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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis (left) and former finance minister Ruth Richardson. RNZ/Reece Baker/Supplied Former Finance Minster Ruth Richardson has agreed to a challenge from the current finance minister to debate her. On Tuesday morning, Nicola Willis challenged Richardson, who was Finance Minister from 1990 to 1993, to a debate. The challenge, ... <a title="Ruth Richardson agrees to debate country’s fiscal position with Nicola Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/ruth-richardson-agrees-to-debate-countrys-fiscal-position-with-nicola-willis/" aria-label="Read more about Ruth Richardson agrees to debate country’s fiscal position with Nicola Willis">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The latest fire at Tongariro National Park has been contained, but local tourism businesses are already seeing a large number of people cancelling future trips because they are scared to visit the area. Nearly 300 hectares of vegetation has burnt, after 3000 hectares of the park went up in flames last ... <a title="Tongariro fire contained: ‘It’s still a great place to come to’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/tongariro-fire-contained-its-still-a-great-place-to-come-to/" aria-label="Read more about Tongariro fire contained: ‘It’s still a great place to come to’">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The swimmer got into difficulty at Lake Wainamu at Bethells Beach. RNZ Police say the body of a swimmer missing at Lake Wainamu on Auckland’s west coast has been found. The 23-year-old man was in waist-deep water with three friends at the lake at Bethells Beach on Monday when he got ... <a title="Body of swimmer missing at Auckland’s Bethells Beach found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/body-of-swimmer-missing-at-aucklands-bethells-beach-found/" aria-label="Read more about Body of swimmer missing at Auckland’s Bethells Beach found">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A Christchurch secondary school’s end of year prizegiving concert has become a thing of legend. Saint Andrews College was everywhere on the internet in 2023 with its performance of ‘Stairway To Heaven’, while last year’s rendition of Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ has been watched more than 42,000 times. This year’s show ... <a title="The school that rocks: Saint Andrews College’s latest epic prizegiving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/the-school-that-rocks-saint-andrews-colleges-latest-epic-prizegiving/" aria-label="Read more about The school that rocks: Saint Andrews College’s latest epic prizegiving">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Earth Sciences New Zealand (formerly NIWA) is expecting above-average temperatures for most of the country heading into summer. RNZ A record-breaking November pushed New Zealand to its warmest spring on record. Data from Earth Sciences New Zealand (formerly NIWA) shows the average temperature across the country was 13.5°C, which was 1.3°C ... <a title="Record warm spring across country part of climate’s ‘new normal’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/record-warm-spring-across-country-part-of-climates-new-normal/" aria-label="Read more about Record warm spring across country part of climate’s ‘new normal’">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wallace Chapman preparing for his show The Panel, broadcasting live from Revelry Bar in Auckland. Supplied Wallace Chapman and The Panel break free of the studio and invade Auckland’s Ponsonby Road for a hit of pub politics and current affairs. Tonight’s panellists include Heather Roy (ex-ACT MP), Holly Bennett (former adviser ... <a title="Listen live: The Panel LIVE from Revelry Bar in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/listen-live-the-panel-live-from-revelry-bar-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Listen live: The Panel LIVE from Revelry Bar in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A happy collision of events came together to inspire Nino Raphael to create The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate – The Musical. He and his partner were in London, gorging on theatre when they took in the Matilda musical, he told Culture 101. “I was blown away by the production ... <a title="When a Margaret Mahy classic mixes with raucous sea shanties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/when-a-margaret-mahy-classic-mixes-with-raucous-sea-shanties/" aria-label="Read more about When a Margaret Mahy classic mixes with raucous sea shanties">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A large fire at the Tongariro National Park is now fully contained. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said the containment line was completed on Tuesday afternoon. One crew would stay to monitor the fire overnight, while a drone crew would conduct a flight to check for deep-seated hotspots, it said. The fire ... <a title="Firefighters contain large blaze at Tongariro National Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/firefighters-contain-large-blaze-at-tongariro-national-park/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters contain large blaze at Tongariro National Park">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police previously said the injured man was in an “altercation” with people in a car before he was stabbed. RNZ / Felix Walton Police have made two more arrests after a man was stabbed in Auckland’s Mount Wellington. A homicide investigation was launched on Friday afternoon after a man, whose identity ... <a title="More arrests after man stabbed in Auckland’s Mt Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/more-arrests-after-man-stabbed-in-aucklands-mt-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about More arrests after man stabbed in Auckland’s Mt Wellington">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A man has been arrested over a fatal bus stabbing in Auckland’s Glenn Innes on Monday night. Two separate investigations were launched after a 59-year-old was stabbed on a bus travelling from Glenn Innes towards Ōrakei in East Auckland. Another man, 51, was seriously injured after boarding ... <a title="Man arrested over alleged fatal bus stabbing, assault in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/man-arrested-over-alleged-fatal-bus-stabbing-assault-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested over alleged fatal bus stabbing, assault in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage done to the Sunflour cafe in Orewa. Sunflour / supplied Five people linked to the Headhunters have been arrested over the arson and ram raids of businesses in a small seaside village north of Auckland. Police executed a series of search warrants across the region as part an investigation into ... <a title="Five people linked to Headhunters arrested over arson, ram raids in Auckland’s Ōrewa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/five-people-linked-to-headhunters-arrested-over-arson-ram-raids-in-aucklands-orewa/" aria-label="Read more about Five people linked to Headhunters arrested over arson, ram raids in Auckland’s Ōrewa">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s trains will be shutting down for most of the first month of next year. Dan Satherley / RNZ Auckland’s trains will be shutting down for most of the first month of next year. In a joint statement, Auckland Transport and Kiwi Rail said commuters could expect more rail network closures ... <a title="Auckland’s trains to shut down for almost a month next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/09/aucklands-trains-to-shut-down-for-almost-a-month-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s trains to shut down for almost a month next year">Read more</a>
