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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Blackcaps coach Rob Walter Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Caps coach Rob Walter doesn’t expect his side to have any problems slipping back into Test match mode in the first Test against West Indies starting in Christchurch on Tuesday. Walter is preparing for his first home Test series since taking over ... <a title="Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/black-caps-coach-rob-walter-prepares-for-his-first-home-test-series/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series">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 vegetation fire has reportedly sparked 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 ... <a title="Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/car-crashes-into-tree-catches-fire-on-sh5-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A road in Lower Hutt is blocked after a truck crashed this morning in Taita. Police said the truck rolled on Eastern Hutt Road between Peterkin Street and Page Grove, shortly around 9.05am. One person has moderate injuries and another has minor injuries. Work is underway to ... <a title="People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/people-injured-lower-hutt-road-blocked-following-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he is determined there will never be a repeat of the “group think” and closed ranks that led to members of the senior executive blocking an investigation into disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming. McSkimming – who was ... <a title="Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/police-commissioner-richard-chambers-determined-to-prevent-another-jevon-mcskimming-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Martin James Mooney, aged 68, from New Plymouth. NZ Police A man killed last month in New Plymouth’s centre city near the waterfront has been named. Emergency services were called to a fight on St Aubyn Street on the evening of 19 November. CPR was performed but 68-year-old Martin James Mooney ... <a title="Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/martin-mooney-named-as-man-killed-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One NZ has admitted to breaches of the Code related to information disclosure. RNZ / Nate McKinnon One NZ has been ordered to pay $1.1 million by the High Court after breaching the 111 Contact Code (the Code). The telecommunications company admitted 10 breaches of the Code, which requires providers to ... <a title="One NZ fined over $1m over emergency call breaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/one-nz-fined-over-1m-over-emergency-call-breaches/" aria-label="Read more about One NZ fined over $1m over emergency call breaches">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon pointed to the government’s plan to support a new medical school adding 120 training places each year from 2028. File photo. Reece Baker/RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour’s new GP loan proposal is “a bit confused” and does not address the real workforce shortage in the sector. The ... <a title="Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/labours-gp-plan-a-bit-confused-christopher-luxon-says/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The report shows that investing in HIV prevention and stigma initiatives is worthwhile, says a health expert. File photo. A public health researcher is celebrating a 29 percent decrease in new HIV diagnoses from 85 in 2010 to 60 in 2024. The statistic comes from the Ministry of Health’s HIV Monitoring ... <a title="Number of locally-acquired HIV diagnoses continues to fall – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/number-of-locally-acquired-hiv-diagnoses-continues-to-fall-report/" aria-label="Read more about Number of locally-acquired HIV diagnoses continues to fall – report">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Aucklanders are being reminded to be watchful and report any sightings of yellow-legged hornets as efforts to eliminate the invasive pests ramp up. Another yellow-legged hornet queen has been found on Auckland’s North Shore, as Biosecurity New ... <a title="Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/yellow-legged-hornet-aucklanders-warned-to-be-really-really-watchful/" aria-label="Read more about Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Newly-released documents suggest police pressured the main Crown eye-witness to testify at the 1992 murder retrial of Ross Appelgren, something not disclosed to the jury. The documents also show police were “keeping quiet” about the fact the witness was living illegally in Australia, and that they advised him to keep his ... <a title="Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nark-documents-suggest-key-witness-was-pressured-to-testify-at-ross-appelgrens-murder-retrial/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers affected by the latest overflow are likely not be able to harvest until after Christmas. Supplied Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season. Watercare confirmed to RNZ that ... <a title="‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/were-basically-stuffed-oyster-farmers-shut-down-by-another-overflow/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An Iberia Airbus A320-251N prepares for takeoff in Madrid, Spain, on 12 October, 2025. AFP/ Urban and Sport – Joan Valls The Airbus A320 is a “very good aircraft to fly” and has been safely flying for more than 40 years, an aviation expert says. It comes after more than 6000 ... <a title="‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/very-good-aircraft-expert-on-airbus-a320-grounding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding">Read more</a>
