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December 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor in Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images It is now clear the government has failed to meet New Zealand’s smokefree goal of fewer than 5% of people from all population groups smoking by the end of this year. According to the latest New ... <a title="8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/8-reasons-the-government-should-not-introduce-oral-nicotine-pouches-to-nz-271604/" aria-label="Read more about 8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat could be made suitable for sale. From next year, small-scale meat processors will be subject to reduced meat sampling and testing requirements – compared to ... <a title="New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-government-rules-coming-for-micro-abattoirs-homekill-for-sale-in-pipeline/" aria-label="Read more about New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Swimming is one of 10 sporting codes on show during the Special Olympics’ national summer games. SUPPLIED / SPECIAL OLYMPICS A special kind of sporting fever has arrived in Christchurch ahead of the start of the highly anticipated return of the Special Olympics. The official start of the 2025 National Summer ... <a title="‘It’s here, it’s finally here’: Highly anticipated Special Olympics returns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/its-here-its-finally-here-highly-anticipated-special-olympics-returns/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s here, it’s finally here’: Highly anticipated Special Olympics returns">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand With the warm air comes a familiar whine in your ear and that inevitable itch on your ankle. Before you curse the bloodsuckers away, Julia Kasper, lead curator of invertebrates at Te Papa, reminds us seeing these critters is a good thing for the ecosystem. Mosquito and sandfly larvae help filter ... <a title="Avoiding the bloodsucking bugs: What works to repel them and stop the itch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/avoiding-the-bloodsucking-bugs-what-works-to-repel-them-and-stop-the-itch/" aria-label="Read more about Avoiding the bloodsucking bugs: What works to repel them and stop the itch">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand When residents have a gripe about rain, stray dogs, berm maintenance, or even a tree root, they call their councillor. Today The Detail is calling those councillors, too. Bryan Cadogan has 27 years of local politics stories up his sleeve, but the 2am phone call from a furious resident takes the ... <a title="Stray dogs and berms: The biggest bugbears of suburbia, and why they make us so mad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/stray-dogs-and-berms-the-biggest-bugbears-of-suburbia-and-why-they-make-us-so-mad/" aria-label="Read more about Stray dogs and berms: The biggest bugbears of suburbia, and why they make us so mad">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A mayday call in a notorious stretch of water triggers an urgent search and rescue operation in Wellington. Emergency services pull in Coastguard, even a Cook Strait ferry. But a day later, the search is called off. No one was ever reported missing, and no debris was ever found. Who was ... <a title="A mysterious mayday call and the boat that was never found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/a-mysterious-mayday-call-and-the-boat-that-was-never-found/" aria-label="Read more about A mysterious mayday call and the boat that was never found">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook One of the country’s top judges commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it. Documents released under the Official Information Act (OIA) show principal Family Court Judge Jackie Moran travelled to Sydney to scope out two ... <a title="Officials shelved judge’s trans-Tasman family violence probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/officials-shelved-judges-trans-tasman-family-violence-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Officials shelved judge’s trans-Tasman family violence probe">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Waikato Hospital cardiothoracic nurse and surgical assistants Kelsey Abercrombie, Jacque Roberts, and Georgia Miller. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod People needing heart bypass surgery in Waikato are leaving hospital with fewer scars, thanks to a specially trained nurse team. Waikato was the only region in the country where the new procedure was ... <a title="New technique at Waikato Hospital leaves heart bypass patients with fewer scars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/new-technique-at-waikato-hospital-leaves-heart-bypass-patients-with-fewer-scars/" aria-label="Read more about New technique at Waikato Hospital leaves heart bypass patients with fewer scars">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [xh ]Inland Revenue accused of ‘behind closed doors’ push for tax Accountants expressed concerns in May about IR plans to make some societies’ and associations’ membership fees subject to tax. RNZ Inland Revenue is pushing ahead with consultation on a plan that would see organisations that charge membership fees having to ... <a title="Inland Revenue accused of ‘behind closed doors’ push for tax on groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/inland-revenue-accused-of-behind-closed-doors-push-for-tax-on-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Inland Revenue accused of ‘behind closed doors’ push for tax on groups">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A bloodied Selah Weingott at Whanganui Hospital following the fishing charter on which she broke her nose and fractured her shoulder. Supplied Two Whanganui women say what should’ve been a dream fishing trip ended up being a nightmare – one they don’t want anyone else to have to go through. Patsy ... <a title="Dream fishing charter trip ends in nightmare after two injured crossing infamous Pātea bar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/dream-fishing-charter-trip-ends-in-nightmare-after-two-injured-crossing-infamous-patea-bar/" aria-label="Read more about Dream fishing charter trip ends in nightmare after two injured crossing infamous Pātea bar">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Earlier this year Don McGlashan made headlines when he had a spat with National Party MP and Cabinet minister Chris Bishop at the Aotearoa Music Awards. “I didn’t know who he was… I heard all this fury and somebody complaining and then Stan Walker did his big piece, with a lot ... <a title="What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/what-spurred-don-mcglashan-to-tell-off-chris-bishop-at-the-amas/" aria-label="Read more about What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister David Seymour. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government has formally revoked the official notice of its charter school contract with a trust that never existed. But the sports-focused school in Trentham will still go ahead. In October, Associate Education Minister David Seymour published a notice in the New ... <a title="Government revokes sports school contract with non-existent trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/government-revokes-sports-school-contract-with-non-existent-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Government revokes sports school contract with non-existent trust">Read more</a>
