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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has issued multiple orange warnings and watches for parts of the South Island. File photo. Heavy rain and severe northwest gales are set to hit large parts of the South Island, with MetService issuing multiple orange warnings and watches as an active front is set to move across the country. ... <a title="Weather: Heavy rain, severe gales to lash South Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/weather-heavy-rain-severe-gales-to-lash-south-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Heavy rain, severe gales to lash South Island">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The injured person is in a stable condition. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has been hospitalised after an altercation in the King Country town of Te Kūiti. Police were called to King Street East at 12:45am after reports of an altercation between people known to each other. They said the ... <a title="Altercation in Te Kūiti leaves person hospitalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/altercation-in-te-kuiti-leaves-person-hospitalised/" aria-label="Read more about Altercation in Te Kūiti leaves person hospitalised">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The possibility of a generational clash of the finance ministers got the media going. The Press “Are you worried about this Taxpayers’ Union campaign that’s going to be launched against Nicola Willis?” Heather du Plessis-Allan asked the prime minister on Newstalk ZB last Monday. “I haven’t seen it. But I would ... <a title="Media in the middle of fudge stunts, debate drama and ‘right v left’ rows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/media-in-the-middle-of-fudge-stunts-debate-drama-and-right-v-left-rows/" aria-label="Read more about Media in the middle of fudge stunts, debate drama and ‘right v left’ rows">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A training exercise will be carried out off the Taranaki coast. 123RF A training exercise will be carried out off the Taranaki coast, in a bid to assess how agencies respond to a maritime emergency. The operation will be held on Sunday between Port Taranaki and the Bell Block area. Locals ... <a title="Training exercise to test response to maritime emergency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/training-exercise-to-test-response-to-maritime-emergency/" aria-label="Read more about Training exercise to test response to maritime emergency">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Skipper Travis Whiteman. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Two lawmakers have expressed different views on whether New Zealand’s boating rules are fit for purpose. But the rules look unlikely to change anytime soon. On Wednesday in the Thames District Court, skipper Travis Whiteman was sentenced and fined for careless operation of a ... <a title="Politicians divided over whether boating rules are fit for purpose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/politicians-divided-over-whether-boating-rules-are-fit-for-purpose/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians divided over whether boating rules are fit for purpose">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland City celebrate winning the National League Championship Men’s Final. Shane Wenzlick / Photosport.nz Auckland City FC have defended their National League Championship title with a 7-6 penalty shootout win over Chatham Cup holders Wellington Olympic, after the match finished tied 2-2 following extra time in a thrilling final at Newtown ... <a title="Football: Auckland City claim back-to-back National League titles after penalty shootout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/football-auckland-city-claim-back-to-back-national-league-titles-after-penalty-shootout/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Auckland City claim back-to-back National League titles after penalty shootout">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Google Maps Police have located a teenager who absconded from a youth justice residence near Christchurch. The boy fled from Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo in Rolleston on Saturday morning. He was found at 4.15am, with the assistance of the Eagle helicopter. Oranga Tamariki confirmed the boy was back ... <a title="Teen who fled youth justice facility found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/teen-who-fled-youth-justice-facility-found/" aria-label="Read more about Teen who fled youth justice facility found">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins is promising voters will see a different Labour in 2026 to the party they turned their backs on in 2023. The last election saw Labour’s six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister. ... <a title="‘Opportunity to stamp my own mark’: Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/opportunity-to-stamp-my-own-mark-chris-hipkins-promises-a-different-labour/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Opportunity to stamp my own mark’: Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Breakers winning run has come to an end. © Photosport Ltd 2025 www.photosport.nz The Breakers fell to a 12-point loss to South East Melbourne Phoenix in their NBL clash in Melbourne, bringing an end to the New Zealanders’ three game winning streak. The 92-80 defeat keeps the Breakers outside the ... <a title="Basketball: Tough night for Breakers as they fall to Phoenix in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/basketball-tough-night-for-breakers-as-they-fall-to-phoenix-in-melbourne/" aria-label="Read more about Basketball: Tough night for Breakers as they fall to Phoenix in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jan Parkes’ early travel blogging trips to Fiordland were seven hours on the road with a baby who wasn’t even walking yet. But with a travel-writing, photography-toting mum who’s covered most of the South Island and 40 countries, her three children (now aged between 7 and 12) learned to take life ... <a title="Why do some people get carsick and others don’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/why-do-some-people-get-carsick-and-others-dont/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people get carsick and others don’t?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwibank’s 2026 outlook notes that the Reserve Bank is currently “at the centre of some confusion”. RNZ Miscommunication from the Reserve Bank has driven interest rates higher than they should be, Kiwibank economists say, but they expect the economy to recover next year, anyway. Kiwibank has released its outlook for 2026, ... <a title="Rising home loan rates blamed on ‘another misstep from Reserve Bank’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/rising-home-loan-rates-blamed-on-another-misstep-from-reserve-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Rising home loan rates blamed on ‘another misstep from Reserve Bank’">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Two bodies were found at a property in Ruatiti. A homicide investigation is under way after two people were found dead at a rural property in the central North Island. The pair’s bodies were found at a property in Ruatiti on Saturday afternoon. Ruatiti is in the Ruapehu district near the ... <a title="Homicide investigation launched after two found dead in central North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/13/homicide-investigation-launched-after-two-found-dead-in-central-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide investigation launched after two found dead in central North Island">Read more</a>
