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December 5, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 95 percent of feedback on the Fast Track amendment bill is opposed. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone About 95 percent of feedback on the fast-track amendment bill is opposed, with the coalition-majority select committee reporting back after less than a month. The government intends to pass the legislation, which it says ... <a title="95 percent of fast-track amendment bill submitters opposed to changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/95-percent-of-fast-track-amendment-bill-submitters-opposed-to-changes/" aria-label="Read more about 95 percent of fast-track amendment bill submitters opposed to changes">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor James Renwick of Victoria University Supplied A government decision to reject stronger climate targets is pitiful, and will cost households in the long run, scientists, advocates and opposition politicians say. However, a scientist who contributed to the government’s methane review said he’s not surprised the Climate Change Commission’s “activist” recommendations ... <a title="‘Pitiful’ decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/pitiful-decision-on-emissions-targets-will-cost-the-country-former-climate-commissioner-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pitiful’ decision on emissions targets will cost the country, former climate commissioner says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In July it was announced by Rail Minister Winston Peters that Scott O’Donnell was appointed to the KiwiRail board. Photo: Otago Daily Times / Luisa Girao *This story has been updated to show that Scott O’Donnell has attended the three board meetings since his appointment. KiwiRail’s board chair says a director ... <a title="KiwiRail director’s conflicts of interest management affecting efficiency, board chair says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/kiwirail-directors-conflicts-of-interest-management-affecting-efficiency-board-chair-says/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiRail director’s conflicts of interest management affecting efficiency, board chair says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Coster when he was in charge of the police. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Analysis – Headline writers have had their fun calling it ‘Coster’s Last Stand’, and like the general’s doomed battle, it ended with a crushing fall. The comparison falls apart pretty quickly after that. Yes, Andrew Coster leaves ... <a title="Analysis: Can Andrew Coster come back from this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/analysis-can-andrew-coster-come-back-from-this/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis: Can Andrew Coster come back from this?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister David Seymour. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Education Ministry says the English and maths curriculums introduced by primary schools this year have had a bigger impact than expected. Appearing before Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee, the ministry’s chief executive, Ellen MacGregor-Reid, said she was thrilled for children. ... <a title="New primary English, maths curriculum results exceeding expectations, ministry says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/new-primary-english-maths-curriculum-results-exceeding-expectations-ministry-says/" aria-label="Read more about New primary English, maths curriculum results exceeding expectations, ministry says">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins (L) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters. RNZ/Calvin Samuel The government is putting $15 million towards a United States and NATO initiative to supply weapons and equipment to Ukraine, the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins revealed the decision in ... <a title="Government puts $15m towards weapons and equipment for Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/government-puts-15m-towards-weapons-and-equipment-for-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about Government puts $15m towards weapons and equipment for Ukraine">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Housing Minister Chris Bishop (left) and Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka (right) taking questions at a Select Committee. Anneke Smith Housing Minister Chris Bishop is encouraging tenants to negotiate a cheaper deal as rent prices drop. Rental prices fell their lowest level in two years in September, prompting some landlords to ... <a title="‘Negotiate with your landlord’ – Housing Minister’s message to renters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/negotiate-with-your-landlord-housing-ministers-message-to-renters/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Negotiate with your landlord’ – Housing Minister’s message to renters">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. VNP / Phil Smith Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is taking the party’s president John Tamihere to court. Kapa-Kingi was expelled from the party, alongside Tākuta Ferris, in early November after a period of internal conflict. Iwi leaders had been hopeful the party’s two factions could patch ... <a title="Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP taking president to court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/ousted-te-pati-maori-mp-taking-president-to-court/" aria-label="Read more about Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP taking president to court">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Health Minister Casey Costello. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has been back in the firing line on Wednesday over big tobacco’s influence, with a health select committee erupting into heated debate on government plans to roll out oral tobacco and nicotine products. Last year, Cabinet agreed ... <a title="Health select committee erupts into heated debate over roll out of oral tobacco and nicotine products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/health-select-committee-erupts-into-heated-debate-over-roll-out-of-oral-tobacco-and-nicotine-products/" aria-label="Read more about Health select committee erupts into heated debate over roll out of oral tobacco and nicotine products">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has resigned as Chief Executive of the Social Investment Agency. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says he would’ve sacked former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster “if I had to”. He’s also revealed Coster will receive three months pay as part of his ... <a title="I would have sacked Andrew Coster if he hadn’t quit, Sir Brian Roche says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/i-would-have-sacked-andrew-coster-if-he-hadnt-quit-sir-brian-roche-says/" aria-label="Read more about I would have sacked Andrew Coster if he hadn’t quit, Sir Brian Roche says">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Social Development Louise Upston RNZ / Angus Dreaver The Greens say the number of applications for advanced support being denied has “skyrocketed” during the last year and people are being denied assistance for basic essentials. But the Minister for Social Development Louise Upston says there’s been no policy change ... <a title="Greens say applications for advanced benefit payments ‘skyrocketed’ last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/greens-say-applications-for-advanced-benefit-payments-skyrocketed-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about Greens say applications for advanced benefit payments ‘skyrocketed’ last year">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Ketels joined David Seymour’s office in 2017. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The ACT Party’s chief of staff has announced his resignation, after more than a decade in Parliament. In a LinkedIn post, Andrew Ketels said he felt “very fortunate” to have worked at Parliament for 12 years, for five ministers, ... <a title="ACT chief of staff resigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/act-chief-of-staff-resigns/" aria-label="Read more about ACT chief of staff resigns">Read more</a>
