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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RMA folio Bill McKay While many people ease into Christmas, head to drinks, write cards and mentally check out, in its penultimate sitting week of 2025 Parliament is doing the opposite. This is one of MPs’ busiest weeks of the year. Ten new bills across different portfolios were introduced, a matching ... <a title="The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-house-mps-week-begins-with-an-rma-shakeup-precursor/" aria-label="Read more about The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers forward Sam Mennenga aims for the basket. Photosport At the halfway point in their Australian NBL season, the NZ Breakers have turned around a shaky start to be in the play-offs picture. After losing four games to start the season, and seven of their first nine, the new-look Breakers struggled ... <a title="In-form Breakers target top four at NBL mid-point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/in-form-breakers-target-top-four-at-nbl-mid-point/" aria-label="Read more about In-form Breakers target top four at NBL mid-point">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Barriers surround the front of Avi’s Pies and Patisserie which the owner says has severely impacted business. RNZ / Evie Richardson Behind a sea of road cones, diggers and traffic chaos, businesses on a busy Auckland road are crying out for help. Shop owners in Grey Lynn say they have been ... <a title="Businesses on busy road suffering as shops barricaded by roadworks for a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/businesses-on-busy-road-suffering-as-shops-barricaded-by-roadworks-for-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses on busy road suffering as shops barricaded by roadworks for a year">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Napier City Council. RNZ / Tom Kitchin A proposal from new Napier Mayor Richard McGrath to remove mana whenua voices and voting rights in the council’s standing committees for the next council term has failed. It was an at times tense council meeting, with a packed public gallery, including members of ... <a title="Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/proposal-to-remove-mana-whenua-voice-at-napier-city-council-fails/" aria-label="Read more about Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Conservation Minister has re-classified swathes of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island. Tama Potaka is making some of the changes through an ‘order in council’ process that legitimately circumvents Cabinet sign off. New Zealand First’s deputy leader Shane ... <a title="Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/coalition-strains-over-stewardship-land-shake-up/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some 80km/h sections are being reduced to 50km/h for Christmas. RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is pumping the brakes and reducing speed limits on several sections of a popular holiday route in time for Christmas. Four sections of State Highway 25 will drop to 50km/h from ... <a title="Christmas comes early for fans of speed reductions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/christmas-comes-early-for-fans-of-speed-reductions/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas comes early for fans of speed reductions">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Analysis – Even in the increasingly chaotic environment of rugby coaching, the news that Jason Holland has returned to the Hurricanes feels odd. Holland was the head coach in Wellington from 2020-23, before leaving to take up an assistant coach role with the All Blacks. His departure from Scott Robertson’s set ... <a title="Do the All Blacks need more coaches, or less?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/do-the-all-blacks-need-more-coaches-or-less/" aria-label="Read more about Do the All Blacks need more coaches, or less?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hail at Dunedin Airport. Supplied Thunderstorms are forecast to bring torrential rain and large hail to the South Island. MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Otago on Thursday afternoon. The forecasting agency said the thunderstorms are moving quickly towards the east, and could be accompanied by torrential rain and ... <a title="Weather: Large hail, torrential rain forecast as thunderstorm warning issued for South Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/weather-large-hail-torrential-rain-forecast-as-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-south-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Large hail, torrential rain forecast as thunderstorm warning issued for South Island">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com The Central Hawke’s Bay beach community of Kairakau has just been put under the highest level of water restrictions. Central Hawke’s Bay District Council chief executive Doug Tate said it wasn’t a decision they made lightly. “It became a necessary move due to the inability to extract enough water from ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay community moves to highest level of water restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/hawkes-bay-community-moves-to-highest-level-of-water-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay community moves to highest level of water restrictions">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Top picks for the year included Sanford, A2 Milk, dairy co-operative Fonterra and apple and pet food exporter Scales. RNZ / Angus Dreaver The New Zealand Exchange Top 50 Index is ending the year slightly stronger than where it started, with a few out-performers more than offsetting weakness in others. Harbour ... <a title="NZX ends year ahead of where it began" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/nzx-ends-year-ahead-of-where-it-began/" aria-label="Read more about NZX ends year ahead of where it began">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister David Seymour. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A Christchurch school caused a big drama by talking to the media about mouldy school lunches before waiting for investigation findings, David Seymour says. Haeata Community Campus has been at odds with New Zealand Food Safety and school lunch provider Compass Group ... <a title="School caused ‘major drama’ by speaking out about mouldy lunches – David Seymour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/school-caused-major-drama-by-speaking-out-about-mouldy-lunches-david-seymour/" aria-label="Read more about School caused ‘major drama’ by speaking out about mouldy lunches – David Seymour">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In recent years there have been reports of copper being stolen. Supplied Three people have been arrested following an investigation into ongoing thefts of copper. They were arrested after raids in rural Gordonton and Cambridge, Waikato. Two were women, aged 37 and 50, and a 44-year-old man. They will appear in ... <a title="Waikato trio accused of copper thefts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/waikato-trio-accused-of-copper-thefts/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato trio accused of copper thefts">Read more</a>
