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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It was a “bittersweet” moment when Melissa Stokes learned she was to be the new lead presenter of TVNZ’s 1News at Six. “Because my mum died two years ago and she would have loved to have known that I’d got the job.” He family knew when she found out, but were ... <a title="Why Melissa Stokes is excited to anchor the 1News flagship bulletin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/why-melissa-stokes-is-excited-to-anchor-the-1news-flagship-bulletin/" aria-label="Read more about Why Melissa Stokes is excited to anchor the 1News flagship bulletin">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s Herne Bay Beach. RNZ/Felix Walton It’s only the first day of summer but already a code brown is casting an unwanted shadow over Auckland’s beaches. Sewage overflows from thunderstorms over the weekend have impacted water quality at beaches across the central city, with swimmers being warned to stay out of ... <a title="Auckland beachgoers warned of sewage overflows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/auckland-beachgoers-warned-of-sewage-overflows/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland beachgoers warned of sewage overflows">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The city’s 150-odd parks and reserves had been hit hard by damages. RNZ / Calvin Samuel The damage caused by the storm that swept through Invercargill in October has cost the local council about $2.4 million, but it expects much of that cost will not be able to be recovered through ... <a title="Invercargill council’s $2.4m storm damage bill unlikely to be recovered by insurance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/invercargill-councils-2-4m-storm-damage-bill-unlikely-to-be-recovered-by-insurance/" aria-label="Read more about Invercargill council’s $2.4m storm damage bill unlikely to be recovered by insurance">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Fern Annalie Longo will end her international career against the Matildas in Adelaide. www.photosport.nz Football Ferns legend Annalie Longo knew the end of a career spanning nearly 20 years at the top was coming this year and she is thankful to walk away on her own terms. Longo will retire ... <a title="Football Fern Annalie Longo to sign off against Matildas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/football-fern-annalie-longo-to-sign-off-against-matildas/" aria-label="Read more about Football Fern Annalie Longo to sign off against Matildas">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s long-awaited rates cap will be a variable target band, and would be enforced by a new regulator. Likely starting with minimum increases of two percent and a maximum of four percent, the cap would take effect from 1 January 2027. It was not clear from the initial written statement ... <a title="Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/watch-christopher-luxon-faces-questions-amid-speculation-over-rates-cap-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa has filed an application for an urgent injunction to prevent the ban coming into effect on 19 December. File photo. RNZ // Angus Dreaver An urgent legal injunction has been filed to stop the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to treat ... <a title="Puberty blocker regulation ‘based on politics’, legal injunction filed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/puberty-blocker-regulation-based-on-politics-legal-injunction-filed/" aria-label="Read more about Puberty blocker regulation ‘based on politics’, legal injunction filed">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The school has recalled the lunches, but some had already been eaten by students. Unsplash A Christchurch school says it has been provided with contaminated school lunches in a significant health and safety breach. Haeata Community Campus, which covers from Year 1 to 13, has put up a post on Facebook ... <a title="Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/food-poisoning-warning-after-christchurch-students-eat-contaminated-school-lunches/" aria-label="Read more about Food poisoning warning after Christchurch students eat contaminated school lunches">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they are investigating the thefts from grave sites at St Johns Cemetery between 28 October and 22 November. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Several burial plaques of First and Second World War soldiers have been stolen from grave sites in Invercargill. Police said they are investigating the thefts from grave ... <a title="Soldiers’ burial plaques stolen from grave sites in Invercargill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/soldiers-burial-plaques-stolen-from-grave-sites-in-invercargill/" aria-label="Read more about Soldiers’ burial plaques stolen from grave sites in Invercargill">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are working with specialist equipment to rescue the driver. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Firefighters have freed the driver of a logging truck who was trapped after a crash north of Balclutha. Police said the crash occurred on Coe Road just after 11am on Monday. Fire and Emergency said specialist equipment ... <a title="Firefighters free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/firefighters-free-driver-trapped-in-otago-logging-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said a car had collided with a tree between Harwoods Road and Tapapa Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has died after a car crashed into a tree and caught on fire. Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 5 near Tapapa, Waikato at 10.45am on ... <a title="Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/person-dies-after-car-crashes-into-tree-catches-fire-on-sh5-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Sky City Convention Centre’s foyer. RNZ/Nona Pelletier The opening of the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) is just around the corner and expected to contribute an initial $90 million a year to the economy over the next three years. The convention centre had been nearly 17 years in the ... <a title="Auckland’s new convention centre to bring million-dollar boost to economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/aucklands-new-convention-centre-to-bring-million-dollar-boost-to-economy/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s new convention centre to bring million-dollar boost to economy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Pharmac chief executive Sarah Fitt. RNZ / LUKE MCPAKE The Minister for Pharmac says the departure of its former chief executive – which appears to have come with a $357,000 payout – was “very well managed” by the board. Sarah Fitt resigned from the drug-buying agency in February after years ... <a title="David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/david-seymour-paula-bennett-defend-357k-exit-payment-to-former-pharmac-head/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head">Read more</a>
