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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mahurangi oyster farmers are worried about reputational damage. Supplied Nearly two months on from a sewage spill that completely destroyed their crops, Mahurangi oyster farmers are still waiting to see a full compensation package. More than a thousand cubic metres of sewage overflowed from a Watercare pump station in late October ... <a title="Mahurangi oyster farmers still waiting for compensation package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/mahurangi-oyster-farmers-still-waiting-for-compensation-package/" aria-label="Read more about Mahurangi oyster farmers still waiting for compensation package">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police say a woman found dead in October was murdered in a targeted act of violence by someone known to her. Teishallia Te Paea’s body was found at an address on Kotuku Street, Camberley, on 29 October. Police say her body went undiscovered for likely several weeks ... <a title="Profile of killer released weeks after death of Hastings woman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/profile-of-killer-released-weeks-after-death-of-hastings-woman/" aria-label="Read more about Profile of killer released weeks after death of Hastings woman">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming was sentenced to nine months home detention. RNZ / Mark Papalii When Jevon McSkimming was sentenced on Wednesday, his lawyer and the judge told the court he was the first person in New Zealand to be prosecuted for simply viewing objectionable material. The former ... <a title="Why former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming’s prosecution was so unique" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/why-former-deputy-police-commissioner-jevon-mcskimmings-prosecution-was-so-unique/" aria-label="Read more about Why former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming’s prosecution was so unique">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Judith Campbell and her granddaughter Emma. Supplied Family rosters themselves on for shifts looking after elderly relative in hospital. Despite suffering severe dementia the family worried about the standard of her care. Another elderly hospital patient was left alone and suffering, his wife says. The family of an elderly woman with ... <a title="Family roster themselves on to care for elderly relative over hospital standard concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/family-roster-themselves-on-to-care-for-elderly-relative-over-hospital-standard-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Family roster themselves on to care for elderly relative over hospital standard concerns">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Only police can authorise an air ambulance under current rules. File photo. Supplied / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust The career firefighters’ union says a delay getting rescuers to Hahei where a girl was trapped on a cliff face is just the tip of the iceberg. In January, police refused Fire and ... <a title="Struggle with cliffside rescue ‘tip of the iceberg’, firefighters says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/struggle-with-cliffside-rescue-tip-of-the-iceberg-firefighters-says/" aria-label="Read more about Struggle with cliffside rescue ‘tip of the iceberg’, firefighters says">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand IKEA’s first Auckland store opens on December 4 Marika Khabazi / RNZ Homeware retail giant IKEA appears to be a victim of its own success. It is shutting down its customer support centre from Friday for the rest of the week so its team can focus on rebooking customer orders and ... <a title="IKEA shuts down customer support centre in wake of delivery woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/ikea-shuts-down-customer-support-centre-in-wake-of-delivery-woes/" aria-label="Read more about IKEA shuts down customer support centre in wake of delivery woes">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All White Kosta Barbarouses has played for five A-League clubs including the Wellington Phoenix. PHOTOSPORT New Zealand Football plans to double its revenue and the number of New Zealand-based A-League teams by 2035 in an ambitious strategy that targets results on and off the field. Currently New Zealand Football (NZF) said ... <a title="More A-League clubs, diverse participation and financial stability for NZ’s football future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/more-a-league-clubs-diverse-participation-and-financial-stability-for-nzs-football-future/" aria-label="Read more about More A-League clubs, diverse participation and financial stability for NZ’s football future">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Corrections chief executive Jeremy Lightfoot. RNZ / Diego Opatowski A High Court judge has ordered the Department of Corrections boss to obey the law or face contempt of court proceedings if he fails to make sure prisoners aren’t let out of their cells for an hour every day. Under New Zealand ... <a title="High Court orders Corrections boss to obey law allowing prisoners one hour out of cell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/high-court-orders-corrections-boss-to-obey-law-allowing-prisoners-one-hour-out-of-cell/" aria-label="Read more about High Court orders Corrections boss to obey law allowing prisoners one hour out of cell">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Hutt Valley Police are investigating what they are calling a disturbing instance of extreme violence, which has left someone with critical injuries. Police received reports of an assault at an address on Trinity Avenue in Epuni, about 5am on Wednesday, 10 December. Acting detective senior sergeant Kylee ... <a title="Police seek public help after ‘disturbing instance of extreme violence’ critically injures person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/police-seek-public-help-after-disturbing-instance-of-extreme-violence-critically-injures-person/" aria-label="Read more about Police seek public help after ‘disturbing instance of extreme violence’ critically injures person">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hamish Kerr at the Athletics World Championships. © Tsutomu Kishimoto / Photosport 2025 World champion high jumper Hamish Kerr has capped off a successful year with the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s highest honour. Kerr was awarded the Lonsdale Cup for 2025 after a season that delivered the World Championship title in ... <a title="Hamish Kerr’s winning 2025 recognised by NZOC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/hamish-kerrs-winning-2025-recognised-by-nzoc/" aria-label="Read more about Hamish Kerr’s winning 2025 recognised by NZOC">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand John Campbell RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly John Campbell is returning to RNZ, as the new co-host of Morning Report alongside Ingrid Hipkiss. RNZ’s Chief Audio Officer Pip Keane said the field of applicants for role on the flagship news programme was impressive but Campbell stood out . “John’s experience as a ... <a title="John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/john-campbell-announced-as-new-co-host-of-morning-report/" aria-label="Read more about John Campbell announced as new co-host of Morning Report">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Plateau Hut on Aoraki/Mount Cook. Supplied / DoC A pair of climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook are believed to have died in a large ice avalanche, police said on Thursday. If so, that would make them the fifth and sixth reported South Island mountaineering deaths in the past month. The two ... <a title="Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/ice-avalanche-likely-killed-aoraki-mount-cook-climbers-police/" aria-label="Read more about Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police">Read more</a>
