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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank plans to reduce the amount of capital banks are required to hold against their loans. RNZ / Dom Thomas Changes to bank capital requirements may mean home loan interest rates are lower than they could otherwise have been, but the impact is likely to be small, economists say. ... <a title="What do new bank rules mean for home loans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-do-new-bank-rules-mean-for-home-loans/" aria-label="Read more about What do new bank rules mean for home loans">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PATHA is seeking a judicial review of what it calls the “illegal and unethical decision”. File photo. RNZ // Angus Dreaver The ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria in young people – which was due to come into effect this week – has been delayed, pending ... <a title="Puberty blockers ban delayed by judicial review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/puberty-blockers-ban-delayed-by-judicial-review/" aria-label="Read more about Puberty blockers ban delayed by judicial review">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Primary school teachers and principals have both rejected potential settlements. File photo. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Primary school teachers belonging to the NZEI union have rejected the government’s latest pay offer. The decision followed last week’s vote by primary school principals – belonging to the same union – to reject a ... <a title="Primary school teachers reject government’s latest pay offer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/primary-school-teachers-reject-governments-latest-pay-offer/" aria-label="Read more about Primary school teachers reject government’s latest pay offer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jevon McSkimming was sentenced to nine months home detention at the Wellington District Court. RNZ/Samuel Rillstone Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming has avoided jail time, instead sentenced to nine months’ home detention, at the Wellington District Court this afternoon. He pleaded guilty in November to three representative charges of ... <a title="Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/jevon-mcskimming-avoids-jail-sentence-over-possession-of-child-sexual-exploitation-material/" aria-label="Read more about Jevon McSkimming avoids jail sentence over possession of child sexual exploitation material">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists impression of the new civic precinct. Supplied / Tauranga City Council Old wounds from the time the Tauranga was run by government commissioners have reopened during a discussion on future funding for the city’s civic precinct. The Tauranga city council met on Tuesday to decide how the Te Manawataki ... <a title="‘Somebody ends up paying’ – council considers funding for Tauranga’s civic precinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/somebody-ends-up-paying-council-considers-funding-for-taurangas-civic-precinct/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Somebody ends up paying’ – council considers funding for Tauranga’s civic precinct">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorcyclists protested the planned charges. Supplied/Lucy Morris A plan to charge motorcyclists for parking in Wellington City has been scrapped by councillors. In May the Wellington City Council voted to put in fees of $1 per hour for motorbikes to park in car parks, with a daily cap of $6. Deputy ... <a title="Councillors scrap plans to charge motorbikes for parking in Wellington City" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/councillors-scrap-plans-to-charge-motorbikes-for-parking-in-wellington-city/" aria-label="Read more about Councillors scrap plans to charge motorbikes for parking in Wellington City">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ RBNZ eases capital requirements on banks New settings to reduce bank funding costs overall by about $5 bn RBNZ says settings conservative but closer to global standards Changes likely to benefit smaller banks, improve competition Banks will be expected to pass on savings. The Reserve Bank has reduced the amount ... <a title="Reserve Bank eases capital requirements on banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/reserve-bank-eases-capital-requirements-on-banks/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank eases capital requirements on banks">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Royal Oak Pak’nSave in Auckland. File picture. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The supermarket where a photo of former MP Golriz Ghahraman was leaked has been formally named and shamed by the Privacy Commissioner. The store, in Royal Oak in Auckland, is one of two Pak’nSave stores singled out for breaching customer ... <a title="Privacy Commissioner names supermarket where photo of former MP was leaked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/privacy-commissioner-names-supermarket-where-photo-of-former-mp-was-leaked/" aria-label="Read more about Privacy Commissioner names supermarket where photo of former MP was leaked">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Households were undercharged between $3 and $100 each, with an average undercharge of $40 per levy payer. RNZ / REECE BAKER A $3.43 million budgeting error will see Wellington ratepayers fork out on average an extra $40 over their next two rates bills. This year’s rates increases in the city included ... <a title="Wellington ratepayers to fork out an extra $40 on average after error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/wellington-ratepayers-to-fork-out-an-extra-40-on-average-after-error/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington ratepayers to fork out an extra $40 on average after error">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand James Holder appears in court on 17 December. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Christchurch man James Holder has been jailed for life for the murder of David Bridgwater. Bridgwater was shot by Holder outside a property in Aranui in January last year. A jury rejected Holder’s argument that he acted in self-defence. ... <a title="Christchurch man James Holder sentenced to life in prison for murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/christchurch-man-james-holder-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch man James Holder sentenced to life in prison for murder">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As of September the government had spent $148,545 on the hotline, Labour says. Photo / 123RF The government is shutting down its road cone hotline ahead of schedule, saying it has met its objectives, but Labour’s calling it a “performative battle” and a waste of money. The hotline was set up ... <a title="Government pulls plug early on road cone hotline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/government-pulls-plug-early-on-road-cone-hotline/" aria-label="Read more about Government pulls plug early on road cone hotline">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Morningstar said investors should focus on long-term savings goals, rather than seek short-term gains. RNZ / REECE BAKER A leading financial research firm says KiwiSaver investors should focus on long-term savings goals, rather than seek short-term gains on speculative investments. The end of year is often a time when investors reviewed ... <a title="KiwiSaver investors should focus on long-term savings: Financial research firm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/kiwisaver-investors-should-focus-on-long-term-savings-financial-research-firm/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver investors should focus on long-term savings: Financial research firm">Read more</a>
