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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland has welcomed the first passengers transiting on what has been dubbed the “world’s longest direct flight”. A new China Eastern Airlines service from Shanghai to Buenos Aires landed in Auckland just after 6pm on Thursday. The route departs from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport and is scheduled to take roughly 25 ... <a title="Auckland welcomes world’s longest direct flight, linking China and South America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/auckland-welcomes-worlds-longest-direct-flight-linking-china-and-south-america/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland welcomes world’s longest direct flight, linking China and South America">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand have been found to contain asbestos. Supplied / MBIE Kmart has cancelled the recall notices that were in force for three of its coloured sand products caught in the asbestos contamination scare. MBIE said it had ... <a title="Kmart cancels recalls for three coloured sand products caught up in scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/kmart-cancels-recalls-for-three-coloured-sand-products-caught-up-in-scare/" aria-label="Read more about Kmart cancels recalls for three coloured sand products caught up in scare">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For more than 30 years, residents on Auckland’s Franklin Road have decked out their properties with Christmas decorations for the rest of the city to enjoy. Despite prevalent rumours and conspiracy theories that the popular street-wide display is “funded by the electricity companies” or “organised by the council”, Roscoe Thorby – ... <a title="Watch: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/watch-take-a-walk-through-aucklands-franklin-road-christmas-light-show/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For more than 30 years, residents on Auckland’s Franklin Road have decked out their properties with Christmas decorations for the rest of the city to enjoy. Despite prevalent rumours and conspiracy theories that the popular street-wide display is “funded by the electricity companies” or “organised by the council”, Roscoe Thorby – ... <a title="Watch live: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/watch-live-take-a-walk-through-aucklands-franklin-road-christmas-light-show/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Take a walk through Auckland’s Franklin Road Christmas light show">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Haeata Community Campus said they have recalled all of the lunches due to the contamination, but some had already been eaten by students. Supplied The food safety regulator says it’s seen CCTV footage from a Christchurch school, which shows that mouldy lunches were served to students because of a mix up ... <a title="Principal says school not to blame for mouldy lunches as authorities review footage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/principal-says-school-not-to-blame-for-mouldy-lunches-as-authorities-review-footage/" aria-label="Read more about Principal says school not to blame for mouldy lunches as authorities review footage">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Austin Oliver and Angus Robson at the cordoned off entrance to a once popular walking track. LDR/SUPPLIED About 100 people crowded into the Whakatāne District Council chambers on Wednesday in a show of support for the restoration of Ōhope Beach’s iconic West End walkway. A second meeting room with video and ... <a title="Health and safety paralysis holding back walkway – volunteers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/health-and-safety-paralysis-holding-back-walkway-volunteers/" aria-label="Read more about Health and safety paralysis holding back walkway – volunteers">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tom & Luke’s Low Carb Raspberry Snacka Balls is one of three batches to be recalled SUPPLIED A brand of snack balls is being pulled off shelves after plastic was found inside some of them. New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) said specific batches of Tom & Luke’s Low Carb Snacka ... <a title="A batch of Tom & Luke’s Low Carb Snacka Balls was recalled after plastic was found inside" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/a-batch-of-tom-lukes-low-carb-snacka-balls-was-recalled-after-plastic-was-found-inside/" aria-label="Read more about A batch of Tom & Luke’s Low Carb Snacka Balls was recalled after plastic was found inside">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [authro:rnz_online] Dunedin’s Investigation Support Unit was seeing more people falling victim to scams and other fraud, particularly on Facebook Marketplace. 123RF Police are warning of increasing scammer activity online ahead of the festive season. Dunedin’s Investigation Support Unit was seeing more people falling victim to scams and other fraud, particularly on ... <a title="Scammer activity on the rise ahead of Christmas period, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/scammer-activity-on-the-rise-ahead-of-christmas-period-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Scammer activity on the rise ahead of Christmas period, police say">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hone Daniels and two other men stormed The Riv Sports Bar on the night of December 14, 2022, and forced a staff member to open the safe at gunpoint. NZME/SUPPLED A man who robbed a sports bar tried to claim it couldn’t have been him because he was busy doing his ... <a title="Hamilton armed robber Hone Daniels claimed he was doing his laundry, not robbing a pub" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/hamilton-armed-robber-hone-daniels-claimed-he-was-doing-his-laundry-not-robbing-a-pub/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton armed robber Hone Daniels claimed he was doing his laundry, not robbing a pub">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorists were advised that there would be delays to their journey. 123RF State Highway 35 between Omaio and Pariokara is closed both ways following a two-vehicle crash. Police were called to the scene around 5:50pm on Thursday. Three people received serious injuries and are receiving medical attention. The Serious Crash Unit ... <a title="Bay of Plenty highway closed after two-vehicle crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/bay-of-plenty-highway-closed-after-two-vehicle-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Bay of Plenty highway closed after two-vehicle crash">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor James Renwick of Victoria University Supplied A government decision to reject stronger climate targets is pitiful, and will cost households in the long run, scientists, advocates and opposition politicians say. However, a scientist who contributed to the government’s methane review said he’s not surprised the Climate Change Commission’s “activist” recommendations ... <a title="‘Pitiful’ decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/pitiful-decision-on-emissions-targets-will-cost-the-country-former-climate-commissioner-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pitiful’ decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mihiteria King and her son Scott Douglas hold a picture of Hemi Kingi. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham As a gun fired seven anniversary shots at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North, Mihiteria King held a special framed black and white photograph. The young man in his crisp, pressed army uniform is ... <a title="Korean War heritage 16th Field Regiment marks 75 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/korean-war-heritage-16th-field-regiment-marks-75-years/" aria-label="Read more about Korean War heritage 16th Field Regiment marks 75 years">Read more</a>
