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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand golfer Darae Chung. supplied Young Lower Hutt golfer Darae Chung loves playing collegiate golf and hopes that one day it will lead to her competing on the LPGA Tour. Twenty-one-year-old Chung is one of nine New Zealand golfers who have been invited to compete at the Women’s Asia-Pacific Amateur ... <a title="Young Kiwi golfer chasing a professional dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/young-kiwi-golfer-chasing-a-professional-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Young Kiwi golfer chasing a professional dream">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and ACT leader David Seymour. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii ACT leader David Seymour is promising to reignite the Treaty principles debate next year, saying he’ll never move on from his vision for equality in New Zealand. Seymour – who’s deputy prime minister – made the comments ... <a title="David Seymour promises to reignite Treaty principles debate in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/david-seymour-promises-to-reignite-treaty-principles-debate-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour promises to reignite Treaty principles debate in 2026">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Fire crews are working to put out a house fire in Nelson. They were called to the suburb of Toi Toi at about 3.40am on Tuesday. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said neighbouring homes were evacuated at one point. It said there were early concerns somebody was still ... <a title="Emergency services attending house fire in Toi Toi, Nelson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/emergency-services-attending-house-fire-in-toi-toi-nelson/" aria-label="Read more about Emergency services attending house fire in Toi Toi, Nelson">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gaming in 2025 feels like it’s at an all-time high with the release of new games consoles, exceptional independent titles, and tonnes of mobile games. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 .1em]:grid-cols-[calc(14rem*var(–base-multiplier))_1fr] @[28.1em]:p-16 @[28.1em]:gap-16 @[18.75em]:grid-cols-[2fr_3fr] gap-12 p-12 @[28.1em]:min-h-[calc(11.8rem*var(–base-multiplier))] min-h-[calc(10.2rem*var(–base-multiplier))]”> Why we like playing games that let us pretend to work While gamers might ... <a title="The best games we played in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/the-best-games-we-played-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best games we played in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay. Nick Monro Food and fibre exports are set to reach a record $62 billion next year, up from the $60.4b record set this year. The data comes from the government’s latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report. It showed meat and wool revenue was ... <a title="Food and fibre exports set to reach record $62b next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/food-and-fibre-exports-set-to-reach-record-62b-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Food and fibre exports set to reach record $62b next year">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New data shows renters still have to spend about 40 percent of an average individual’s income on rent each month. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Rents might have eased but New Zealand renters still have to spend about 40 percent of an average individual’s income on rent each month, new data shows. ... <a title="Rents taking 40 percent of average income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/rents-taking-40-percent-of-average-income/" aria-label="Read more about Rents taking 40 percent of average income">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Inland Revenue made applications to wind up more than 120 business in November. RNZ Inland Revenue made applications to wind up more than 120 business in November, as it draws to the end of a year in which it moved to liquidate almost 900 businesses with tax owing. Keaton Pronk, an ... <a title="Inland Revenue liquidates nearly 900 companies in one year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/inland-revenue-liquidates-nearly-900-companies-in-one-year/" aria-label="Read more about Inland Revenue liquidates nearly 900 companies in one year">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming is due to be sentenced at the Wellington District Court on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in November to three representative charges of possessing objectionable publications, namely child sexual exploitation and bestiality material knowing or having ... <a title="Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming set to be sentenced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/disgraced-former-top-cop-jevon-mcskimming-set-to-be-sentenced/" aria-label="Read more about Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming set to be sentenced">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tom Phillips – who had been hiding in bush with his children – died following a shootout with police. RNZ / Supplied / Police The producer of The Marokopa Project agreed the police could preview and edit its feature-length documentary before it airs. A film crew from Dunedin-based NHNZ Productions has ... <a title="Tom Phillips filmmakers agreed police could edit documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/tom-phillips-filmmakers-agreed-police-could-edit-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Tom Phillips filmmakers agreed police could edit documentary">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Teaching Council chair David Ferguson. Supplied – David Ferguson The Teaching Council’s interim chief executive has resigned from the council’s governing board following RNZ inquiries about the legality of his appointment. The council appointed Tom Gott to the role last month even though the Education and Training Act says the chief ... <a title="Teaching Council interim CEO resigns from board for ‘avoidance of doubt’, chair says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/teaching-council-interim-ceo-resigns-from-board-for-avoidance-of-doubt-chair-says/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching Council interim CEO resigns from board for ‘avoidance of doubt’, chair says">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are attending a reported fire at Rangipo Power Station (File photo). RNZ / Nate McKinnon Multiple Fire and Emergency crews have been sent to Rangipo Power Station, after reports of a fire. A spokesperson said crews were called to the incident in the Kaimanawa Forest Park shortly before 9pm. They ... <a title="Firefighters attending Rangipo Power Station after reports of fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/firefighters-attending-rangipo-power-station-after-reports-of-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters attending Rangipo Power Station after reports of fire">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mark Blundell, Donna Corbel, Tahlia Blundell and Jake Blundell, pictured during an earlier trip to Melbourne, were in a restaurant 40m away from where the shooting occurred. Supplied A Kiwi caught up in the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach says her family are still very much on edge the day ... <a title="Bondi Beach attack: ‘We just went running for our lives’ – Kiwi in local restaurant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/bondi-beach-attack-we-just-went-running-for-our-lives-kiwi-in-local-restaurant/" aria-label="Read more about Bondi Beach attack: ‘We just went running for our lives’ – Kiwi in local restaurant">Read more</a>
