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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ has seen more customers asking about switching from floating rate to a fixed one. RNZ Home loan customers are hustling to fix as rates start to rise. The country’s biggest bank, ANZ, said it had seen more customers asking about switching from a floating rate to a fixed one in ... <a title="Customers jump on fixed terms as rates rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/customers-jump-on-fixed-terms-as-rates-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Customers jump on fixed terms as rates rise">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Inside a cell at Christchurch Men’s Prison (File photo). Luke McPake / The Wireless. Prison staff’s failure to answer an emergency call from a cell intercom and a subsequent delay in starting CPR potentially contributed to the death of a Christchurch inmate, a coroner has ruled. The 67-year-old man, whose name ... <a title="‘Significant failure on the part of Corrections’: Inmate dies after guards slow to answer intercom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/significant-failure-on-the-part-of-corrections-inmate-dies-after-guards-slow-to-answer-intercom/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Significant failure on the part of Corrections’: Inmate dies after guards slow to answer intercom">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A coroner has found there are ongoing and wide-ranging barriers for young people accessing suicide prevention services in Northland. 123RF Warning: This story discusses suicide and teen deaths. A coroner has found there are ongoing and wide-ranging barriers for young people accessing suicide prevention services in Northland in the wake of ... <a title="Northland youths who died in suicide cluster got lost in the system, coroner finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/northland-youths-who-died-in-suicide-cluster-got-lost-in-the-system-coroner-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Northland youths who died in suicide cluster got lost in the system, coroner finds">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Principals say the new curricululm will make teaching multi-level classes extremely difficult, if not impossible. RNZ/ Dan Cook Primary school principals warn the government’s new year-by-year curriculum faces a huge obstacle – the fact that most schools have classes with children from multiple year groups. They said the new curricululm insists ... <a title="Primary principals warn new year-by-year curriculum won’t work for mixed-level classes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/primary-principals-warn-new-year-by-year-curriculum-wont-work-for-mixed-level-classes/" aria-label="Read more about Primary principals warn new year-by-year curriculum won’t work for mixed-level classes">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Master Control staff claim the calls were overlooked, because they were very busy. RNZ/Calvin Samuel A coroner is critical of Department of Corrections staff for failing to answer calls for help the day an inmate was found dead in his cell. After an inquiry into his death, coroner Katherine Greig has ... <a title="Coroner rebukes Corrections staff for slow response to suicide alarm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/coroner-rebukes-corrections-staff-for-slow-response-to-suicide-alarm/" aria-label="Read more about Coroner rebukes Corrections staff for slow response to suicide alarm">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Epidemiologist Michael Baker. Luke Pilkinton-Ching A leading epidemiologist says a plan to ditch an online tool tracking respiratory illness is short-sighted, and will leave a big gap in surveillance. The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, as it looks to cut costs. FluTracking New Zealand ... <a title="Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/plan-to-ditch-flu-tracking-tool-will-leave-big-data-gap-epidemiologist-says/" aria-label="Read more about Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kazzi Beach Greek displays Israel flags to support the victims, but has had both positive and negative feedback. Charlotte Cook Bondi businesses say they will feel the effects of Sunday’s attack for a long time, but they are determined to return to normal. The community is defiant to not let the ... <a title="Bondi community returning to new normal, after shooting tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/bondi-community-returning-to-new-normal-after-shooting-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Bondi community returning to new normal, after shooting tragedy">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Is Antoine Dupont the best player in the world? Former team mate Pita Ahki says yes, having been there for the French halfback’s rise to prominence as a team mate at French Top 14 powerhouse Toulouse. “Yeah I do,” said Ahki at his first official media engagement for the Blues, after ... <a title="Is Antoine Dupont the best rugby player in the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/is-antoine-dupont-the-best-rugby-player-in-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Is Antoine Dupont the best rugby player in the world?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A 22-year-old man planned to commit a mass stabbing attack at his sentencing at Napier District Court. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A Hastings-based man who planned a mass stabbing attack at his court hearing has been sentenced to jail. The 22-year-old, who ... <a title="FBI tip-off helps authorities foil mass stabbing attack at court, Hastings man jailed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/fbi-tip-off-helps-authorities-foil-mass-stabbing-attack-at-court-hastings-man-jailed/" aria-label="Read more about FBI tip-off helps authorities foil mass stabbing attack at court, Hastings man jailed">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A 22-year-old man planned to commit a mass stabbing attack at his sentencing at Napier District Court. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. A Hastings-based man who planned a mass stabbing attack at his court hearing has been sentenced to jail. The 22-year-old, who ... <a title="Hastings man jailed for planning mass stabbing attack at court after FBI alerts authorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/hastings-man-jailed-for-planning-mass-stabbing-attack-at-court-after-fbi-alerts-authorities/" aria-label="Read more about Hastings man jailed for planning mass stabbing attack at court after FBI alerts authorities">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Timaru Christmas tree was destroyed by fire last week. Supplied Timaru businesses have joined together to replace a community Christmas tree that was deliberately set on fire – and now the community has been asked to help decorate it. The 10-metre-tall fully decorated tree on the Caroline Bay piazza cost ... <a title="Fire-damaged Christmas tree replaced by Timaru businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/fire-damaged-christmas-tree-replaced-by-timaru-businesses/" aria-label="Read more about Fire-damaged Christmas tree replaced by Timaru businesses">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it’s a good idea or even legal rages on. Yet barely acknowledged in this debate is what happens when a child doesn’t have an account, yet their entire childhood is still documented online. Should ... <a title="If social media is bad for kids, should we post their photos online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/if-social-media-is-bad-for-kids-should-we-post-their-photos-online/" aria-label="Read more about If social media is bad for kids, should we post their photos online?">Read more</a>
