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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The increase was to keep up with the cost of living, the Workplace Relations and Safety Minister said. (File photo) 123RF Minimum wage workers will get a pay increase from April 1, but its less than the current rate of inflation. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden said the ... <a title="Minimum wage workers to get pay increase next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/minimum-wage-workers-to-get-pay-increase-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Minimum wage workers to get pay increase next year">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Timaru Christmas tree has suffered some significant fire damage overnight. Timaru District Council Police have charged a man with deliberately setting Timaru’s public Christmas tree alight. A photo posted to social media by the district council shows the scorched side of the 10-metre-tall tree in the Canterbury city’s centre surrounded ... <a title="Timaru’s Christmas tree set on fire, won’t be replaced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/timarus-christmas-tree-set-on-fire-wont-be-replaced/" aria-label="Read more about Timaru’s Christmas tree set on fire, won’t be replaced">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Nick Campton, ABC Dylan Brown scores a try for the Kiwis against Tonga in round 3 of the Pacific Championships rugby league tournament at Eden Park, Auckland, 2 November 2025. Photosport Analysis: After a year during which he signed the most lucrative contract in the history of rugby league, it ... <a title="Kiwis star Dylan Brown misses out on Golden Boot in baffling decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/kiwis-star-dylan-brown-misses-out-on-golden-boot-in-baffling-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis star Dylan Brown misses out on Golden Boot in baffling decision">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Photo: Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat could be made suitable for sale. From next year, small-scale meat processors will be subject to reduced meat sampling and testing requirements – compared ... <a title="New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/new-government-rules-coming-for-micro-abattoirs/" aria-label="Read more about New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A man trying to buy a car was allegedly assaulted by two people. (File photo) 123RF Two people have been charged with kidnapping and robbing a man trying to buy a car on Facebook Marketplace. Police said the victim arranged to meet a seller outside a house on Holdsworth Ave in ... <a title="Kidnapping charges after Facebook Marketplace buyer allegedly robbed and assaulted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/kidnapping-charges-after-facebook-marketplace-buyer-allegedly-robbed-and-assaulted/" aria-label="Read more about Kidnapping charges after Facebook Marketplace buyer allegedly robbed and assaulted">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action on day three of the Black Caps second test against the West Indies, at Cello Basin Reserve in Wellington. The Black Caps and West Indies are locked in a tight tussle in the second cricket test in Wellington. Having bowled the West Indies out for 205, ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-second-test-day-three/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test – day three">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Police are continuing with a prosecution against the woman who accused former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending in relation to charges of harassing another police officer and his wife. A damning report released last month by the Independent Police Conduct Authority found serious ... <a title="Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser ‘Ms Z’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/police-press-on-with-prosecution-of-jevon-mcskimming-accuser-ms-z/" aria-label="Read more about Police press on with prosecution of Jevon McSkimming accuser ‘Ms Z’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Nathan Boulter NZPA / David Rowland A possessive stalker who stabbed a Christchurch mother 55 times after she broke off their relationship will be sentenced for murder in February. Nathan Boulter murdered Chantal McDonald in Parklands in July. He appeared via audio-visual link at the High Court ... <a title="Name suppression lifts for Christchurch murder victim Chantal McDonald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/name-suppression-lifts-for-christchurch-murder-victim-chantal-mcdonald/" aria-label="Read more about Name suppression lifts for Christchurch murder victim Chantal McDonald">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 20-year-old subantartic fur seal Ōrua has been euthanised. Supplied / Auckland Zoo The last remaining seal in a New Zealand zoo has been euthanised. Auckland Zoo announced its 20-year-old subantartic fur seal named Ōrua was euthanised on Thursday. The zoo said Ōrua was close to the maximum lifespan for his species ... <a title="NZ’s last seal in zoo euthanised, leaves behind ‘special legacy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/nzs-last-seal-in-zoo-euthanised-leaves-behind-special-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s last seal in zoo euthanised, leaves behind ‘special legacy’">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netflix has announced its planned acquisition of the American media company Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (NZ$142.43 billion). The acquisition has provoked criticism from film fans, creatives and the US government, including concerns for the future of filmgoing. News of the acquisition was also followed by a ... <a title="Netflix is buying Warner Brothers: Is it the end of the cinema?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/netflix-is-buying-warner-brothers-is-it-the-end-of-the-cinema/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix is buying Warner Brothers: Is it the end of the cinema?">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Primary teachers have been in drawn-out pay talks. (File photo) 123rf.com Primary school teachers are considering a potential settlement of their drawn-out pay talks. Teachers belonging to union NZEI Te Riu Roa received the offer overnight. Voting on the offer began on Friday morning and closed at 12pm on Wednesday next ... <a title="Primary teachers consider settlement after drawn-out pay talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/primary-teachers-consider-settlement-after-drawn-out-pay-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Primary teachers consider settlement after drawn-out pay talks">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Hobbyist beekeepers are being asked to stay alert for invasive yellow-legged hornets loitering around their hives. Biosecurity New Zealand has more than doubled its Auckland surveillance zone from 5 to 11 kilometres. Auckland Beekeepers Club president Ken Brown said that decision was made because worker hornets were beginning to travel ... <a title="Appeal to backyard beekeepers to be vigilant over yellow-legged hornets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/appeal-to-backyard-beekeepers-to-be-vigilant-over-yellow-legged-hornets/" aria-label="Read more about Appeal to backyard beekeepers to be vigilant over yellow-legged hornets">Read more</a>
