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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Spending remained strongest in the South Island, but was picking up in other regions. 123rf.com The holiday season appears to have boosted the spirits of consumers with household confidence on the rise. The Westpac-McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index rose 5.6 points in December to 96.5. While the reading was a little ... <a title="Consumer confidence up in December but still below long-term averages index shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/consumer-confidence-up-in-december-but-still-below-long-term-averages-index-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer confidence up in December but still below long-term averages index shows">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Flowers left at an Onehunga bus stop at the time of Bernice Marychurch’s death. RNZ/Nick Monro The man charged with murdering a woman on an Auckland bus a year ago has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Bernice Louise Marychurch was killed on the Number 74 bus travelling through Onehunga ... <a title="Onehunga bus killing: Kael Leona pleads not guilty on grounds of insanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/onehunga-bus-killing-kael-leona-pleads-not-guilty-on-grounds-of-insanity/" aria-label="Read more about Onehunga bus killing: Kael Leona pleads not guilty on grounds of insanity">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chantal McDonald. Supplied The family of a woman murdered by a possessive stalker says she was a kind, hardworking woman, who was deeply devoted to her children. Nathan Boulter, who had a long history of stalking and assaulting ex-partners, murdered Chantal McDonald in Parklands on 23 July. He will be sentenced ... <a title="Family of murdered mother Chantal McDonald pay tribute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/family-of-murdered-mother-chantal-mcdonald-pay-tribute/" aria-label="Read more about Family of murdered mother Chantal McDonald pay tribute">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi State Highway Two in Bay of Plenty is blocked after a serious crash. Police said the crash involved a truck and a van near Tanners Point just before 9am on Wednesday. Initial indications suggest there are serious injuries. The road is closed between between Katikati and Waihi ... <a title="State Highway 2 blocked after serious crash in Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/state-highway-2-blocked-after-serious-crash-in-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about State Highway 2 blocked after serious crash in Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mike Pannett has been appointed a statutory Deputy Commissioner of Police. Supplied / NZ Police Assistant Commissioner Mike Pannett has been announced as one of the new statutory deputy commissioners of Police. After the initial shock at Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming‘s resignation in May one of the questions that emerged was ... <a title="Mike Pannett named as new Deputy Commissioner of Police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/mike-pannett-named-as-new-deputy-commissioner-of-police/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Pannett named as new Deputy Commissioner of Police">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The 35-year-old man arrived Auckland Airport at the end of May after spending more than a month overseas. LDR / Stuff / Stephen Forbes A man has been jailed for what investigators say was one of their largest hauls of objectionable material ever seized at Auckland Airport. The 35-year-old Auckland man ... <a title="Man charged after one of largest hauls of child sex abuse material seized at Auckland Airport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/man-charged-after-one-of-largest-hauls-of-child-sex-abuse-material-seized-at-auckland-airport/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged after one of largest hauls of child sex abuse material seized at Auckland Airport">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford RNZ / Mark Papalii There is nothing stopping schools promoting te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Education Minister says, but they must make closing the achievement gap for tamariki the priority. Earlier this month the National Iwi Chairs Forum delivered a 24,000-strong petition to Erica Stanford, calling for ... <a title="Change from Treaty focus to closing achievement gap for Māori paying off – Stanford" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/change-from-treaty-focus-to-closing-achievement-gap-for-maori-paying-off-stanford/" aria-label="Read more about Change from Treaty focus to closing achievement gap for Māori paying off – Stanford">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the gunmen who police believe carried out a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that killed 15 people at the weekend has woken from a coma. Naveed Akram, 24, remains in a Sydney hospital under police guard. His 50-year-old father Sajid was killed by police during the shooting. Police ... <a title="Live: Bondi terror attack gunman wakes from coma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/live-bondi-terror-attack-gunman-wakes-from-coma/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Bondi terror attack gunman wakes from coma">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Buses will replace trains across most of the Wellington rail network from 26 December until 12 January. RNZ / Krystal Gibbens Wellington trains will be out of action for at least two weeks over the summer break. KiwiRail said track maintenance and major upgrades will see buses replace trains across most ... <a title="Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/wellington-trains-out-of-action-for-at-least-two-weeks-over-summer/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington trains out of action for at least two weeks over summer">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A judge has ordered a new election to take place for seats on the Auckland local board due to manipulation of voting papers. RNZ / Eveline Harvey A law professor says a judge’s order for a new election to take place for seats on an Auckland local board – due to ... <a title="Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for postal voting – law professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/otara-papatoetoe-election-re-do-a-nail-in-the-coffin-for-postal-voting-law-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for postal voting – law professor">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prepay customers have their power disconnected more often. RNZ More than 10,000 households a month have their power disconnected, new data shows. The Electricity Authority has published a new disconnections for non-payment dashboard, including prepay customers who have been disconnected. It shows that between January and October, for people on contract ... <a title="1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/1000-customers-each-weekday-have-power-disconnected/" aria-label="Read more about 1000 customers each weekday have power disconnected">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the best things about summer gatherings is how happily everyone contributes to the table; a salad here, some barbecue meat there, or the show-stopping summer pudding that disappears in seconds every time. Most of us have a few go-to dishes that get rolled out as soon as the invites ... <a title="What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-to-bring-to-a-barbecue-that-isnt-a-boring-potato-salad/" aria-label="Read more about What to bring to a barbecue that isn’t a boring potato salad">Read more</a>
