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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s most intense storms, MetService says. Large parts of the mainland have been under brief severe thunderstorm warnings through Saturday afternoon. The severe thunderstorm watch that had ... <a title="Thunderstorm watch lifted as South Island hit with intense storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/thunderstorm-watch-lifted-as-south-island-hit-with-intense-storms/" aria-label="Read more about Thunderstorm watch lifted as South Island hit with intense storms">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Shona Laing was just 17 when she had her first national hit with ‘1905’ in 1972. Fifteen years later, she was reintroducing herself as a different kind of artist with the 1987 album South. In a career spanning more than five decades, Shona Laing has made albums that mark each stage ... <a title="What makes Shona Laing’s South an essential album" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/what-makes-shona-laings-south-an-essential-album/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Shona Laing’s South an essential album">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England continues at the MCG in Melbourne. Australia swept to an 82-run win in the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval to retain the urn with two matches to spare. After eight-wicket defeats in Perth ... <a title="The Ashes: England beats Australia – fourth test, day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/the-ashes-england-beats-australia-fourth-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes: England beats Australia – fourth test, day two">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that has lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s most intense storms, MetService says. Large parts of the mainland have been under brief severe thunderstorm warnings through Saturday afternoon. Selwyn and Ashburton are currently ... <a title="South Island hit with one of the year’s most intense storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/south-island-hit-with-one-of-the-years-most-intense-storms/" aria-label="Read more about South Island hit with one of the year’s most intense storms">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Housing First Ōtautahi manager Nicola Fleming. Rachel Graham A new outreach service for homeless people in Christchurch encountered an 87-year-old woman living on the streets in its first week of operation. Housing First Ōtautahi has started a new rapid response, trying to ensure people who have just started living on the ... <a title="Housing First Ōtautahi launches rapid response to homelessness, finding an increase in elderly with no home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/housing-first-otautahi-launches-rapid-response-to-homelessness-finding-an-increase-in-elderly-with-no-home/" aria-label="Read more about Housing First Ōtautahi launches rapid response to homelessness, finding an increase in elderly with no home">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Māngere Bridge. RNZ / Dan Cook Three fishermen rescued on Friday night after their boat started taking on water did “everything right”, police say. The trio embarked into Manukau Harbour from the Māngere Bridge boat ramp, and made it two kilometres off Puketutu Island when their vessel sank. Unsure where they ... <a title="Fishermen whose boat sank were well-prepared – police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/fishermen-whose-boat-sank-were-well-prepared-police/" aria-label="Read more about Fishermen whose boat sank were well-prepared – police">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England continues at the MCG in Melbourne. Australia swept to an 82-run win in the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval to retain the urn with two matches to spare. After eight-wicket defeats in Perth ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-fourth-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day two">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch will welcome 2025 with live music and fireworks. AFP / MATIAS DELACROIX A rundown on some of the biggest public events to ring in 2026 – and where to catch the best fireworks displays. Northland A fireworks display launched at the stroke of midnight from a barge moored in the ... <a title="NZ’s best public events to celebrate the New Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/nzs-best-public-events-to-celebrate-the-new-year/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s best public events to celebrate the New Year">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Darren Teague and his boat that capsized on the Raglan Bar on 1 November. Supplied A father, his two kids, and a friend were flung into treacherous waters when their boat capsized on a notorious west coast sandbar last month. Maritime safety experts say it shows that even when boaties do ... <a title="How a father saved his kids and friend after boat capsize on notorious sandbar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/how-a-father-saved-his-kids-and-friend-after-boat-capsize-on-notorious-sandbar/" aria-label="Read more about How a father saved his kids and friend after boat capsize on notorious sandbar">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nestled in farmland near Takapau in Central Hawke’s Bay, you’ll find New Zealand’s only Trappist monastery. A mossy tree lined driveway leads through fields of grazing dairy cows and up to Kopua Monastery, which sits among 900 acres of paddocks and native bush that was donated to the Church by Tom ... <a title="‘It’s a wonderful life’: Inside NZ’s only Trappist monastery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/its-a-wonderful-life-inside-nzs-only-trappist-monastery/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s a wonderful life’: Inside NZ’s only Trappist monastery">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Port Waikato (file image). Google Maps A search on Saturday morning for a person missing in the sea after a jet ski incident near Port Waikato has found a body. Police said they believed the body, spotted by the Eagle helicopter, belonged to the missing man. Three people were reported to ... <a title="Body found in search for person missing after Port Waikato jet ski incident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/body-found-in-search-for-person-missing-after-port-waikato-jet-ski-incident/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in search for person missing after Port Waikato jet ski incident">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Do you know what to do if you get caught in a rip? Or how to respond if you see someone else in trouble in the water? “Only about a third of New Zealanders can actually identify a rip,” surf lifeguard Phoebe Havill says. “We don’t want people hopping into the ... <a title="Watch: This is what a rip looks like and how to avoid getting caught in one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/watch-this-is-what-a-rip-looks-like-and-how-to-avoid-getting-caught-in-one/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: This is what a rip looks like and how to avoid getting caught in one">Read more</a>
