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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Another morning, another crash on one of Auckland’s major roads. Traffic isn’t moving. Drivers sit in their cars rehearsing reasons for being late again. Radio hosts offer the usual advice: leave earlier and find ... <a title="Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/higher-speeds-lower-productivity-what-the-data-shows-crash-delays-really-cost-auckland-271734/" aria-label="Read more about Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Burke, Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology Jametlene Reskp/Unsplash The world’s dominant streaming service, Netflix, has announced its planned acquisition of Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (A$124.5 billion). The acquisition has provoked criticism from film ... <a title="Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/netflix-is-buying-warner-brothers-is-this-the-end-of-the-cinema-271518/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix is buying Warner Brothers. Is this the end of the cinema?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke can be seen coming from the hill at the southern end of the airport’s runway. RNZ/Lucy Emson There are reports of a fire near Wellington Airport. Smoke can be seen coming from the hill at the southern end of the runway. Police say an officer has seen it and called ... <a title="Fire sends smoke billowing near Wellington Airport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/fire-sends-smoke-billowing-near-wellington-airport/" aria-label="Read more about Fire sends smoke billowing near Wellington Airport">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Webb, Research Fellow, Democracy and Citizen Engagement, Centre for Deliberative Democracy, University of Canberra The Citizens’ Assembly/X Across the world, democracies are grappling with a widening gap between citizens and those who govern. Australia is no exception. Increasingly, people feel politics is something done to them, ... <a title="Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/politicians-bank-on-people-not-caring-about-democracy-but-research-shows-we-do-271106/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians bank on people not caring about democracy – but research shows we do">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Getty/Pedro Gomes/Redferns Imagine this: a band removes its entire music catalogue off Spotify in protest, only to discover an AI-generated impersonator has replaced it. The impersonator offers songs that sound much like the band’s originals. The imposter tops ... <a title="King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-quit-spotify-in-protest-only-for-an-ai-doppelganger-to-step-in-271735/" aria-label="Read more about King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Council are investigating what appears to be a bee swarm. Supplied Auckland Council staff are investigating an insect swarm in the central city this afternoon. A member of the public alerted council at about 12.15pm to a swarm on the corner of High Street and Shortland Street. In a video ... <a title="Reports of bee swarm in downtown Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/reports-of-bee-swarm-in-downtown-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Reports of bee swarm in downtown Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire started on Monday, a month after a large blaze. RNZ / Dan Jones Firefighters have left Tongariro National Park and handed it back to the Department of Conservation (DoC) following a blaze earlier this week. The fire began on Monday, just a month after a blaze covering almost 3000 ... <a title="Firefighters hand Tongariro National Park back to DoC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/firefighters-hand-tongariro-national-park-back-to-doc/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters hand Tongariro National Park back to DoC">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Hawke’s Bay officers had no legal grounds to pepper spray a man and force entry into his home, the police watchdog has found. The incident happened in July last year, when seven officers went to arrest the man for breaching bail. When police arrived at his Flaxmere ... <a title="Police had no grounds to pepper spray man and push into his home, watchdog says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/police-had-no-grounds-to-pepper-spray-man-and-push-into-his-home-watchdog-says/" aria-label="Read more about Police had no grounds to pepper spray man and push into his home, watchdog says">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Jordan Siemens/Getty Images As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it’s a good idea or even legal rages on – both at home and overseas. Yet barely acknowledged in ... <a title="If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/if-social-media-for-kids-is-so-bad-should-we-be-allowed-to-post-kids-photos-online-271387/" aria-label="Read more about If social media for kids is so bad, should we be allowed to post kids’ photos online?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Eden Carson of New Zealand celebrates with teammate Georgia Plimmer after defeating South Africa during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final 2024. Francois Nel/Getty Images White Ferns off-spinner Eden Carson will undergo surgery on her right elbow and is expected to be sidelined for six months, ruling her out of ... <a title="White Ferns spinner Eden Carson to miss World Cup title defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/white-ferns-spinner-eden-carson-to-miss-world-cup-title-defence/" aria-label="Read more about White Ferns spinner Eden Carson to miss World Cup title defence">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand People on Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. (File photo) RNZ / Pretoria Gordon Wellington city councillors have saved the City to Sea bridge from the bulldozers for now, while planning continues on its future. The CBD bridge was slated for demolition, but the works were paused while Wellington City Council awaited ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved from demolition – for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-from-demolition-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved from demolition – for now">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police are asking for the community’s help to find out what happened to a three-week-old baby who suffered a serious injury in the Hutt Valley. On 2 December, police were notified about a baby that had been brought into hospital by her family. She had a broken ... <a title="Call for public help after 3-week-old baby suffers broken leg in Hutt Valley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/call-for-public-help-after-3-week-old-baby-suffers-broken-leg-in-hutt-valley/" aria-label="Read more about Call for public help after 3-week-old baby suffers broken leg in Hutt Valley">Read more</a>
