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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For people with disabilities, even daily life can require some workarounds – let alone a natural disaster. With this in mind, the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) has launched a new emergency preparedness guide developed by, and for, disabled people. Renee Patete, who’s been blind since birth, said most things ... <a title="Getting through a natural disaster with a disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/getting-through-a-natural-disaster-with-a-disability/" aria-label="Read more about Getting through a natural disaster with a disability">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland firefighters protest for better pay and work conditions. RNZ/Lucy Xia Fire and Emergency (FENZ) says paid firefighters are “rolling the dice on people’s safety” with ongoing strike action. But the union is hitting back and said its comments about pay offers are pedalling “rubbish” that will only galvanise their member’s ... <a title="Ongoing strike action by paid firefighters ‘rolling the dice on people’s safety’ – FENZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/ongoing-strike-action-by-paid-firefighters-rolling-the-dice-on-peoples-safety-fenz/" aria-label="Read more about Ongoing strike action by paid firefighters ‘rolling the dice on people’s safety’ – FENZ">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anticipation is building ahead of the third instalment of director James Cameron’s alien epic, Avatar, with a crowd expected to attend Saturday’s star-studded red carpet event. The Wellington premiere of Avatar 3: Fire and Ash could draw thousands, according to the council, with A-list stars due to hit the red carpet ... <a title="Stars in town, movie buffs amped for Avatar 3 premiere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/stars-in-town-movie-buffs-amped-for-avatar-3-premiere/" aria-label="Read more about Stars in town, movie buffs amped for Avatar 3 premiere">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A person is in a serious condition after a crash on State Highway 1 near Wellsford. Police were called to the single vehicle crash at about 4pm. Police say the road was not blocked after the crash. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated ... <a title="Serious injuries after SH1 crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/serious-injuries-after-sh1-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Serious injuries after SH1 crash">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Thirty-three stores passed the test. 123RF Auckland police are disappointed after three liquor stores sold alcohol to minors. During the last three weeks, over 30 stores across Auckland were tested by inspectors to see they were complying with alcohol laws. Sergeant Michael Haydon said three failed. “We’re really disappointed to report ... <a title="Three Auckland stores caught selling alcohol to minors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/three-auckland-stores-caught-selling-alcohol-to-minors/" aria-label="Read more about Three Auckland stores caught selling alcohol to minors">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Niva Chittock A major Queenstown tourism operator and two other contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall. Skyline Enterprises, along with contractors Naylor Love Central Otago Limited and Wilsons Contractors Limited, were charged for breaches ... <a title="Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/major-queenstown-tourism-operator-sentenced-over-landslip-that-forced-evacuations/" aria-label="Read more about Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Farmers will be exposed to the uncertainty of the three-year political cycle by the government’s decision to walk away from the bipartisan consensus on climate change, the Greens say. The government is pushing through all three stages of a bill to weaken the 2050 methane emissions target ... <a title="Parliament debates climate targets under urgency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/parliament-debates-climate-targets-under-urgency/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament debates climate targets under urgency">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Like everyone else, teenagers want to have fun and feel like they’re on holiday when summer comes. They can also push back on routine and expectations and argue that, because there’s no school, there should also be no rules. Gaming all night then crashing until midday doesn’t make anyone feel good, ... <a title="How to set boundaries for teens over the summer break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-to-set-boundaries-for-teens-over-the-summer-break/" aria-label="Read more about How to set boundaries for teens over the summer break">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Emergency services are responding to a crash on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway on Friday afternoon. The crash involves a logging truck and car and has blocked the northbound lanes. It was reported about 3.30pm, between Kaikorai Valley Rd turnoff and Caversham Valley Road on-ramp. There are no reports ... <a title="Logging truck and car crash blocks Dunedin’s Southern Motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/logging-truck-and-car-crash-blocks-dunedins-southern-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Logging truck and car crash blocks Dunedin’s Southern Motorway">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Masamba had just celebrated his 23rd birthday two weeks ago. Facebook / Hamilton Zoo Hamilton Zoo has announced the death of one of its giraffes. Masamba had just celebrated his 23rd birthday, but had been in declining in health, the zoo said in a social media post on Friday. “Unfortunately, no ... <a title="Hamilton Zoo announces ‘deeply tragic’ death of giraffe Masamba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/hamilton-zoo-announces-deeply-tragic-death-of-giraffe-masamba/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton Zoo announces ‘deeply tragic’ death of giraffe Masamba">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Howard Temple, 85. The Press/Kai Schwoerer The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale is appealing his imprisonment for abusing girls and young women at the community. Howard Temple, 85, was on Friday afternoon jailed for more than two years for sexually assaulting six girls and young women at the West Coast Christian ... <a title="Gloriavale’s ex-leader Howard Temple appeals prison sentence for sex offending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/gloriavales-ex-leader-howard-temple-appeals-prison-sentence-for-sex-offending/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale’s ex-leader Howard Temple appeals prison sentence for sex offending">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rudmer Zwerver CreativeNature.nl A low-emissions future for farming will likely mean fewer cows – but farmers will struggle to diversify without financial and infrastructure support, government-funded research has found. The research, done for the government-funded Agricultural Emissions Centre, said a lack of confidence in mitigation technology, threats to profitability, and mixed ... <a title="How to support a low-emissions farming future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/how-to-support-a-low-emissions-farming-future/" aria-label="Read more about How to support a low-emissions farming future">Read more</a>
