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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Auckland man’s home was significantly damaged in a fire on Saturday. Supplied / Givealittle The sister of a tetraplegic man whose Auckland home was significantly damaged in a fire says his life has been turned upside-down. Fire crews were called to the North Shore suburb of Beach Haven shortly before ... <a title="Tetraplegic man loses essential equipment in fire and can’t return home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/tetraplegic-man-loses-essential-equipment-in-fire-and-cant-return-home/" aria-label="Read more about Tetraplegic man loses essential equipment in fire and can’t return home">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Officers would like to speak with anyone with information about those involved in the fight. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The police want information from the public after a man was stabbed in the belly during a fight at a bar over the weekend. Wellington area investigations manager Tim Leitch said officers ... <a title="Man stabbed in belly during Wellington bar fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/man-stabbed-in-belly-during-wellington-bar-fight/" aria-label="Read more about Man stabbed in belly during Wellington bar fight">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s Eastern Beach. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Defence Force is brainstorming with local and overseas companies on how to improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in the oceans around New Zealand. Its capability plans calls for spending $50- to $100 million over four years on long-range aerial drones. But the NZDF ... <a title="Defence Force mulling how to improve surveillance of oceans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/defence-force-mulling-how-to-improve-surveillance-of-oceans/" aria-label="Read more about Defence Force mulling how to improve surveillance of oceans">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sixteen people – including a gunman – have been killed after a father and son opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Australian officials described it as a targeted, anti-semitic terror attack. Authorities said far more people would have been killed were it not for a bystander, ... <a title="Live: 16 dead, including shooter, after father and son open fire in Bondi Beach terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/live-16-dead-including-shooter-after-father-and-son-open-fire-in-bondi-beach-terror-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Live: 16 dead, including shooter, after father and son open fire in Bondi Beach terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Consultation closes this week on planned changes to the Warrant of Fitness system. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Motor Trade Association has warned proposed changes to the Warrant of Fitness system could lead to higher repair costs and safety issues. Consultation closes on Wednesday on the plan, which would see inspections ... <a title="New WOF system could lead to pricier repairs, motor industry says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/new-wof-system-could-lead-to-pricier-repairs-motor-industry-says/" aria-label="Read more about New WOF system could lead to pricier repairs, motor industry says">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say they aren’t ruling out further charges. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A woman has been charged after the death of a man in Tauranga yesterday. Emergency services were called to the scene on Fraser Street at about 11.40am, where they found the man dead. Police said a 37-year-old woman has ... <a title="Woman charged after man found dead in Tauranga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/woman-charged-after-man-found-dead-in-tauranga/" aria-label="Read more about Woman charged after man found dead in Tauranga">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PGG Wrightson’s Culverden Store. Supplied Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) has upgraded its earnings guidance amid continued strength in the agricultural sector. The company expected operating earnings of about $64 million for the year ending 30 June 2026, compared to its previous forecast of above $60m, and $56.1m the previous ... <a title="Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/strong-agricultural-sector-boosts-pgg-wrightson/" aria-label="Read more about Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they were looking for Mitchell Cole, 29, as part of their enquiries Supplied / NZ Police Police investigating a double homicide in the central North Island have released an image of a man they’re describing as a person of interest. Two bodies were found at a house in Ruatiti ... <a title="Search on for man after double homicide in Ruatiti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/search-on-for-man-after-double-homicide-in-ruatiti/" aria-label="Read more about Search on for man after double homicide in Ruatiti">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wait-times increased significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic. (File photo) AFP/ Thibaut Durand/ Hans Lucas Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth are waiting in pain to have them surgically extracted. Health NZ figures show as of September, there were 4866 children and young people on the dental surgery wait list – an ... <a title="Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth waiting in pain for surgery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/nearly-5000-children-with-rotten-teeth-waiting-in-pain-for-surgery/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 5000 children with rotten teeth waiting in pain for surgery">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s family confirmed his death. chabad.org via ABC A 10-year-old girl, a Rabbi and a Holocaust survivor are among the those killed during a terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Sixteen people, including one of the gunmen, were killed during the mass shooting on Sunday evening. Those ... <a title="The victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/the-victims-of-the-bondi-beach-terror-attack/" aria-label="Read more about The victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene outside ACG Parnell College. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Firefighters have cordoned off ACG Senior College Parnell in Auckland following a “chemical spill”. A police spokesperson said Fire and Emergency New Zealand were at the scene of a chemical spill on Monday. A reporter at the scene said a ... <a title="Firefighters cordon off Auckland’s ACG Senior College Parnell after ‘chemical spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/firefighters-cordon-off-aucklands-acg-senior-college-parnell-after-chemical-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters cordon off Auckland’s ACG Senior College Parnell after ‘chemical spill">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene last month at a property on Kākāriki Grove. Supplied Six people have now been arrested in relation to the murder investigation of a Kāpiti man, as police call for the public to come forward with information. Michael Kenneth Tofts was found with critical injuries at home ... <a title="Six arrested in relation to murder of Michael Tofts in Waikanae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/six-arrested-in-relation-to-murder-of-michael-tofts-in-waikanae/" aria-label="Read more about Six arrested in relation to murder of Michael Tofts in Waikanae">Read more</a>
