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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England gets underway at the MCG in Melbourne Australia swept to an 82-run win in the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval to retain the urn with two matches to spare. After eight-wicket defeats in ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-fourth-test-day-one/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day one">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Bayly went to Antarctica in 2012. Supplied Andrew Bayly still remembers the “visual assault” of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness. The National MP tells how he once convinced his companions to join him on what he thought would be a short trip to climb a nearby peak. ... <a title="Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/andrew-bayly-and-the-fight-for-antarctica/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A survey found most people are not offended if a gift is on-sold. Unsplash/ Kira auf der Heide More than 4500 unwanted Christmas gifts had already been listed for sale online by 8:30am on Boxing Day, according to Trade Me. Interesting listings include De Walt power tools listed by someone who ... <a title="Thousands of unwanted Christmas gifts already for sale on Trade Me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/thousands-of-unwanted-christmas-gifts-already-for-sale-on-trade-me/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of unwanted Christmas gifts already for sale on Trade Me">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Shoppers at Sylvia Park, Auckland, on Boxing Day 2025. Ke-Xin Li / RNZ Bargain hunters have started their Boxing Day shopping early to avoid crowds and traffic. Auckland woman Lara finished her shopping at Sylvia Park shortly after the mall opened at 9am. “I only went to Lush, so I went ... <a title="Parking hard to find as Boxing Day sales begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/parking-hard-to-find-as-boxing-day-sales-begin/" aria-label="Read more about Parking hard to find as Boxing Day sales begin">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson The Professional Firefighters’ Union has decided to stop Boxing Day’s one-hour strike that was meant to begin at midday. It acknowledged that it was Boxing Day, and for those not rostered to work, it was an ... <a title="Paid firefighters call off planned Boxing Day strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/paid-firefighters-call-off-planned-boxing-day-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters call off planned Boxing Day strike">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Several weather watches have been issued (file image). 123rf.com People should prepare for stormy, wet weather, as they head out to Boxing Day sales. Several weather watches have been issued as thunderstorms are expected for the upper North Island and southeast of the South Island. MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm ... <a title="Weather: Large hail, thunderstorms forecast across New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/weather-large-hail-thunderstorms-forecast-across-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Large hail, thunderstorms forecast across New Zealand">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A quake described by GeoNet as “strong” shook the lower North Island on Friday morning. It measured 4.7 and struck 10 km southwest of Pongaroa at a depth of 17km at 7.16am. Pongaroa is southwest of Hastings and northeast of Wellington. Felt reports were lodged from the top of the ... <a title="‘Strong’ quake shakes lower North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/strong-quake-shakes-lower-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Strong’ quake shakes lower North Island">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Fire and Emergency will be relying on volunteer crews to fight fires in the main centres on Boxing Day between midday and 1pm, as its paid staff go on strike. Talks between the fire service and ... <a title="Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/paid-firefighters-to-briefly-strike-on-boxing-day/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. 123RF Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur’s Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and Emergency says it responded to a crash around 10.15pm on Christmas Day on State Highway 73, near the turnoff to Mount White. A car had run into a fallen ... <a title="Rockfall blocks state highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/rockfall-blocks-state-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Rockfall blocks state highway">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Penny Smith Scientists are asking people to watch out for any Māui or Hector’s dolphins spotted in North Island waters, and report them. Māui dolphin are critically endangered, while Hector’s dolphins are vulnerable. Earthrace Conservation/Liz Slooten (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Sightings of a rare dolphin in the Bay of Islands in ... <a title="Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/rare-hectors-or-maui-dolphin-spotted-in-northland-prompts-questions/" aria-label="Read more about Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists’ visualisation for Auckland Transport of light rail in Mt Roskill. Supplied / Auckland Transport A public transport advocate, whose Auckland Light Rail submission made it onto the NZ Infrastructure Commission’s list of priorities, said light rail and mass transit needs to be brought back and become part of the ... <a title="Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/scrapped-light-rail-must-become-aucklands-long-term-transport-plan-advocate-says/" aria-label="Read more about Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some time in the mid-2000s, a singular piece of music found its way onto student radio and other playlists. Consisting only of multi-tracked voices – like a one-person choir – The Awakening was a spooky song-poem: “a canon set in purgatory” as its author would later describe it. The subject of ... <a title="What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/what-makes-dudley-bensons-the-awakening-an-essential-album/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album">Read more</a>
