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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gunak Lee was sentenced to 14 months’ jail at Manukau District Court. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Gunak Lee thought he was getting paid a few thousand dollars to smuggle a haul of 10 rare geckos, possibly worth over $140,000 Instead, he was caught in a sting with an undercover DOC ... <a title="South Korean man jailed following DOC undercover gecko-smuggling sting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/south-korean-man-jailed-following-doc-undercover-gecko-smuggling-sting/" aria-label="Read more about South Korean man jailed following DOC undercover gecko-smuggling sting">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. VNP / Phil Smith MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has been reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori, following an interim ruling by a high court judge, and will now attend the party’s Annual General Meeting this weekend. The decision will be revisited at a full hearing in early ... <a title="Mariameno Kapa-Kingi reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori in interim High Court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/mariameno-kapa-kingi-reinstated-as-a-member-of-te-pati-maori-in-interim-high-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about Mariameno Kapa-Kingi reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori in interim High Court ruling">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets are an invasive species, and a danger to local honey and wild bees. Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity official estimate it’s costing about $1 million a month to try to get on top of an incursion of exotic yellow-legged hornets in Auckland. Thirty-one queen hornets (Vespa velutina) have been found around ... <a title="Biosecurity mulls how to fund ongoing invasive yellow-legged hornet response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/biosecurity-mulls-how-to-fund-ongoing-invasive-yellow-legged-hornet-response/" aria-label="Read more about Biosecurity mulls how to fund ongoing invasive yellow-legged hornet response">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the second in the five-test series between arch rivals Australia and England continues at the Gabba in Brisbane. Australia lead the five-test series 1-0 and have not lost to England at the Gabba since 1986. First ball on day two is at 5pm NZT. Sign up ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – second test, day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-second-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – second test, day two">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has raised concerns about fish “heading to Te Waipounamu”. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Oceans and Fisheries Minister has raised concerns about fish “heading to Te Waipounamu” due to warming waters. “In my lifetime, we’re seeing the drift into the South Island of fisheries resources ... <a title="Minister raises concerns over fish heading south due to warming waters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/minister-raises-concerns-over-fish-heading-south-due-to-warming-waters/" aria-label="Read more about Minister raises concerns over fish heading south due to warming waters">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Feral cat preys on black-fronted tern chicks in December 2024. DOC A feral cat that destroyed a large black-fronted tern colony on Canterbury’s Waiau Toa/Clarence River has finally been caught. The tom cat killed and ate several adult tern, chicks and eggs, resulting in birds abandoning almost all 95 nests on ... <a title="Feral cat that decimated a black-fronted tern colony finally caught" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/feral-cat-that-decimated-a-black-fronted-tern-colony-finally-caught/" aria-label="Read more about Feral cat that decimated a black-fronted tern colony finally caught">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police recovered $20,000 of stolen goods following a burglary in Albany. NZ Police A teenager accused of attempting to steal more than $20,000 worth of clothing from an Auckland store was caught in the act. Police said they were notified of several alarms being activated at a store on Don McKinnon ... <a title="Police say teen accused of stealing $20,000 worth of clothing caught in the act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/police-say-teen-accused-of-stealing-20000-worth-of-clothing-caught-in-the-act/" aria-label="Read more about Police say teen accused of stealing $20,000 worth of clothing caught in the act">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An example of the military style uniform the youth in the pilot boot camp were required to wear. RNZ / Rachel Helyer-Donaldson Oranga Tamariki aims to run its second boot camp for serious youth offenders in March next year using a new design. The Children’s Minister earlier this week in a ... <a title="Oranga Tamariki aims to use new design for young offenders’ boot camp in March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/oranga-tamariki-aims-to-use-new-design-for-young-offenders-boot-camp-in-march/" aria-label="Read more about Oranga Tamariki aims to use new design for young offenders’ boot camp in March">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ earlier revealed about 130 staff were under investigation throughout the country after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were “falsely or erroneously recorded”. RNZ Police say they are working to resolve concerns around breath testing data “as quickly as possible,” after the New Zealand Transport Agency halted $6m worth of funding until ... <a title="Breath testing data concerns to be resolved ‘as quickly as possible’, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/breath-testing-data-concerns-to-be-resolved-as-quickly-as-possible-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Breath testing data concerns to be resolved ‘as quickly as possible’, police say">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paul Eagle has been chief executive at the Chatham Islands Council since November 2023. RNZ/Daniela Maoate-Cox The Auditor-General is scrutinising spending at Chatham Islands Council where former Labour MP Paul Eagle is chief executive. The Office of the Auditor-General confirmed it was looking into “sensitive expenditure and procurement” at the council ... <a title="Auditor-General scrutinises Chatham Islands Council spending where Paul Eagle is CEO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/auditor-general-scrutinises-chatham-islands-council-spending-where-paul-eagle-is-ceo/" aria-label="Read more about Auditor-General scrutinises Chatham Islands Council spending where Paul Eagle is CEO">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Morgan (Zhi Hong) Xiao. Supplied An Auckland-based pro-Beijing online political commentator has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in defamation damages to former Auckland Councillor Paul Young. Morgan (Zhi Hong) Xiao, also known as ‘Demon King’ (魔王) online, runs a social media account on WeChat and describes himself as a ... <a title="Former Auckland councillor wins defamation case against Pro-Beijing commentator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/former-auckland-councillor-wins-defamation-case-against-pro-beijing-commentator/" aria-label="Read more about Former Auckland councillor wins defamation case against Pro-Beijing commentator">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Mercer was sentenced on Friday at the High Court at Dunedin. (File photo) RNZ / Nate McKinnon The mother of a Dunedin man who died after falling from a moving trailer is still haunted by the decision to turn off his life support, a court has heard. Robert Douglas Ralston ... <a title="Dunedin man Andrew Mercer jailed for causing death of partner who fell from moving trailer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/dunedin-man-andrew-mercer-jailed-for-causing-death-of-partner-who-fell-from-moving-trailer/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin man Andrew Mercer jailed for causing death of partner who fell from moving trailer">Read more</a>
