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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A man says he’s facing repossession of his vehicle and the forced sale of his house because it’s taking too long to access his KiwiSaver. RNZ A man who says he is facing repossession of his vehicle, the loss of items in storage and the forced sale of his house says ... <a title="KiwiSaver hardship application backlogs see man face vehicle repossession, house sale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/kiwisaver-hardship-application-backlogs-see-man-face-vehicle-repossession-house-sale/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver hardship application backlogs see man face vehicle repossession, house sale">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A dozen people have been injured in a major crash near Rotorua (File photo). RNZ/ Marika Khabazi A crash between a car and a minivan at Lake Rotoma, near Rotorua has seen a dozen people taken to a number of hospitals in the North Island. Emergency services, including two helicopters, responded ... <a title="Dozen injured in major State Highway 30 crash at Lake Rotoma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/dozen-injured-in-major-state-highway-30-crash-at-lake-rotoma/" aria-label="Read more about Dozen injured in major State Highway 30 crash at Lake Rotoma">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Schools are having to spend thousands of dollars replacing carpet, curtains and other items contaminated by play sand containing asbestos. Supplied A school principal facing a $90,000 bill for cleaning up asbestos-contaminated sand says she urgently needs more detail on a new scheme for financial support. The Ministry of Education is ... <a title="Education Ministry sets up financial support scheme for schools facing asbestos sand clean-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/education-ministry-sets-up-financial-support-scheme-for-schools-facing-asbestos-sand-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about Education Ministry sets up financial support scheme for schools facing asbestos sand clean-up">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It wasn’t until Laura, a 46-year-old from Hawke’s Bay, became an adult that she began to view her father’s behaviour towards her as narcissistic. He seemed to thrive on creating conflict between Laura and her sister. He would switch between being lighthearted and friendly, to horrific and cruel, depending upon the ... <a title="New Zealanders going ‘no contact’ with a parent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/new-zealanders-going-no-contact-with-a-parent/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders going ‘no contact’ with a parent">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ERO says it has the same high expectations of every school. RNZ/Sally Round Principals say the Education Review Office isn’t giving schools in poor communities enough credit for the challenges they face. They say the review office makes no allowances for the fact many of their students come from disadvantaged backgrounds ... <a title="Principals say ERO not giving rural schools credit for challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/principals-say-ero-not-giving-rural-schools-credit-for-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about Principals say ERO not giving rural schools credit for challenges">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said GDP growth showed there were better times ahead. RNZ The retail, construction and manufacturing sectors are cautiously optimistic about recent growth in the country’s economy. Stats NZ data showed gross domestic product (GDP) – the broad measure of economic growth – rose 1.1 percent in the ... <a title="Retail, construction, manufacturing industries eye GDP growth with cautious optimism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/retail-construction-manufacturing-industries-eye-gdp-growth-with-cautious-optimism/" aria-label="Read more about Retail, construction, manufacturing industries eye GDP growth with cautious optimism">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Savings account rates generally aren’t offering enough interest to keep up with inflation. But what are savers’ options if they don’t want to see their money going backwards? Reserve Bank data shows that the average interest rate paid by bonus-paying savings account, such as those that reward someone when they make ... <a title="How savers can stop accounts being eroded by inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/how-savers-can-stop-accounts-being-eroded-by-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about How savers can stop accounts being eroded by inflation">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Green Party is targeting “private interests and corporate greed” as it gears up for an election the co-leaders expect to be filled with vitriol and personal attacks. Swarbrick – facing her first campaign as co-leader – is calling for fundamental economic change, and laid down a ... <a title="‘Public good over corporate greed’: Greens challenge Willis to debate them instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/public-good-over-corporate-greed-greens-challenge-willis-to-debate-them-instead/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Public good over corporate greed’: Greens challenge Willis to debate them instead">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand What were the best and biggest music moments of 2025? Teeks at the Auckland Town Hall? Singing along to Chappell Roan’s The Subway? Joining nearly 300,000 music fans at Spain’s biggest music festival? Some of RNZ’s music experts weigh in with their picks from a big year in music. .1em]:grid-cols-[calc(14rem*var(–base-multiplier))_1fr] @[28.1em]:p-16 ... <a title="The best music of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/the-best-music-of-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best music of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing chief executive Jennie Wyllie. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Analysis – It will take a brave person to put their name forward to become the next chief executive of Netball New Zealand. The national body will be in the hunt for a new boss in the new year, with Jennie Wyllie ... <a title="Who will be the next CEO of Netball New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/who-will-be-the-next-ceo-of-netball-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Who will be the next CEO of Netball New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A diver searches the pond where Khyzah DeLaCroix was later found dead. RNZ/Alexa Cook A coroner has criticised a disability service for not urgently addressing a mother’s safety fears for her autistic, non-verbal son who was later found dead in a pond at his home in rural Gisborne. Five-year-old Khyzah Tawhai ... <a title="Hangaroa mother’s pleas for help went unanswered before 5-year-old son found dead in pond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/hangaroa-mothers-pleas-for-help-went-unanswered-before-5-year-old-son-found-dead-in-pond/" aria-label="Read more about Hangaroa mother’s pleas for help went unanswered before 5-year-old son found dead in pond">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Esarona David Lologa was found guilty of five counts of murder. RNZ/Mark Papalii The man who murdered five people by lighting the Loafers Lodge blaze will be sentenced in the High Court in Wellington on Friday. The 50-year-old, Esarona David Lologa, set the Wellington boarding house alight in May 2023. Michael ... <a title="Man convicted of starting Loafers Lodge fire to be sentenced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/man-convicted-of-starting-loafers-lodge-fire-to-be-sentenced/" aria-label="Read more about Man convicted of starting Loafers Lodge fire to be sentenced">Read more</a>
