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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A person is in a serious condition after a crash on State Highway 1 near Wellsford. Police were called to the single vehicle crash at about 4pm. Police say the road was not blocked after the crash. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated ... <a title="Serious injuries after SH1 crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/serious-injuries-after-sh1-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Serious injuries after SH1 crash">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Niva Chittock A major Queenstown tourism operator and two other contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall. Skyline Enterprises, along with contractors Naylor Love Central Otago Limited and Wilsons Contractors Limited, were charged for breaches ... <a title="Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/major-queenstown-tourism-operator-sentenced-over-landslip-that-forced-evacuations/" aria-label="Read more about Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Farmers will be exposed to the uncertainty of the three-year political cycle by the government’s decision to walk away from the bipartisan consensus on climate change, the Greens say. The government is pushing through all three stages of a bill to weaken the 2050 methane emissions target ... <a title="Parliament debates climate targets under urgency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/parliament-debates-climate-targets-under-urgency/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament debates climate targets under urgency">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney Maria Korneeva/Getty Australia is in its busiest month for short-term overseas travel. And there are so many things to consider when planning your trip. Unfortunately, it’s easy to overlook the importance of pre-travel vaccinations. That’s ... <a title="I’m heading overseas. Do I really need travel vaccines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/im-heading-overseas-do-i-really-need-travel-vaccines-269495/" aria-label="Read more about I’m heading overseas. Do I really need travel vaccines?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Like everyone else, teenagers want to have fun and feel like they’re on holiday when summer comes. They can also push back on routine and expectations and argue that, because there’s no school, there should also be no rules. Gaming all night then crashing until midday doesn’t make anyone feel good, ... <a title="How to set boundaries for teens over the summer break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-to-set-boundaries-for-teens-over-the-summer-break/" aria-label="Read more about How to set boundaries for teens over the summer break">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Emergency services are responding to a crash on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway on Friday afternoon. The crash involves a logging truck and car and has blocked the northbound lanes. It was reported about 3.30pm, between Kaikorai Valley Rd turnoff and Caversham Valley Road on-ramp. There are no reports ... <a title="Logging truck and car crash blocks Dunedin’s Southern Motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/logging-truck-and-car-crash-blocks-dunedins-southern-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Logging truck and car crash blocks Dunedin’s Southern Motorway">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Masamba had just celebrated his 23rd birthday two weeks ago. Facebook / Hamilton Zoo Hamilton Zoo has announced the death of one of its giraffes. Masamba had just celebrated his 23rd birthday, but had been in declining in health, the zoo said in a social media post on Friday. “Unfortunately, no ... <a title="Hamilton Zoo announces ‘deeply tragic’ death of giraffe Masamba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/hamilton-zoo-announces-deeply-tragic-death-of-giraffe-masamba/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton Zoo announces ‘deeply tragic’ death of giraffe Masamba">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Howard Temple, 85. The Press/Kai Schwoerer The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale is appealing his imprisonment for abusing girls and young women at the community. Howard Temple, 85, was on Friday afternoon jailed for more than two years for sexually assaulting six girls and young women at the West Coast Christian ... <a title="Gloriavale’s ex-leader Howard Temple appeals prison sentence for sex offending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/gloriavales-ex-leader-howard-temple-appeals-prison-sentence-for-sex-offending/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale’s ex-leader Howard Temple appeals prison sentence for sex offending">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises, relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this time, their conflict may not be easily resolved. ... <a title="Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/why-tensions-between-china-and-japan-are-unlikely-to-be-resolved-soon-271527/" aria-label="Read more about Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rudmer Zwerver CreativeNature.nl A low-emissions future for farming will likely mean fewer cows – but farmers will struggle to diversify without financial and infrastructure support, government-funded research has found. The research, done for the government-funded Agricultural Emissions Centre, said a lack of confidence in mitigation technology, threats to profitability, and mixed ... <a title="How to support a low-emissions farming future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-to-support-a-low-emissions-farming-future/" aria-label="Read more about How to support a low-emissions farming future">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Cap Daryl Mitchell in action on day two. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd 2025 The Black Caps bounced back from a dramatic draw in the first test, to dismantle the West Indies by nine wickets in Wellington in the second. Chasing a meagre 576 runs for victory on ... <a title="Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/black-caps-v-west-indies-second-test-day-three/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 12, 2025.
