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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin. Supplied / Catlins Tours Lawyers representing a charity calling for more protection for the hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, have criticised advice on set net fishing given to the fisheries minister. In October the Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) filed High Court proceedings against the Minister for Oceans ... <a title="Lawyers criticise ministry’s advice to Fisheries Minister Shane Jones on set net fishing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/lawyers-criticise-ministrys-advice-to-fisheries-minister-shane-jones-on-set-net-fishing/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyers criticise ministry’s advice to Fisheries Minister Shane Jones on set net fishing">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, centre, with (clockwise from top right), former prime ministers Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins, Mike Moore, David Lange, Bill English and John Key. Many have faced leadership challenges or chose to resign and hand over to a successor. RNZ file images / 123rf Explainer – ‘Tis the season ... <a title="How leadership challenges happen in New Zealand politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/how-leadership-challenges-happen-in-new-zealand-politics/" aria-label="Read more about How leadership challenges happen in New Zealand politics">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, businesses near the new Ikea store are steeling themselves for a stampeed to the homeware giant’s opening on Thursday. Traffic experts have run their numbers and expect crowds of up to 20,000 a day, with a 40-minute crawl on the nearby motorway and another 40 to find a car ... <a title="Ikea opening day: Nearby businesses preparing for mayhem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/ikea-opening-day-nearby-businesses-preparing-for-mayhem/" aria-label="Read more about Ikea opening day: Nearby businesses preparing for mayhem">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Australia celebrate their win over New Zealand Tall Blacks. Marty Melville / PHOTOSPORT Tall Blacks coach Judd Flavell admits he couldn’t have been more proud of his side and knew it would probably need something special to beat them. Australia beat New Zealand 79-77 in the second game of the World ... <a title="Tall Blacks coach knew it would take something special to beat them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/tall-blacks-coach-knew-it-would-take-something-special-to-beat-them/" aria-label="Read more about Tall Blacks coach knew it would take something special to beat them">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. There are 427 students enrolled in the country’s eight charter schools. Unsplash The Charter School Agency has revealed there are 427 students enrolled in the eight charter schools. The number of enrolments has been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their ... <a title="Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/charter-school-agency-reveals-enrolment-numbers-after-telling-schools-to-keep-figures-under-wraps/" aria-label="Read more about Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Nurses Organisation strike on 28 November. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Health NZ has accused nurses of failing to honour their commitment to provide so-called “life preserving services” during a partial strike. However, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation is blaming Health NZ for rejecting a plan for dedicated on-call staff ... <a title="Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/health-nz-and-nurses-union-at-loggerheads-over-strike-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand On the morning of his final NCEA exams, while most students flick straight to page one and start scribbling, Year 13 Hutt Valley High School student Toby Ireland begins by feeling the test. His right hand hovers over rows of tiny raised dots; his left flies across a compact keyboard-like device. ... <a title="How a student feels his way through NCEA exams for six hours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/how-a-student-feels-his-way-through-ncea-exams-for-six-hours/" aria-label="Read more about How a student feels his way through NCEA exams for six hours">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="NZ facing health crisis from chronic methamphetamine use – emergency doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/nz-facing-health-crisis-from-chronic-methamphetamine-use-emergency-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ facing health crisis from chronic methamphetamine use – emergency doctor">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The price of Bitcoin has fallen significantly after a volatile year. CFOTO / NurPhoto via AFP Falls in Bitcoin’s value are typical of the cryptocurrency’s high levels of volatility, experts say, but having a proponent in the White House is likely to put a floor under its price. The price of ... <a title="Why one fund manager is banking on Trump to support falling Bitcoin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/why-one-fund-manager-is-banking-on-trump-to-support-falling-bitcoin/" aria-label="Read more about Why one fund manager is banking on Trump to support falling Bitcoin">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Single retired women turning to reverse mortgages Single women are turning to reverse mortgages as a way to get more cash flow in retirement. UnSplash/ Cade Martin Single women are turning to reverse mortgages as a way to get more cash flow in retirement – and some commentators say it may ... <a title="Adjustment to single pension rate may be prompting women to borrow against homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/adjustment-to-single-pension-rate-may-be-prompting-women-to-borrow-against-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Adjustment to single pension rate may be prompting women to borrow against homes">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Leopard family decided to take time out to go on a 15-month camping trip in 2021. But the allure of life on the road was such they’re still going strong, travelling the country towing an off-grid caravan. Mike and Sophie Leopard and their three children, Jade, 13, Riley, 12, and ... <a title="The Rotorua family who have been on a 4-year camping trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/the-rotorua-family-who-have-been-on-a-4-year-camping-trip/" aria-label="Read more about The Rotorua family who have been on a 4-year camping trip">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Scania Rangi Te Whare died at the scene. 123RF A coroner has found the death of a driver who crashed into a school bus could have been prevented had he not driven while tired. Scania Rangi Te Whare, 27, had driven from his home in Te Kuiti on 31 October 2022, ... <a title="Night shift worker died in school bus crash driving home, coroner warns of fatigue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/02/night-shift-worker-died-in-school-bus-crash-driving-home-coroner-warns-of-fatigue/" aria-label="Read more about Night shift worker died in school bus crash driving home, coroner warns of fatigue">Read more</a>
