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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Cromwell & Districts Promotions Group A Dunedin family has swept the podium at the annual Cherry Pit-Spit Championship in Cromwell. The Collins family dominated multiple categories at the quirky Central Otago event on Sunday, which challenges entrants to hoick a cherry stone as far as possible. Aaron Collins launched ... <a title="Dunedin family dominates Cromwell’s annual cherry spitting competition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/dunedin-family-dominates-cromwells-annual-cherry-spitting-competition/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin family dominates Cromwell’s annual cherry spitting competition">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Stuart has been reported missing. Supplied / Police Auckland police are asking for any sightings of man whose family are concerned for his welfare. Stuart is described by police as about 6 foot tall, slender and in his 70s. He was last seen wearing black pants, a beige shirt, a blue ... <a title="Concerns for welfare of missing Auckland man" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/concerns-for-welfare-of-missing-auckland-man/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns for welfare of missing Auckland man">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Blaze captain Melie Kerr after scoring a century in the Super Smash. Marty Melville / PHOTOSPORT A stunning century from White Fern Amelia Kerr has helped the Wellington Blaze to a 49-run victory over the Auckland Hearts in the women’s Super Smash. Kerr completed her first century in top level ... <a title="Cricket: A first for Amelia Kerr in big Blaze win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/cricket-a-first-for-amelia-kerr-in-big-blaze-win/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: A first for Amelia Kerr in big Blaze win">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Roy Krishna will be a key player for Fiji. Oceania Football Fiji football star Roy Krishna has signed with Bula FC for the inaugral season of Oceania’s first ever professional football league. The Suva-based club announced the star signing on boxing day. “We are thrilled to announce the signing of Roy ... <a title="Former Phoenix player returns home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/former-phoenix-player-returns-home/" aria-label="Read more about Former Phoenix player returns home">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Engineers are trialling containment systems on the land-based areas of the bridge – the structures that will allow workers to eventually access and repaint the bridge. RNZ / Lucy Xia The Auckland Harbour Bridge repaint project – that’s estimated to take 12 years – has been underway for more than a ... <a title="Auckland Harbour Bridge repaint project: Where things stand more than a year later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/auckland-harbour-bridge-repaint-project-where-things-stand-more-than-a-year-later/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Harbour Bridge repaint project: Where things stand more than a year later">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chairperson of the ministerial advisory group on organised crime, Steve Symon. (File photo) RNZ / Nick Monro The chairperson of a ministerial advisory group on organised crime says he won’t be satisfied until he sees the government commit resources to tackling the issue of organised crime. The government launched a plan ... <a title="Ministerial advisory group wants commitment to tackling transnational organised crime in Budget 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/ministerial-advisory-group-wants-commitment-to-tackling-transnational-organised-crime-in-budget-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Ministerial advisory group wants commitment to tackling transnational organised crime in Budget 2026">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Three men seriously hurt in separate fights in Auckland – one of them a mass street brawl – are still in hospital. Police have made a public appeal after the disorder in the central city on Saturday night. In the first assault, a 33-year-old man was seriously ... <a title="Three men seriously hurt in Auckland assaults remain in hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/three-men-seriously-hurt-in-auckland-assaults-remain-in-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Three men seriously hurt in Auckland assaults remain in hospital">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / TradeMe A Lower Hutt woman is keeping her “dark side” in check by reselling the one gift she received from her husband of 20 years on Christmas Day: a Star Wars T-shirt. The shirt, originally purchased from EB Games, has been listed on her husband’s Trade Me account – ... <a title="Woman lists sole Christmas gift on husband’s Trade Me account – a Star Wars T-shirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/woman-lists-sole-christmas-gift-on-husbands-trade-me-account-a-star-wars-t-shirt/" aria-label="Read more about Woman lists sole Christmas gift on husband’s Trade Me account – a Star Wars T-shirt">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand With Christmas done and dusted, the festive season has switched into festival season. A day after Hidden Valley’s 10-year edition at Matakana, the South Island offshoot event Hidden Lakes, now shortened to Lakes festival, returned to Christchurch’s Hagley Park for its fifth edition. For Mainlanders, Sunday’s high-octane, dance-heavy fete functioned both ... <a title="Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/lakes-festival-delivers-a-one-day-rave-marathon-in-hagley-park/" aria-label="Read more about Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emma Pijnenburg of the Football Ferns. MEXSPORT / PHOTOSPORT The Wellington Phoenix women have signed White Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg for the rest of the A-League season. The 21 year old replaces Alyssa Whinham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in round three. Pijnenburg returns to New Zealand having secured a ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix sign White Ferns midfielder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/wellington-phoenix-sign-white-ferns-midfielder/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix sign White Ferns midfielder">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been taken to hospital after another overnight brawl in Auckland. Police were called to Wallson Crescent in Wiri just before 10pm to what they say were reports of a fight involving several people. One person was left with serious injuries, and another was in ... <a title="Two hospitalised after overnight brawl in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/two-hospitalised-after-overnight-brawl-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Two hospitalised after overnight brawl in Auckland">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality brought French cinema to the mainstream, has died aged 91. Arriving on screen in the 1950s, Bardot swiftly rose to fame as an era-defining “sex kitten”. She starred in films such as And God Created Woman, Contempt and Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin. French actress ... <a title="Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/brigitte-bardot-the-french-star-you-had-to-see-to-believe/" aria-label="Read more about Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’">Read more</a>
