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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hemp industry laws are set to be loosened as Regulation Minister David Seymour announces sweeping changes. Seymour says the current licensing rules are heavy-handed and outdated, and will be replaced with new rules. Industrial hemp growers will no longer require a licence if the plants contain less than one-percent THC. But ... <a title="Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/hemp-industry-rules-loosened-in-sweeping-law-change/" aria-label="Read more about Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nathaniel Lua was one of the first to complete the programme and had taken a job as a machine operator at APL Manufacturing. Supplied The manufacturing industry and government have come up with a plan to address the chronic and increasing shortage of skilled staff with a programme described as recruitment ... <a title="‘Speed dating’ recruitment programme sees students get jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/speed-dating-recruitment-programme-sees-students-get-jobs/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Speed dating’ recruitment programme sees students get jobs">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has died in Auckland’s city centre, with emergency services called to the scene early on Thursday. St John was at the scene near Sturdee Street and Custom Street West at about 6.30am. It says an ambluance and a rapid response vehicle responded. Police say the ... <a title="Person dies in Auckland CBD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/person-dies-in-auckland-cbd/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies in Auckland CBD">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jason Holland is returning to the Hurricanes. PHOTOSPORT Outgoing All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland is returning to Hurricanes ahead of 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season. Holland announced in October that after a two-year spell as an All Blacks assistant coach, he would depart his role following the team’s recent northern ... <a title="Departing All Blacks assistant Jason Holland returns to Hurricanes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/departing-all-blacks-assistant-jason-holland-returns-to-hurricanes/" aria-label="Read more about Departing All Blacks assistant Jason Holland returns to Hurricanes">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ triathlete Hayden Wilde. PHOTOSPORT A renowned coach, whose stable of runners has included British greats Paula Radcliffe and Sir Mo Farah, says Kiwi triathlete Hayden Wilde still has a lot of untapped potential. Wilde will aim to achieve what some seemed impossible by claiming the T100 title in Qatar this ... <a title="Hayden Wilde’s coach: ‘He was just like a total machine’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/hayden-wildes-coach-he-was-just-like-a-total-machine/" aria-label="Read more about Hayden Wilde’s coach: ‘He was just like a total machine’">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins. Nick Monro The minister in charge of a new government app promises it will be “more secure than almost anything else you could think about”. Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins has launched the Govt.nz app this week after several years of development. “It’s to ... <a title="Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ app" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/government-launches-one-stop-shop-app/" aria-label="Read more about Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ app">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Social Development Louise Upston. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A Citizens Advice Bureau report based on more than 10,000 requests for assistance has revealed what it calls “a growing crisis in welfare support”. It said people from all walks of life, and all ages and ethnicities, were struggling to meet ... <a title="Nine to Noon live: Growing crisis in welfare support revealed in major report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/nine-to-noon-live-growing-crisis-in-welfare-support-revealed-in-major-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nine to Noon live: Growing crisis in welfare support revealed in major report">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand UNESCO has recognised Italian food is more than pizza, pasta and gelato, adding the range and ritual of the famed cuisine to its list of intangible cultural heritage. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose hard-right government has championed “Made in Italy” products as part of her nationalist agenda, hailed the recognition that ... <a title="Not just pizza: Italian cuisine makes UNESCO list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/not-just-pizza-italian-cuisine-makes-unesco-list/" aria-label="Read more about Not just pizza: Italian cuisine makes UNESCO list">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A seven-year-old Hamilton boy who went missing after going to visit his friends has been found safe, his mother says. His mother on Thursday morning told RNZ he had been returned to his family by a teacher. Police had earlier issued an ‘amber alert’ after the boy left his home on ... <a title="Seven-year-old missing Hamilton boy found safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/seven-year-old-missing-hamilton-boy-found-safe/" aria-label="Read more about Seven-year-old missing Hamilton boy found safe">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Black Sevu Reece. Juan Gasparini / Photosport All Blacks’ wing Sevu Reece has signed with French club Perpignan and will leave the Crusaders at the end of the next Super Rugby season after eight seasons with the side. Reece has played 37 tests for New Zealand and is Super Rugby’s ... <a title="All Black Sevu Reece heading to France at end of 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/all-black-sevu-reece-heading-to-france-at-end-of-2026/" aria-label="Read more about All Black Sevu Reece heading to France at end of 2026">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Skipper Travis Whiteman. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Warning: Some images may be distressing. A Christmas Eve swimming and fishing trip turned to a bloody disaster in 2022, when two women were struck by a spinning boat propeller. Both were seriously injured and needed hospitalisation. On Wednesday in the Thames District Court, ... <a title="Drunken skipper Travis Whiteman fined for reversing into swimmers with propellor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/drunken-skipper-travis-whiteman-fined-for-reversing-into-swimmers-with-propellor/" aria-label="Read more about Drunken skipper Travis Whiteman fined for reversing into swimmers with propellor">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand If Customs becomes a user of Auror, it could have access to police information about retail crime. File photo. RNZ /Dom Thomas Police are cutting back what they tell a privately-run surveillance system about suspects, over concerns about who might see the information. RNZ inquiries show Customs also wants to use ... <a title="Customs use of surveillance system could be a ‘significant issue’ for privacy – memo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/customs-use-of-surveillance-system-could-be-a-significant-issue-for-privacy-memo/" aria-label="Read more about Customs use of surveillance system could be a ‘significant issue’ for privacy – memo">Read more</a>
