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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Coral Shaw has been recognised for her work, among other things, as a Commissioner on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Libby Kirkby-McLeod/RNZ Teacher, lawyer, judge and head of a royal commission – Dame Coral Shaw’s career has always been about giving back to those most vulnerable. ... <a title="New Year Honours: Recognition for Dame Coral Shaw – Teacher, lawyer, judge and head of a royal commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/new-year-honours-recognition-for-dame-coral-shaw-teacher-lawyer-judge-and-head-of-a-royal-commission/" aria-label="Read more about New Year Honours: Recognition for Dame Coral Shaw – Teacher, lawyer, judge and head of a royal commission">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Erin and her horse Scooter. Supplied Auckland rider Erin Swainston knew she had to let go of the reins, or be crushed by her beloved horse when it lost its footing. “Waves were kind of throwing us around, Scooter was thrashing and trying to get his feet up underneath him and ... <a title="‘Literally the worst nightmare’: Hundreds-strong hunt for beloved runaway horse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/literally-the-worst-nightmare-hundreds-strong-hunt-for-beloved-runaway-horse/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Literally the worst nightmare’: Hundreds-strong hunt for beloved runaway horse">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Graham Le Gros, Coral Shaw, Dorothy Spotswood and Scott Dixon are four of the seven being named Dames and Knights. RNZ Seven new Knights and Dames have been named on the New Year Honours list. They include Dames Helen Danesh-Meyer, Carol Shaw and Dorothy Spotswood and Sirs Scott Dixon, Rod ... <a title="2026 New Year Honours: Seven New Zealanders named Knights and Dames" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/2026-new-year-honours-seven-new-zealanders-named-knights-and-dames/" aria-label="Read more about 2026 New Year Honours: Seven New Zealanders named Knights and Dames">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Think about how a great album is made, and it’s hard to escape the image of musicians notching up hundreds of hours of studio time crafting their masterwork, or engineers hunched over mixing boards, deliberating over every beat and chord. Some albums are made that way, but it isn’t the only ... <a title="Essential New Zealand Albums: The Warratahs – The Only Game In Town" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/essential-new-zealand-albums-the-warratahs-the-only-game-in-town/" aria-label="Read more about Essential New Zealand Albums: The Warratahs – The Only Game In Town">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Here is the full list of everyone receiving a 2026 New Year Honour: Dame Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM): DANESH-MEYER, Professor Helen Victoria, CNZM – for services to ophthalmology SHAW, Coral May – for services to public service, the ... <a title="New Year Honours 2026 – the full list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/new-year-honours-2026-the-full-list/" aria-label="Read more about New Year Honours 2026 – the full list">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Festival goers at Rhythm and Vines are off to a soggy start after the region was wiped with heavy rain. Lucy Parkinson Much of the country is in for another rainy day on Wednesday, after severe wind and rain battered the North Island and upper South Island. Tuesday’s wild weather downed ... <a title="‘Quite heavy in localised areas ‘: More rain on the way for New Year’s Eve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/quite-heavy-in-localised-areas-more-rain-on-the-way-for-new-years-eve/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quite heavy in localised areas ‘: More rain on the way for New Year’s Eve">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The invasive gold clams. Supplied / MPI Te Arawa Lakes Trust and local councils are banding together in the battle against invasive gold clams. The trust is worried about the lakes in its area and the boaties coming to use them. A hui at Lake Ōkāreka has resolved to stand up ... <a title="Te Arawa Lakes Trust battles invasive gold clams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/te-arawa-lakes-trust-battles-invasive-gold-clams/" aria-label="Read more about Te Arawa Lakes Trust battles invasive gold clams">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The invasive gold clams. Supplied / MPI Te Arawa Lakes Trust and local councils are banding together in the battle against invasive gold clams. The trust is worried about the lakes in its area and the boaties coming to use them. A hui at Lake Ōkāreka has resolved to stand up ... <a title="Te Arawa Lakes Trust battle invasive gold clams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/te-arawa-lakes-trust-battle-invasive-gold-clams/" aria-label="Read more about Te Arawa Lakes Trust battle invasive gold clams">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kitchen Things went into receivership mid-year. Google Maps It’s been another tough year financially for many New Zealand households and businesses. While some commentators said in 2024 that businesses needed to focus on the mantra “survive til 2025”, for some it was a case of battling to survive through the year, ... <a title="Ten businesses that didn’t survive 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/ten-businesses-that-didnt-survive-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Ten businesses that didn’t survive 2025">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There were a plethora of bizarre, quirky, and eye popping moments in the world of sport in 2025. Photosport What happened in the unpredictable world of sport in 2025? Jonty Dine takes a look back. Whistling Webby Sick of a lack of accountability for referees, Warriors coach Andrew Webster was not ... <a title="Sport in 2025: The weird, wacky and wonderful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/sport-in-2025-the-weird-wacky-and-wonderful/" aria-label="Read more about Sport in 2025: The weird, wacky and wonderful">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has died after a single vehicle crash on State Highway 2 near Tangoio. The single vehicle crash was reported just after 11:40am today. The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. It is the first death on New Zealand roads in this holiday period, although a man ... <a title="State Highway 2 reopens after fatal crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/state-highway-2-reopens-after-fatal-crash/" aria-label="Read more about State Highway 2 reopens after fatal crash">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Port Hills fire on 14 February 2024. Stuff / Kai Schwoerer Off the back of two devastating wildfires in Tongariro National Park, the country is facing another summer of increased fire risk. And while our wildfire history pales in comparison to our neighbours in Australia, New Zealand has had its ... <a title="A history of New Zealand’s wildfires – and what’s to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/a-history-of-new-zealands-wildfires-and-whats-to-come/" aria-label="Read more about A history of New Zealand’s wildfires – and what’s to come">Read more</a>
