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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>
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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 the 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-the-postal-voting-law-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe election re-do a ‘nail in the coffin’ for the postal voting – law professor">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poo transplants may sound unglamorous, but researchers say the early evidence has been encouraging, and it’s grabbed attention around the world. Nelson infectious disease specialist Richard Everts (of Richmond Health Centre) and researchers at Auckland’s Liggins Institute say fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can help certain patients — yet finding eligible donors ... <a title="Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/can-you-donate-your-poo-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Can you donate your poo in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hunter Victor Tindale in Fiordland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Permits for trapping feral cats on conservation land may become easier to obtain. At present, individuals need to adapt a possum fur trapping permit and contact local Department of Conservation (DOC) offices for permission to trap. Gaining permission can take weeks, and ... <a title="A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/a-permit-for-trapping-feral-cats-may-get-much-easier-to-obtain-after-a-u-turn-by-doc/" aria-label="Read more about A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former mayor Peter Tennent is developing two buildings across the road including one which will house a family apartment overlooking the Tasman Sea. RNZ / Robin Martin A former New Plymouth mayor has put in a bid to buy two blocks of Kāinga Ora flats – planning to bowl them and ... <a title="Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/former-new-plymouth-mayor-bids-for-kainga-ora-flats-neighbouring-his-apartment-development/" aria-label="Read more about Former New Plymouth mayor bids for Kāinga Ora flats neighbouring his apartment development">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A computer illustration of a person with foot pain. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Rheumatologists in some regions are turning down about half the specialist referrals they receive from GPs in order to provide adequate treatment for their existing patients. However, they say even with restricting “in-flow” in that way, wait times ... <a title="‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/crunch-point-stretched-rheumatologists-decline-half-of-referrals-in-some-regions/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Crunch point’: Stretched rheumatologists decline half of referrals in some regions">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Best Oscar Contender/Best Movie of the Year One Battle After Another Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s career-long evocation of what he loves about the movies of the 1970s reaches new heights with this fist-pumpingly righteous call to action that reminds us that films actually used to, you know, be about stuff. As ... <a title="The best films of 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/the-best-films-of-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best films of 2025">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults last year. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe Schools cracked down on more fights and assaults than ever before as their rolls increased rapidly last year. Education Ministry figures show the number of stand-downs for children who physically assaulted other students or their teachers reached 9758 ... <a title="More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/more-than-10000-children-stood-down-for-physically-assaulting-other-students-teachers-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about More than 10,000 children stood-down for physically assaulting other students, teachers last year">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rising nitrate levels in drinking water have dominated Canterbury’s water quality debate, but anglers, conservationists and scientists are also worried about the environmental effects, with many rivers and streams testing well above the national bottom line. In the third of a three-part series, Keiller MacDuff reports on the people fighting for ... <a title="Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/anglers-becoming-endangered-species-on-some-canterbury-rivers/" aria-label="Read more about Anglers becoming endangered species on some Canterbury rivers">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand As the third Avatar film arrives in cinemas, it is fascinating to see how many people are still prepared to bet against James Cameron. I recall being skeptical before the first film in the series was released back in 2009. I wasn’t at all sure about the character designs for the ... <a title="Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/review-avatar-fire-and-ash-a-technical-spectacle-but-i-lost-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash – a technical spectacle, but I lost interest">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gun control expert Rebecca Peters. Supplied An international firearm regulation expert says the shooting at Bondi is not a sign gun laws aren’t effective – rather, it’s a wake up call for Australia’s enforcement. A father and son targeted a Jewish festival on Sunday evening, killing 15 people with legally-owned rifles. ... <a title="Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/australias-gun-law-complacency-a-result-of-early-success-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s gun law ‘complacency’ a result of early success, expert says">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis speaking at the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update. RNZ Economists say the government is stuck between a rock and a hard place off the back of Treasury’s latest economic forecasts. Tuesday’s Half-Year Fiscal and Economic Update (HYEFU) saw a budget surplus stretch further out of reach, ... <a title="Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/economists-forecast-tough-calls-to-get-books-back-to-black/" aria-label="Read more about Economists forecast tough calls to get books back to black">Read more</a>
