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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rajinder has been accused of murdering Gurjit Singh in Dunedin in January last year. RNZ The man accused of murdering Dunedin’s Gurjit Singh lied to police and left DNA evidence at the scene, the Crown has alleged. The man, known only as Rajinder, is on trial at the High Court for ... <a title="Man accused of murdering Gurjit Singh ‘lied to police and left evidence at scene’, Crown alleges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/man-accused-of-murdering-gurjit-singh-lied-to-police-and-left-evidence-at-scene-crown-alleges/" aria-label="Read more about Man accused of murdering Gurjit Singh ‘lied to police and left evidence at scene’, Crown alleges">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This story has been updated to reflect that Compass Group is still on the list of providers chosen to provide lunches to high schools, intermediate schools, and comprehensive schools in 2026. The principal of a school which served up a contaminated meal from the government’s free school lunches programmes says she’s ... <a title="Principal of school at centre of mouldy school lunch fiasco hurt by David Seymour’s comments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/principal-of-school-at-centre-of-mouldy-school-lunch-fiasco-hurt-by-david-seymours-comments/" aria-label="Read more about Principal of school at centre of mouldy school lunch fiasco hurt by David Seymour’s comments">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police will be auditing internet usage of the most senior police officers in the country over the last 12 months, starting with the Police Commissioner, RNZ can reveal. It comes as Commissioner Richard Chambers says he’s asked for a “closer look” at the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s (IPCA) scathing report released ... <a title="Police to audit internet use of every senior officer after Jevon McSkimming scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/police-to-audit-internet-use-of-every-senior-officer-after-jevon-mcskimming-scandal/" aria-label="Read more about Police to audit internet use of every senior officer after Jevon McSkimming scandal">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Has flexible, remote work made mahi more fun and has the freedom made us happier? The nine to five has changed a lot of recent years, with Covid forcing some business to adapt to working from a home. But it’s not without its challenges. How do you read the room when ... <a title="Has the freedom of ‘hybrid work’ made us happier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/has-the-freedom-of-hybrid-work-made-us-happier/" aria-label="Read more about Has the freedom of ‘hybrid work’ made us happier?">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Helen Clark Foundation is is calling for better laws to protect victims of sexual violence in New Zealand, including eradicating virginity testing. 123rf.com Researchers say the practice of virginity testing is happening in New Zealand and it’s harming women. The Helen Clark Foundation is calling for urgent law changes to ... <a title="Virginity testing harming women in New Zealand – researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/virginity-testing-harming-women-in-new-zealand-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Virginity testing harming women in New Zealand – researcher">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Fabergé locket was worth more than $33,500. SCREENSHOT A man has been charged for allegedly swallowing a Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500 during a theft at a store in Auckland. Police were called at 3.30pm last Friday to the store in the central city. The 32-year-old man was accused ... <a title="Man charged after allegedly eating a pendant at an Auckland jewellers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/man-charged-after-allegedly-eating-a-pendant-at-an-auckland-jewellers/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged after allegedly eating a pendant at an Auckland jewellers">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The consequences of chronic methamphetamine use are already visible in hospital wards, and it’s about to get worse, an emergency department doctor says. Dr Paul Quigley told a symposium on reducing drug harm on Monday the country was facing an impending health crisis on par with smoking-related lung disease. “We are ... <a title="Chronic methamphetamine use will cost us – emergency doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/chronic-methamphetamine-use-will-cost-us-emergency-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Chronic methamphetamine use will cost us – emergency doctor">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Storm clouds over Queen Elizabeth Park in Kāpiti after a thunderstorm. Supplied/ Dan Bailey The hot start to summer is expected to take a turn, with thunderstorms, hail and even a chance of tornados for the North Island. MetService said an active low pressure system is expected to move onto central ... <a title="Thunderstorms, hail and possible tornadoes forecast for North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/thunderstorms-hail-and-possible-tornadoes-forecast-for-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Thunderstorms, hail and possible tornadoes forecast for North Island">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller The Tertiary Education Commission has taken the unusual step of giving multiple tertiary institutions permission to enrol extra students this year as they try to meet a boom in enrolments. The commission’s chief executive, Tim Fowler, told Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee institutions could enrol up ... <a title="Tertiary institutions enrolling extra students to meet demand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/tertiary-institutions-enrolling-extra-students-to-meet-demand/" aria-label="Read more about Tertiary institutions enrolling extra students to meet demand">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis has labelled the conduct of Labour MPs “unbecoming” after a fiery Scrutiny Week appearance which saw accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking. Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits ... <a title="‘A bit tired, a bit ratty’: Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/a-bit-tired-a-bit-ratty-heated-exchange-between-willis-and-labour-mps-at-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A bit tired, a bit ratty’: Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Victoria University will knock down the abandoned Gordon Wilson flats later this month. The 1950s-era apartment complex has sat unlived in on Wellington’s hills just below Victoria University since 2012 after they stopped being used for social housing because they were deemed to be too unsafe to live in. The government ... <a title="Wellington’s Gordon Wilson flats to be demolished this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/wellingtons-gordon-wilson-flats-to-be-demolished-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s Gordon Wilson flats to be demolished this month">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington City Council park rangers are installing motion-activated cameras in the Town Belt on Matairangi/Mt Victoria after a spate of vandalism that appears to target mountain bikers. Wellington City Council Wellington City Council is installing motion-activated cameras in the Town Belt on Mt Victoria after a spate of vandalism which it ... <a title="‘Extreme concerns’ as vandals block Wellington cycle path with planks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/extreme-concerns-as-vandals-block-wellington-cycle-path-with-planks/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Extreme concerns’ as vandals block Wellington cycle path with planks">Read more</a>
