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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gaming in 2025 feels like it’s at an all-time high with the release of new games consoles, exceptional independent titles, and tonnes of mobile games. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 .1em]:grid-cols-[calc(14rem*var(–base-multiplier))_1fr] @[28.1em]:p-16 @[28.1em]:gap-16 @[18.75em]:grid-cols-[2fr_3fr] gap-12 p-12 @[28.1em]:min-h-[calc(11.8rem*var(–base-multiplier))] min-h-[calc(10.2rem*var(–base-multiplier))]”> Why we like playing games that let us pretend to work While gamers might ... <a title="The best games we played in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/the-best-games-we-played-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The best games we played in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay. Nick Monro Food and fibre exports are set to reach a record $62 billion next year, up from the $60.4b record set this year. The data comes from the government’s latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report. It showed meat and wool revenue was ... <a title="Food and fibre exports set to reach record $62b next year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/food-and-fibre-exports-set-to-reach-record-62b-next-year/" aria-label="Read more about Food and fibre exports set to reach record $62b next year">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New data shows renters still have to spend about 40 percent of an average individual’s income on rent each month. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Rents might have eased but New Zealand renters still have to spend about 40 percent of an average individual’s income on rent each month, new data shows. ... <a title="Rents taking 40 percent of average income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/rents-taking-40-percent-of-average-income/" aria-label="Read more about Rents taking 40 percent of average income">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Inland Revenue made applications to wind up more than 120 business in November. RNZ Inland Revenue made applications to wind up more than 120 business in November, as it draws to the end of a year in which it moved to liquidate almost 900 businesses with tax owing. Keaton Pronk, an ... <a title="Inland Revenue liquidates nearly 900 companies in one year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/16/inland-revenue-liquidates-nearly-900-companies-in-one-year/" aria-label="Read more about Inland Revenue liquidates nearly 900 companies in one year">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The High Court in Christchurch has appointed PWC as interim liquidators. File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is investigating a Christchurch-based investment corporation led by businessman Bernard Whimp. The investigation centred around Chance Voight Investment Corporation, as well as subsidiaries, persons and entities associated with Chance ... <a title="Christchurch-based investment firm investigated by FMA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/christchurch-based-investment-firm-investigated-by-fma/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch-based investment firm investigated by FMA">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ says the increases in fixed rates are a response to recent rises in wholesale interest rates. RNZ / Marika Khabazi ANZ has become the latest bank to lift home loan interest rates – as the Reserve Bank moves to push back on markets pricing in increases. The country’s biggest bank ... <a title="NZ’s biggest bank lifts its home loan interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/nzs-biggest-bank-lifts-its-home-loan-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s biggest bank lifts its home loan interest rates">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Services sector PSI slips to 46.9, worst reading since May Sales, employment, deliveries fall, new orders move sideways Proportion of negative comments falls for fourth consecutive month Retail only bright spot Services sector activity slowed further in November to its worst level in six months, putting a dampener on prospects ... <a title="Services sector slump gives economic reality check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/services-sector-slump-gives-economic-reality-check/" aria-label="Read more about Services sector slump gives economic reality check">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Many Auckland areas have a difference of more than $1m in median value across the border between them. File photo. nataliacatalina/123RF If you are hankering after an exclusive suburb, but your budget can not quite stretch to it, you might be able to get a good deal on the area next ... <a title="Would you pay an extra $1m for the right postcode?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/15/would-you-pay-an-extra-1m-for-the-right-postcode/" aria-label="Read more about Would you pay an extra $1m for the right postcode?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some are warning that an AI fall could bring a share price collapse to tech stocks. AFP / Joel Saget Share markets have had a volatile year but are on track to end significantly stronger than they began. While the NZX50 has lifted less than 5 percent over the past year, ... <a title="Should you sell your US shares?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/should-you-sell-your-us-shares/" aria-label="Read more about Should you sell your US shares?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwibank’s 2026 outlook notes that the Reserve Bank is currently “at the centre of some confusion”. RNZ Miscommunication from the Reserve Bank has driven interest rates higher than they should be, Kiwibank economists say, but they expect the economy to recover next year, anyway. Kiwibank has released its outlook for 2026, ... <a title="Rising home loan rates blamed on ‘another misstep from Reserve Bank’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/14/rising-home-loan-rates-blamed-on-another-misstep-from-reserve-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Rising home loan rates blamed on ‘another misstep from Reserve Bank’">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ’s money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions. RNZ Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, ‘No Stupid Questions’, with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop ... <a title="If I die without kids, does the government get my KiwiSaver? – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/13/if-i-die-without-kids-does-the-government-get-my-kiwisaver-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about If I die without kids, does the government get my KiwiSaver? – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Niva Chittock A major Queenstown tourism operator and two other contractors have been sentenced for contributing to a landslip that inundated a residential street, forcing dozens of evacuations during record rainfall. Skyline Enterprises, along with contractors Naylor Love Central Otago Limited and Wilsons Contractors Limited, were charged for breaches ... <a title="Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/major-queenstown-tourism-operator-sentenced-over-landslip-that-forced-evacuations/" aria-label="Read more about Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations">Read more</a>
