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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins The government’s plan for Parliament’s final full week of the year moves 12 different proposed laws through 32 stages of parliamentary approval. Included in the plan is fixing an error made by tired government MPs during the previous long week of urgency, when they voted for an opposition amendment ... <a title="Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/fast-and-fudged-crimes-bill-omits-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Fast and fudged: Crimes bill omits crimes">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins MPs may well be cranky after debates under urgency continued until about 1.40am this morning – resuming again at 9am. The House continues a packed agenda as the government tries to clear through legislation before the end of the year. When Parliament is under urgency, sittings usually conclude at ... <a title="Urgent debates in Parliament go into wee hours of the morning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/urgent-debates-in-parliament-go-into-wee-hours-of-the-morning/" aria-label="Read more about Urgent debates in Parliament go into wee hours of the morning">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Education Erica Stanford RNZ / Samuel Rillstone It was an “historic” day for New Zealand’s education system says the head of IHC, as the government settles a Human Rights Review Tribunal claim from 2012 alleging education policies disadvantaged disabled students in schools. Chief executive of the service provider for ... <a title="IHC settles 2012 Human Rights Review Tribunal claim with government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/ihc-settles-2012-human-rights-review-tribunal-claim-with-government/" aria-label="Read more about IHC settles 2012 Human Rights Review Tribunal claim with government">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A FENZ firefighter works in breathing gear, amid smoke. Supplied/ FENZ Parliament has rejected a petition fighting to change ACC workplace legislation to include injured volunteer firefighters. The petition to Parliament was launched by Katherine Lamont from the Queenstown Volunteer Fire Brigade after a colleague developed PTSD and was unable to ... <a title="ACC petition for volunteer firefighters rejected by Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/acc-petition-for-volunteer-firefighters-rejected-by-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about ACC petition for volunteer firefighters rejected by Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RMA folio Bill McKay While many people ease into Christmas, head to drinks, write cards and mentally check out, in its penultimate sitting week of 2025 Parliament is doing the opposite. This is one of MPs’ busiest weeks of the year. Ten new bills across different portfolios were introduced, a matching ... <a title="The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-house-mps-week-begins-with-an-rma-shakeup-precursor/" aria-label="Read more about The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Conservation Minister has re-classified swathes of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island. Tama Potaka is making some of the changes through an ‘order in council’ process that legitimately circumvents Cabinet sign off. New Zealand First’s deputy leader Shane ... <a title="Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/coalition-strains-over-stewardship-land-shake-up/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis (left) has challenged her predecessor Ruth Richardson. RNZ/Reece Baker/Supplied Finance Minister Nicola Willis and her 1990s predecessor Ruth Richardson are now debating when and where to hold their promised debate. Willis is refusing to favour a specific media outlet, while Richardson gave her opponent an ultimatum to ... <a title="‘Clowns to the left, jokers to the right’: Willis-Richardson debate in doubt after ultimatum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/clowns-to-the-left-jokers-to-the-right-willis-richardson-debate-in-doubt-after-ultimatum/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Clowns to the left, jokers to the right’: Willis-Richardson debate in doubt after ultimatum">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Local Government Minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Spending on water services will be nearly $9 billion higher under the Local Water Done Well model than councils previously estimated. Councils had to submit water service plans to show how they would organise water services in a financially sustainable way as ... <a title="Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b higher than expected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/local-water-done-well-council-plans-to-cost-9b-higher-than-expected/" aria-label="Read more about Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b higher than expected">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hemp industry laws are set to be loosened as Regulation Minister David Seymour announces sweeping changes. Seymour says the current licensing rules are heavy-handed and outdated, and will be replaced with new rules. Industrial hemp growers will no longer require a licence if the plants contain less than one-percent THC. But ... <a title="Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/hemp-industry-rules-loosened-in-sweeping-law-change/" aria-label="Read more about Hemp industry rules loosened in sweeping law change">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins. Nick Monro The minister in charge of a new government app promises it will be “more secure than almost anything else you could think about”. Minister for Digitising Government Judith Collins has launched the Govt.nz app this week after several years of development. “It’s to ... <a title="Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ app" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/government-launches-one-stop-shop-app/" aria-label="Read more about Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ app">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis (left) has challenged her predecessor Ruth Richardson. RNZ/Reece Baker/Supplied The Taxpayers’ Union (TPU) has launched a campaign targeting Finance Minister Nicola Willis and calling out what it says is the government’s “growing habit of sugar-coating fiscal truths”. The organisation released packaged fudge from the ‘Nicola Fudge Co.’, ... <a title="Taxpayers’ Union releases fudge taking swipe at Finance Minister Nicola Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/taxpayers-union-releases-fudge-taking-swipe-at-finance-minister-nicola-willis/" aria-label="Read more about Taxpayers’ Union releases fudge taking swipe at Finance Minister Nicola Willis">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Hansard team show off their festive decorating skills. VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox You might imagine Parliament’s penultimate week before the summer break would involve MPs lurching tipsily between Christmas functions, ministers pinning yuletide bows onto the government’s now-closed annual agenda, and the vibe turning once again to Christmas mince pies ... <a title="Parliament’s last-minute sprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/10/parliaments-last-minute-sprint/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament’s last-minute sprint">Read more</a>
