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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori, including co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, are gathering for the yearly AGM in Rotorua on Sunday. RNZ Te Pāti Māori will gather for its long-awaited Annual General Meeting in Rotorua today, after months of turmoil that led to the expulsion of two of their six MPs. Mariameno ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori tensions expected to loom as party AGM goes ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/te-pati-maori-tensions-expected-to-loom-as-party-agm-goes-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori tensions expected to loom as party AGM goes ahead">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nitrate levels have been testing high in Waimate district water supplies (file photo). HENDRIK SCHMIDT Nitrate levels are inching up in a small South Canterbury town where some council water supplies were previously off limits for extended periods twice following breaches of the drinking water standards. On Friday, the Waimate District ... <a title="Water nitrate levels rise in town previously hit by unsafe levels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/water-nitrate-levels-rise-in-town-previously-hit-by-unsafe-levels/" aria-label="Read more about Water nitrate levels rise in town previously hit by unsafe levels">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Set in Chicago – though filmed mostly in Melbourne (more on that later) – All Her Fault immediately pulls us into the tension. Sarah Snook (Shiv in Succession), stars as Melissa Irving, a successful wealth manager whose life unravels in the opening minutes when she discovers her 5-year-old son Milo has ... <a title="What to watch: Succession star shines in tense psychological thriller All Her Fault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/07/what-to-watch-succession-star-shines-in-tense-psychological-thriller-all-her-fault/" aria-label="Read more about What to watch: Succession star shines in tense psychological thriller All Her Fault">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An unknown chemical leaked out of unlabelled plastic bottles as they were being packed up for recycling (file photo). RNZ / Ana Tovey An unknown chemical has injured two workers and forced the closure of Taumarunui Transfer Station, after it was left for recycling. The liquid was in unlabelled containers that ... <a title="Workers injured by chemical leak at Taumarunui transfer station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/workers-injured-by-chemical-leak-at-taumarunui-transfer-station/" aria-label="Read more about Workers injured by chemical leak at Taumarunui transfer station">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Mennenga grabs a rebound for the Breakers. Photosport The NZ Breakers have continued their mid-season surge to overcome the Tasmania JackJumpers 99-86 at Auckland’s Spark Arena, moving the home team into ANBL playoff contention for the first time. Their fourth win in five games sees the Breakers leapfrog Tasmania into ... <a title="NZ Breakers surge into ANBL playoff contention with win over Tasmania JackJumpers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/nz-breakers-surge-into-anbl-playoff-contention-with-win-over-tasmania-jackjumpers/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Breakers surge into ANBL playoff contention with win over Tasmania JackJumpers">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has announced a raft of weather warnings overnight and into Sunday morning. MetService Severe weather alerts have been issued for overnight into Sunday, for a front moving onto the South Island accompanied by heavy rain and northwest gales, before it is expected to weaken over central New Zealand on Monday, ... <a title="Weather: MetService issues orange wind, rain warnings for parts of South Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/weather-metservice-issues-orange-wind-rain-warnings-for-parts-of-south-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: MetService issues orange wind, rain warnings for parts of South Island">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For five years, Tammy Davis played hapless handyman Jared ‘Munter’ Mason on the local comedy drama series Outrageous Fortune. With people under 40 recognising him as a former George FM breakfast host and people over 40 remembering him as Munter, the father-of-three says he now gets approached by Kiwis of all ... <a title="Tammy Davis on co-creating ‘Outrageous Fortune’ character Munter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/tammy-davis-on-co-creating-outrageous-fortune-character-munter/" aria-label="Read more about Tammy Davis on co-creating ‘Outrageous Fortune’ character Munter">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The summer season is expected to bring a record number of kākāpō chicks, according to conservation scientists. The chair of the Kākāpō Recovery Group believes all breeding-age females may lay eggs, making it the most successful season in nearly five decades. Currently, the nocturnal parrots are in four predator-free sanctuaries, but ... <a title="Auckland University group believes this season best in five decades for Kākāpō breeding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/auckland-university-group-believes-this-season-best-in-five-decades-for-kakapo-breeding/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland University group believes this season best in five decades for Kākāpō breeding">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services were called to Kindercare in Woolston on Friday afternoon. RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon The childcare company where seven people suffered chemical burns admits it has failed on safety. Emergency services rushed to the Kindercare facility in Woolston on Friday, after an incident in which police said a chemical intended ... <a title="Christchurch childcare company where children burned admits it failed on safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/christchurch-childcare-company-where-children-burned-admits-it-failed-on-safety/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch childcare company where children burned admits it failed on safety">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters have brought a fire at a Christchurch house and neighbouring shed under control. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Firefighters are mopping up, after a shed fire spread to a neighbouring house in Waltham, Christchurch, sending plumes of black smoke across neighbouring suburbs. Fire and Emergency say four trucks attended the fire ... <a title="Christchurch house, shed fire across two properties now under control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/christchurch-house-shed-fire-across-two-properties-now-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch house, shed fire across two properties now under control">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The dogs, pictured here on Settlement Road in Kaiwaka, on the day they attacked two people. NZME A woman enjoying the sunshine ended up being flown to hospital, after four dogs set upon her, attacking her arms and legs. Then, when a neighbour tried to intervene, the dogs turned on him, ... <a title="Kaitāia woman sentenced after four dogs injure neighbours in Kaiwaka attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/kaitaia-woman-sentenced-after-four-dogs-injure-neighbours-in-kaiwaka-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitāia woman sentenced after four dogs injure neighbours in Kaiwaka attack">Read more</a>
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December 6, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ricardo Menendez March has criticised the system as another layer of bureaucracy. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Green Party is criticising the $8 million cost to set up the government’s traffic-light system for beneficiaries, which introduced new non-financial sanctions, calling it “smoke and mirrors”. The Greens have drawn attention to the ... <a title="Greens critical of government’s traffic-light system for beneficiaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/06/greens-critical-of-governments-traffic-light-system-for-beneficiaries/" aria-label="Read more about Greens critical of government’s traffic-light system for beneficiaries">Read more</a>
