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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Applications for information about a partner’s history of violence have fallen by nearly 75 percent in the last five years. 123RF A UK criminologist is labelling New Zealand’s scheme to allow the disclosure of a partner’s history of violence as a missed opportunity to protect vulnerable people from family harm. Dr ... <a title="Police looking at improving scheme that allows disclosure of history of violence to partners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/police-looking-at-improving-scheme-that-allows-disclosure-of-history-of-violence-to-partners/" aria-label="Read more about Police looking at improving scheme that allows disclosure of history of violence to partners">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright celebrates Blake Armstrong / PHOTOSPORT Another impressive performance by captain Parker Jackson-Cartwright has given the Breakers their second successive win in the NBL and edged them closer to a place in the final of the Ignite Cup. Jackson-Cartwright hit 24 points as the Breakers beat the Sydney ... <a title="Parker Jackson-Cartwright rescues Breakers as they take down Kings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/parker-jackson-cartwright-rescues-breakers-as-they-take-down-kings/" aria-label="Read more about Parker Jackson-Cartwright rescues Breakers as they take down Kings">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER One person is seriously injured following a crash in Lower Hutt. Rutherford Street, between Melling Link and Connolly Street, is closed as a result of the single-vehicle crash that occurred around 5.30am on Thursday. Police said the road is expected to be closed “for some time” and ... <a title="Lower Hutt road closed following serious crash, motorists asked to avoid area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/lower-hutt-road-closed-following-serious-crash-motorists-asked-to-avoid-area/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt road closed following serious crash, motorists asked to avoid area">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Happiness in the workplace has held steady over the past year. Unsplash Two-thirds surveyed happy at work Direct line managers more influential, but only 56 pct happy with their manager Purpose is main happiness driver along with responsibilities Job security more important for happiness, but fewer feel it Nearly a third ... <a title="Gen Z workers least happy, 40 percent dread going to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/gen-z-workers-least-happy-40-percent-dread-going-to-work/" aria-label="Read more about Gen Z workers least happy, 40 percent dread going to work">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson. MPS AGENCY / PHOTOSPORT Analysis: New Zealand driver Liam Lawson can probably afford to sit back and take a couple of deep breaths following the 2025 Formula 1 season, but he won’t have long to relax. If the 23-year-old thought he was under pressure in ... <a title="No time to relax for Liam Lawson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/no-time-to-relax-for-liam-lawson/" aria-label="Read more about No time to relax for Liam Lawson">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Health New Zealand has confirmed five new cases of measles. 123rf A paediatrician is worried that a new wave of measles cases means the disease is spreading undetected. Health New Zealand (HNZ) confirmed five new cases on Wednesday – one person in Dunedin, one in Waikato and three people in Auckland. ... <a title="Paediatrician worries new measles wave spreading undetected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/paediatrician-worries-new-measles-wave-spreading-undetected/" aria-label="Read more about Paediatrician worries new measles wave spreading undetected">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The rain radar as of 6am Thursday morning. Supplied / Metservice Weather watches remain in place for parts of the North Island following a stormy night for some regions. Heavy rain and powerful winds swept through Te Ika-a-Māui overnight. MetService says the wettest areas included parts of Tai Rāwhiti, including Wharerata ... <a title="Weather watches remain for North Island following stormy night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/weather-watches-remain-for-north-island-following-stormy-night/" aria-label="Read more about Weather watches remain for North Island following stormy night">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Now it’s December, people throughout the country have been hunting for the perfect Christmas tree. But that doesn’t always mean a fir, spruce, pine… or plastic. Christmas is celebrated in summer after all… so why bother with an evergreen tree? . “We collected driftwood and made a stand, then our children ... <a title="Ditching the traditional Christmas tree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/ditching-the-traditional-christmas-tree/" aria-label="Read more about Ditching the traditional Christmas tree">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wild deer can be found in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand on public conservation land and private property. Supplied In a war between hunters and conservationists over the control of one of our most damaging pests, only the deer are winning. It’s nearly 100 years since deer ... <a title="Calls for urgent action over deer control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/calls-for-urgent-action-over-deer-control/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for urgent action over deer control">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister David Seymour. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Education Ministry says the English and maths curriculums introduced by primary schools this year have had a bigger impact than expected. Appearing before Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee, the ministry’s chief executive, Ellen MacGregor-Reid, said she was thrilled for children. ... <a title="New primary English, maths curriculum results exceeding expectations, ministry says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/new-primary-english-maths-curriculum-results-exceeding-expectations-ministry-says/" aria-label="Read more about New primary English, maths curriculum results exceeding expectations, ministry says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Global butter prices are falling. RNZ / Unsplash Finally, some good news for butter lovers: Global prices are falling. But there remains some bad news: Any fall in the price you see at the supermarket is not likely to be as fast, or as large, as the increase you experienced when ... <a title="Why butter prices might not fall as fast as they rose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-butter-prices-might-not-fall-as-fast-as-they-rose/" aria-label="Read more about Why butter prices might not fall as fast as they rose">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Auckland and Wellington remain the parts of the country with prices furthest from their peak – but one property investor says one is looking more undervalued than the other at the moment. Cotality has released its latest data, which shows a 0.1 percent lift in values for New Zealand in ... <a title="What’s going on with Auckland house prices?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/whats-going-on-with-auckland-house-prices/" aria-label="Read more about What’s going on with Auckland house prices?">Read more</a>
