help perpetrators stop accessing them, according to a child ... <a title="Jevon McSkimming case a wake-up call to child abuse ‘at every level’, charity says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/jevon-mcskimming-case-a-wake-up-call-to-child-abuse-at-every-level-charity-says/" aria-label="Read more about Jevon McSkimming case a wake-up call to child abuse ‘at every level’, charity says">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone WorkSafe has filed a charge in relation to the death of a Chinese worker who fell from a scissor lift during work last December. The worker came to New Zealand on a visa to work for an Auckland aluminium company. The worker fell from a scissor lift ... <a title="WorkSafe files charge following worker’s fatal fall from scissor lift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/worksafe-files-charge-following-workers-fatal-fall-from-scissor-lift/" aria-label="Read more about WorkSafe files charge following worker’s fatal fall from scissor lift">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Wednesday’s budget update will project a deficit of $36.8 billion for this financial year, which is $5.4 billion better than forecast in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO) issued before the May election. The update projects deficits that are ... <a title="Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/mid-year-budget-update-will-project-deficit-of-nearly-37-billion-for-current-financial-year-271946/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year">Read more</a>
