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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Surf lifeguards have performed twice the rescues when compared with the same season last year. Nick Monro Water safety experts are urging caution as a busy summer kicks off with surf lifeguards performing double the number of rescues compared to the same season last year. Between Labour Weekend and the weekend ... <a title="Surf Life Saving stress caution as rescues double from last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/surf-life-saving-stress-caution-as-rescues-double-from-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about Surf Life Saving stress caution as rescues double from last year">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the India free trade deal has been rushed through for political gain, and more wins could have been secured with longer negotiations. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay announced the deal ... <a title="India Fair Trade Agreement ‘for political purposes’, Winston Peters says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/india-fair-trade-agreement-for-political-purposes-winston-peters-says/" aria-label="Read more about India Fair Trade Agreement ‘for political purposes’, Winston Peters says">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand State Highway 8, near Omarama, was closed by a crash. NZTA / Waka Kotahi Motorists travelling on a major inland highway in the South Island are facing disruption following a two-vehicle crash. Emergency services have been called to the Omarama-Lindis Pass Road, State Highway 8, near Omarama. Police said there had ... <a title="Crash blocks South Island highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/crash-blocks-south-island-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Crash blocks South Island highway">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Vince Zampella, the acclaimed co-creator of the video gaming juggernaut Call of Duty, has died in a car crash, US media reported. According to local broadcaster NBC4, the developer and executive died on Sunday (local time) while driving his Ferrari on a scenic road north of Los Angeles. His studios created ... <a title="‘Call of Duty’ co-creator killed in car crash: US media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/call-of-duty-co-creator-killed-in-car-crash-us-media/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Call of Duty’ co-creator killed in car crash: US media">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police It has been over a week since there was a double homicide in the small farming community of Ruatiti in the Central North Island. On Saturday, 13 December, Sheep farmer husband and wife, Brendon and Trina Cole, were found dead at their Murumuru Road property. ... <a title="What we know about the Ruatiti double homicide as search for Mitchell Cole continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/what-we-know-about-the-ruatiti-double-homicide-as-search-for-mitchell-cole-continues/" aria-label="Read more about What we know about the Ruatiti double homicide as search for Mitchell Cole continues">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Otago Sparks batter Suzie Bates on her way to a match-winning innings against the Auckland Hearts in the women’s Super Smash. Photosport A new points structure will apply to the women’s Super Smash T20 competition this season in a bid to promote higher scoring cricket and improve batting standards. Teams can ... <a title="Cricket: Bonus points introduced to Super Smash in attempt to lift batting standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/cricket-bonus-points-introduced-to-super-smash-in-attempt-to-lift-batting-standards/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: Bonus points introduced to Super Smash in attempt to lift batting standards">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An investigation of Yachting NZ was started a year ago, but remains unfinished. AFP/CHRISTOPHE SIMON The Sport Integrity Commission’s landmark probe into Yachting NZ – the first major test of the new agency’s powers – will stretch into a second year. The government watchdog agency launched an investigation into Yachting NZ ... <a title="Landmark integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/landmark-integrity-probe-into-yachting-nz-drags-into-second-year/" aria-label="Read more about Landmark integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica, in 2023. Antactica NZ/ Anthony Powell New Zealanders living at Scott Base in Antarctica are making the most of their white Christmas. At the moment, 71 people are living at the New Zealand-owned research station. The station’s social committee president, Faith Farquhar-Culling, had been planning ... <a title="How Kiwis at Antarctica’s Scott Base will celebrate their white Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/how-kiwis-at-antarcticas-scott-base-will-celebrate-their-white-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about How Kiwis at Antarctica’s Scott Base will celebrate their white Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The lowered river mouth crest at the end of Kopu Road Supplied / Hawke’s Bay Regional Council A new approach to quickly opening up the flood-prone Wairoa River to the sea has been put in place. Locals blamed the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for not opening a channel in the Wairoa ... <a title="New Wairoa River management system boosts flood resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/new-wairoa-river-management-system-boosts-flood-resilience/" aria-label="Read more about New Wairoa River management system boosts flood resilience">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in March 2025. Piyal Bhattacharya / The Times of India via AFP New Zealanders can expect to see a large impact on the economy over time thanks to the free-trade agreement with India, one economist says. The government ... <a title="India free trade agreement a win-win for New Zealand, economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/india-free-trade-agreement-a-win-win-for-new-zealand-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about India free trade agreement a win-win for New Zealand, economist says">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tauranga teen Sam Ruthe broke records for the four minute-mile this year, and his shoes earned thousands on Trade Me. Phil Walter / Getty Images Well-worn shoes, some vintage soft drink cans and a date with a rhinoceros – or a Shortland Street star – these are some of the top ... <a title="Shoes, rhinos and Jaffas: Trade Me’s top viewed auctions of 2025 revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/shoes-rhinos-and-jaffas-trade-mes-top-viewed-auctions-of-2025-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about Shoes, rhinos and Jaffas: Trade Me’s top viewed auctions of 2025 revealed">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The authority said Genesis did not comply with dispatch instructions in respect of its Huntly power station, or immediately advise Transpower why it could not. RNZ The Electricity Authority has lodged a formal complaint alleging Genesis did not adequately comply with a request to deliver power into the grid. It says ... <a title="Electricity Authority lodges formal complaint against Genesis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/electricity-authority-lodges-formal-complaint-against-genesis/" aria-label="Read more about Electricity Authority lodges formal complaint against Genesis">Read more</a>
