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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Aucklanders are being reminded to be watchful and report any sightings of yellow-legged hornets as efforts to eliminate the invasive pests ramp up. Another yellow-legged hornet queen has been found on Auckland’s North Shore, as Biosecurity New ... <a title="Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/yellow-legged-hornet-aucklanders-warned-to-be-really-really-watchful/" aria-label="Read more about Yellow-legged hornet: Aucklanders warned to be ‘really, really watchful’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Newly-released documents suggest police pressured the main Crown eye-witness to testify at the 1992 murder retrial of Ross Appelgren, something not disclosed to the jury. The documents also show police were “keeping quiet” about the fact the witness was living illegally in Australia, and that they advised him to keep his ... <a title="Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nark-documents-suggest-key-witness-was-pressured-to-testify-at-ross-appelgrens-murder-retrial/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Documents suggest key witness was pressured to testify at Ross Appelgren’s murder retrial">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers affected by the latest overflow are likely not be able to harvest until after Christmas. Supplied Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season. Watercare confirmed to RNZ that ... <a title="‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/were-basically-stuffed-oyster-farmers-shut-down-by-another-overflow/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re basically stuffed’: Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An Iberia Airbus A320-251N prepares for takeoff in Madrid, Spain, on 12 October, 2025. AFP/ Urban and Sport – Joan Valls The Airbus A320 is a “very good aircraft to fly” and has been safely flying for more than 40 years, an aviation expert says. It comes after more than 6000 ... <a title="‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/very-good-aircraft-expert-on-airbus-a320-grounding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very good aircraft’: Expert on Airbus A320 grounding">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand When rising teenage ballet star Tamison Soppet found out she had been selected as candidate for Switzerland’s prestigious Prix de Lausanne she jumped for joy. Waiting with her parents to join a two-hour ballet class in Paris, the shocked but smiling Christchurch 15-year-old was bursting with excitement when her mother called ... <a title="Tamison Soppet was the only Kiwi to be chosen for Switzerland’s Prix de Lausanne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/tamison-soppet-was-the-only-kiwi-to-be-chosen-for-switzerlands-prix-de-lausanne/" aria-label="Read more about Tamison Soppet was the only Kiwi to be chosen for Switzerland’s Prix de Lausanne">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Blacks Sevens player Brady Rush. Photosport New Zealand has swept the Dubai round of the Sevens World Series with the Black Ferns Sevens and All Blacks Sevens beating Australia in their respective finals. The Black Ferns Sevens thumped their arch-rivals 29-14 before the All Blacks Sevens held on the beat ... <a title="All Blacks Sevens end title drought, Black Ferns Sevens get revenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/all-blacks-sevens-end-title-drought-black-ferns-sevens-get-revenge/" aria-label="Read more about All Blacks Sevens end title drought, Black Ferns Sevens get revenge">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This year also marks 40 years since the Burnett Foundation (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation) opened its doors. 123RF More than four decades after the first New Zealander was diagnosed with HIV, medical advances have completely changed the face of the once-fatal virus, but one man living with it says ... <a title="‘We are active members of society’: 40 Forty years of fighting HIV in NZ but the stigma is still there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/we-are-active-members-of-society-40-forty-years-of-fighting-hiv-in-nz-but-the-stigma-is-still-there/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are active members of society’: 40 Forty years of fighting HIV in NZ but the stigma is still there">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Penny Towns celebrating a medal at the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 SUPPLIED / SPECIAL OLYMPICS High levels of anticipation and excitement have been expressed by some of the Special Olympics’ hometown heroes ahead of its return to Ōtautahi. The national summer games open in Christchurch next week, the ... <a title="Hometown heroes anticipating Christchurch Special Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/hometown-heroes-anticipating-christchurch-special-olympics/" aria-label="Read more about Hometown heroes anticipating Christchurch Special Olympics">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand To celebrate his landmark album For The Working Class Man, Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes will hit the road. Barnes will play the iconic album from start to finish on Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour, taking the crowd from ‘I’d Die to be With You Tonight’ to ‘Paradise’, plus cuts from ... <a title="Jimmy Barnes to celebrate 40 years solo with two NZ shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/jimmy-barnes-to-celebrate-40-years-solo-with-two-nz-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Jimmy Barnes to celebrate 40 years solo with two NZ shows">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Lane of New Zealand Black Sticks. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz The Black Sticks men have finished third at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. New Zealand beat the hosts 6-1 in the play-off for third. Sam Lane opened the scoring with two field goals in the opening quarter. James ... <a title="One-man show as Black Sticks claim bronze medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/one-man-show-as-black-sticks-claim-bronze-medal/" aria-label="Read more about One-man show as Black Sticks claim bronze medal">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers affected by the latest overflow are likely not be able to harvest until after Christmas. Supplied Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season. Watercare confirmed to RNZ that ... <a title="‘We’re basically stuffed’ – Oyster farmers shut down by another oveflow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/were-basically-stuffed-oyster-farmers-shut-down-by-another-oveflow/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re basically stuffed’ – Oyster farmers shut down by another oveflow">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Lane of New Zealand Black Sticks. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz The Black Sticks men have finished third at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. New Zealand beat the hosts 6-1 in the play-off for third. Sam Lane opened the scoring with two field goals in the opening quarter. James ... <a title="A one man show as Black Sticks claim bronze medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/a-one-man-show-as-black-sticks-claim-bronze-medal/" aria-label="Read more about A one man show as Black Sticks claim bronze medal">Read more</a>
