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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Health Minister Casey Costello. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has been back in the firing line on Wednesday over big tobacco’s influence, with a health select committee erupting into heated debate on government plans to roll out oral tobacco and nicotine products. Last year, Cabinet agreed ... <a title="Health select committee erupts into heated debate over roll out of oral tobacco and nicotine products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/health-select-committee-erupts-into-heated-debate-over-roll-out-of-oral-tobacco-and-nicotine-products/" aria-label="Read more about Health select committee erupts into heated debate over roll out of oral tobacco and nicotine products">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Seven Sharp’s hosts promoting the ‘Swede As’ campaign for the launch of Ikea. TVNZ Seven Sharp Many shoppers are bracing themselves for chaos as IKEA prepares to open the doors of its Auckland store, the first in the country. Up to 20,000 shoppers are predicted to visit on the first day, ... <a title="What you need to know ahead of NZ’s first IKEA opening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-nzs-first-ikea-opening/" aria-label="Read more about What you need to know ahead of NZ’s first IKEA opening">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. (File photo) Supplied It could cost one kindergarten operator hundreds of thousands of dollars to decontaminate its sites that tested positive for asbestos from coloured play sand, it says. Whanau Manaaki got tests on 13 kindergartens where the ... <a title="Kindergarten staff’ ‘angry, aggrieved’ at play sand asbestos clean up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/kindergarten-staff-angry-aggrieved-at-play-sand-asbestos-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about Kindergarten staff’ ‘angry, aggrieved’ at play sand asbestos clean up">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tony’s house bus was struck by lightning. Supplied A man says he is the “luckiest unlucky person on the planet” after his house-bus was hit by lightning during a storm. Emergency services have rushed to a motor camp in Dudding Lake, in rural Rangitīkei after reports a tornado went through and ... <a title="Person injured as tornado reportedly flips caravan at Rangitīkei motor camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/person-injured-as-tornado-reportedly-flips-caravan-at-rangitikei-motor-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Person injured as tornado reportedly flips caravan at Rangitīkei motor camp">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The rotten food served to students at Haeata Community Campus. Supplied / Haeata Community Campus The food safety authority is doubling down on its assessment that rotten lunches were given to students at a Christchurch school because of “human error” by the school’s staff. The principal of Haeata Community Campus, Peggy ... <a title="Food safety authority doubles down on mouldy lunches being school’s fault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/food-safety-authority-doubles-down-on-mouldy-lunches-being-schools-fault/" aria-label="Read more about Food safety authority doubles down on mouldy lunches being school’s fault">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Top Energy workers at a Kaikohe substation on the evening of a major power cut. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Far North lines company Top Energy says repairs to a substation that failed spectacularly almost a month ago have now been completed. At about 5.20pm on 6 November, Kaikohe residents reported ... <a title="Far North substation repaired after major power outage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/far-north-substation-repaired-after-major-power-outage/" aria-label="Read more about Far North substation repaired after major power outage">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Severe thunderstorm warnings are in place for the Auckland region with MetService saying they could lead to very heavy downpours. MetService is forecasting downpours across the North Island on Wednesday, with possible thunderstorms in some places, and a number of watches and warnings in place. A heavy rain warning is in ... <a title="Intense rain, blustery wind and thunderstorms hit the North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/intense-rain-blustery-wind-and-thunderstorms-hit-the-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Intense rain, blustery wind and thunderstorms hit the North Island">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand State Highway 16 full of slow moving morning traffic as the sun rises. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly New data has found a large number of cars in New Zealand don’t have the registration and WoF up to date. Among everyday vehicles, nearly half are overdue for either their Warrant of Fitness ... <a title="Shocking number of cars with overdue registration, WoF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/shocking-number-of-cars-with-overdue-registration-wof/" aria-label="Read more about Shocking number of cars with overdue registration, WoF">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A striking image of Mt Taranaki in the North Island by an Austrian photographer has won an international award. Chosen from 3600 global entries by a panel of five judges, Lukas Trixl’s snapshot took first place at the 12th International Landscape Photograph of the Year Awards in Sydney. Trixl, who says ... <a title="‘Majestic’ Mt Taranaki picture wins International Photograph of the Year Award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/majestic-mt-taranaki-picture-wins-international-photograph-of-the-year-award/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Majestic’ Mt Taranaki picture wins International Photograph of the Year Award">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The measles virus, the US CDC says measles is very contagious and can be serious, and anyone who is not protected against the virus is at risk. Supplied/ US CDC Five new cases of measles have been confirmed, spread across both the North and South Islands. One is in Dunedin, three ... <a title="Five new cases of measles confirmed, increase ‘concerning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/five-new-cases-of-measles-confirmed-increase-concerning/" aria-label="Read more about Five new cases of measles confirmed, increase ‘concerning’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Jockey James McDonald. DAN HIMBRECHTS New Zealand jockey James McDonald has won the Longines World’s Best Jockey title for the second consecutive year and third time overall. The 33-year-old, who is based in Australia, also won the Longines World’s Best Jockey Award in 2022. On his way to claiming the ... <a title="NZ jockey crowned World’s Best Jockey for third time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/nz-jockey-crowned-worlds-best-jockey-for-third-time/" aria-label="Read more about NZ jockey crowned World’s Best Jockey for third time">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has resigned as Chief Executive of the Social Investment Agency. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says he would’ve sacked former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster “if I had to”. He’s also revealed Coster will receive three months pay as part of his ... <a title="I would have sacked Andrew Coster if he hadn’t quit, Sir Brian Roche says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/i-would-have-sacked-andrew-coster-if-he-hadnt-quit-sir-brian-roche-says/" aria-label="Read more about I would have sacked Andrew Coster if he hadn’t quit, Sir Brian Roche says">Read more</a>
