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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are working with specialist equipment to rescue the driver. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Firefighters are working to free the driver of a logging truck who is trapped after a crash north of Balclutha. Police said the crash occurred on Coe Road just after 11am on Monday. The driver is reported ... <a title="Firefighters battle to free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/firefighters-battle-to-free-driver-trapped-in-otago-logging-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle to free driver trapped in Otago logging truck crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hutt Valley District Court. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A man charged with four counts of intentionally injuring a baby in Lower Hutt is pleading not guilty to all charges. It is at least the fourth serious child abuse case in the Hutt Valley in recent months. Police responded to a callout ... <a title="Lower Hutt man charged with intentionally injuring baby pleads not guilty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/lower-hutt-man-charged-with-intentionally-injuring-baby-pleads-not-guilty/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt man charged with intentionally injuring baby pleads not guilty">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Widespread rain and possible thunderstorms for the North Island Tuesday and Wednesday Strong winds possible for upper North Island mid-week Humid air ahead of a low, followed by a cooler southerly change Improving weather for most areas on Thursday The start of December might mark the beginning of summer ... <a title="Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/heavy-rain-thunderstorms-and-strong-winds-expected-as-summer-officially-begins/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds expected as summer officially begins">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Anihana Pomana. Supplied Police have formally identified the body of 25-year-old Te Anihana Pomana. Pomana went missing on August 21 after leaving SkyCity Hotel in the early hours of the morning. Last week, police announced a body they believed to be Pomana was found in dense bush in the Pukekohe ... <a title="Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/body-of-te-anihana-pomana-formally-identified/" aria-label="Read more about Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The motorcyclist was caught driving in a dangerous manner around 10:30pm in Lower Hutt 123RF A motorcyclist has been hospitalised after crashing while fleeing Police on Taita Drive, in Lower Hutt last night. Hutt Valley Area Commander, Inspector Wade Jennings, says local Police saw the motorcyclist driving in a dangerous manner ... <a title="Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police in Lower Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/motorcyclist-hospitalised-after-hitting-fence-while-fleeing-police-in-lower-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police in Lower Hutt">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Patrick Keusch appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday POOL / Iain McGregor / The Press A Swiss national wiped away tears as he pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge following a fatal crash in Canterbury. A woman died following a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 73 near Sheffield ... <a title="Patrick Keusch had tears in his eyes as he pleaded guilty to fatal Canterbury crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/patrick-keusch-had-tears-in-his-eyes-as-he-pleaded-guilty-to-fatal-canterbury-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Patrick Keusch had tears in his eyes as he pleaded guilty to fatal Canterbury crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The acting head of the Social Investment Agency says its work has not been destabilised by the high-profile absence of its chief executive. Former police commissioner Andrew Coster has been on leave from his role as social investment secretary since the release ... <a title="Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/social-investment-agency-work-continuing-despite-high-profile-absence-of-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Blackcaps coach Rob Walter Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Caps coach Rob Walter doesn’t expect his side to have any problems slipping back into Test match mode in the first Test against West Indies starting in Christchurch on Tuesday. Walter is preparing for his first home Test series since taking over ... <a title="Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/black-caps-coach-rob-walter-prepares-for-his-first-home-test-series/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps coach Rob Walter prepares for his first home Test series">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said a car had collided with a tree between Harwoods Road and Tapapa Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A vegetation fire has reportedly sparked after a car crashed into a tree and caught on fire. Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway 5 near Tapapa, Waikato at ... <a title="Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/car-crashes-into-tree-catches-fire-on-sh5-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5, Waikato">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A road in Lower Hutt is blocked after a truck crashed this morning in Taita. Police said the truck rolled on Eastern Hutt Road between Peterkin Street and Page Grove, shortly around 9.05am. One person has moderate injuries and another has minor injuries. Work is underway to ... <a title="People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/people-injured-lower-hutt-road-blocked-following-truck-crash/" aria-label="Read more about People injured, Lower Hutt road blocked following truck crash">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he is determined there will never be a repeat of the “group think” and closed ranks that led to members of the senior executive blocking an investigation into disgraced former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming. McSkimming – who was ... <a title="Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/police-commissioner-richard-chambers-determined-to-prevent-another-jevon-mcskimming-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ‘determined’ to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Martin James Mooney, aged 68, from New Plymouth. NZ Police A man killed last month in New Plymouth’s centre city near the waterfront has been named. Emergency services were called to a fight on St Aubyn Street on the evening of 19 November. CPR was performed but 68-year-old Martin James Mooney ... <a title="Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/martin-mooney-named-as-man-killed-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Martin Mooney named as man killed in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
