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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the pendant has not yet been recovered. SCREENSHOT Police have not yet recovered a Fabergé egg pendant after it was allegedly eaten during a theft at an Auckland jewellery store. A 32-year-old man is before the courts, accused of swallowing the necklace worth more than $33,500. Inspector Grae Anderson ... <a title="Police yet to recover pendant allegedly swallowed at Auckland jewellery store" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/police-yet-to-recover-pendant-allegedly-swallowed-at-auckland-jewellery-store/" aria-label="Read more about Police yet to recover pendant allegedly swallowed at Auckland jewellery store">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand American rock band Linkin Park will visit New Zealand next year for one show in Auckland. Mike Shinoda, Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, Joe Hahn, Colin Brittain and new vocalist Emily Armstrong will bring theirFrom Zero World Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena on 18 March. Last year the band revealed in a statement ... <a title="Linkin Park are coming to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/linkin-park-are-coming-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Linkin Park are coming to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Unsplash – Mudit Agarwal A market “surprised” by the government has failed to buy a single carbon unit at the final Emissions Trading Scheme auction of the year. Not a single bidder registered for Wednesday’s auction, making 2025 the second calendar year in which all four quarterly ETS auctions have ... <a title="Emissions Trading Scheme: Year’s final auction fails to sell a single carbon unit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/emissions-trading-scheme-years-final-auction-fails-to-sell-a-single-carbon-unit/" aria-label="Read more about Emissions Trading Scheme: Year’s final auction fails to sell a single carbon unit">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Horse of The Year 2026 has been cancelled. (File photo) 123 The Horse of the Year show in Hawke’s Bay has been cancelled for 2026 due to a lack of financial support. Held at the Hastings Showgrounds every March, it’s one of the largest equestrian events in the Southern Hemisphere, bringing ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay’s Horse of the Year show cancelled for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/hawkes-bays-horse-of-the-year-show-cancelled-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay’s Horse of the Year show cancelled for 2026">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster is the chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster’s has resigned as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. It comes after the police watchdog’s damning report into police’s response to allegations of sexual offending by former ... <a title="Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/former-police-boss-andrew-coster-resigns-as-head-of-the-social-investment-agency/" aria-label="Read more about Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland City missioner Helen Robinson says some foodbanks would close without government funding. Photo: RNZ Insight / Sarah Robson *This story has been updated to correct the amount of funding that is for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the programme. The country’s biggest foodbanks are warning of substantial closures if ... <a title="Foodbanks warn of closures if government funding fails to give ongoing funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/foodbanks-warn-of-closures-if-government-funding-fails-to-give-ongoing-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Foodbanks warn of closures if government funding fails to give ongoing funding">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A major three-year study has found Māori are being undercounted in prisons by around six percent, masking the true scale of incarceration and its impact on whānau. The kaupapa Māori research project, TIAKI, examined the experiences of whānau entering and leaving prisons, combining national administrative data with interviews led by researchers ... <a title="Kaupapa Māori study exposes gaps in prison data and support for Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/kaupapa-maori-study-exposes-gaps-in-prison-data-and-support-for-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Kaupapa Māori study exposes gaps in prison data and support for Māori">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster is the chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster’s resignation from his role as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency is expected to be announced shortly, RNZ understands. It comes after the police watchdog’s damning report ... <a title="Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency, RNZ understands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/former-police-boss-andrew-coster-resigns-as-head-of-the-social-investment-agency-rnz-understands/" aria-label="Read more about Former police boss Andrew Coster resigns as head of the Social Investment Agency, RNZ understands">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The man appeared at the Dunedin District Court and was released on bail. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police have charged a Dunedin man after seizing 820 kilograms of pounamu. Officers found the stone, which was cut and ready for sale, during a search on Monday. The 29-year-old man has appeared in ... <a title="Police charge Dunedin man after seizing 820kg of pounamu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/police-charge-dunedin-man-after-seizing-820kg-of-pounamu/" aria-label="Read more about Police charge Dunedin man after seizing 820kg of pounamu">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngāruawāhia volunteer fire station’s jet skis assist police with a water rescue during Cyclone Hale in 2023. Supplied Three Waikato mayors have written to the chief executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) urgently requesting the immediate reinstatement of watercraft used in river rescues. However, FENZ has told RNZ it ... <a title="Mayors challenge FENZ ban on use of watercraft in Waikato River emergencies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/mayors-challenge-fenz-ban-on-use-of-watercraft-in-waikato-river-emergencies/" aria-label="Read more about Mayors challenge FENZ ban on use of watercraft in Waikato River emergencies">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Noam Mānuka Lazarus, Massey University journalism graduate Mountains to Sea Wellington was left without enough gear to run its free school and community snorkel programme in the new year. Supplied / Mountains to Sea Wellington / Kristine Zipfel A charity providing community dive lessons and marine education says its programmes ... <a title="Charity’s snorkel events under threat after equipment stolen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/charitys-snorkel-events-under-threat-after-equipment-stolen/" aria-label="Read more about Charity’s snorkel events under threat after equipment stolen">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 people in the Christchurch terror attack is expected to give evidence in an attempt to overturn his conviction and life sentence. Brenton Harrison Tarrant massacred 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre during Friday prayers on 15 ... <a title="Christchurch mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal hearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/christchurch-mosque-terrorist-likely-to-give-evidence-at-court-of-appeal-hearing/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal hearing">Read more</a>
