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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists’ visualisation for Auckland Transport of light rail in Mt Roskill. Supplied / Auckland Transport A public transport advocate, whose Auckland Light Rail submission made it onto the NZ Infrastructure Commission’s list of priorities, said light rail and mass transit needs to be brought back and become part of the ... <a title="Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/scrapped-light-rail-must-become-aucklands-long-term-transport-plan-advocate-says/" aria-label="Read more about Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some time in the mid-2000s, a singular piece of music found its way onto student radio and other playlists. Consisting only of multi-tracked voices – like a one-person choir – The Awakening was a spooky song-poem: “a canon set in purgatory” as its author would later describe it. The subject of ... <a title="What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/what-makes-dudley-bensons-the-awakening-an-essential-album/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) 123RF Hundreds of households in the lower South Island are still without electricity after severe thunderstorms damaged powerlines. Power has been restored to many homes in Mosgiel near Dunedin, but at 10pm provider Aurora still listed around 300 customers impacted by outages. Dozens of rural areas in Southland are ... <a title="Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/hundreds-lose-power-in-dunedin-thunderstorms/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The number of people in the Auckland region who died without any family or friends to handle funeral arrangements leapt in the last year. If someone dies and no family or friends come forward to claim the body, some councils cover the cost of a burial or ... <a title="What happens to people who die without any relatives to bury them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/what-happens-to-people-who-die-without-any-relatives-to-bury-them/" aria-label="Read more about What happens to people who die without any relatives to bury them?">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework ahead of the Boxing Day sale frenzy. RNZ Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework, double check gift cards and know their rights ahead of Boxing Day sale frenzy. Electronic transaction figures showed pre-Christmas spending was slightly down on last ... <a title="What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/what-to-remember-before-your-boxing-day-shopping-spree/" aria-label="Read more about What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christmas lunch diners John Kiegan and Thelma Balthiejus. RNZ / Ellen O’Dwyer Since early Christmas morning, volunteers, chefs and do-gooders have been busy cooking up Christmas Spirit in Upper Hutt. The Rimutaka Lions Club held its annual Christmas lunch today, a tradition running for nearly four decades. Known as Room at ... <a title="Tucking in the Christmas spirit in Upper Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/tucking-in-the-christmas-spirit-in-upper-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Tucking in the Christmas spirit in Upper Hutt">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A person has been airlifted to Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle rolled over in Northland. St John were called to Pouto Point at around 2.30pm. One person with moderate injuries was treated at the scene and a second person with critical injuries ... <a title="Person critically injured after vehicle rollover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/person-critically-injured-after-vehicle-rollover/" aria-label="Read more about Person critically injured after vehicle rollover">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay announce the free trade agreement with India. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand could continue to see improvements for the dairy industry under its Free Trade Agreement with India, the trade minister says. The government announced the deal with India on Monday, ... <a title="India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change – minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/india-free-trade-agreement-excludes-dairy-but-that-could-change-minister/" aria-label="Read more about India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change – minister">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) 123RF MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm warning over Dunedin and Clutha. It said thunderstorms are moving east/northeast and are expected over Dunedin at around 6pm. MetService said thunder will be accompanied by very heavy rain and large hail and warns it may make driving conditions dangerous. A broader ... <a title="Severe thunderstorm warning for Dunedin region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/severe-thunderstorm-warning-for-dunedin-region/" aria-label="Read more about Severe thunderstorm warning for Dunedin region">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Suhail Mohammed says last Christmas was busy at his shop. Ke-Xin Li On Christmas Day, tourists are getting the rare chance to enjoy a quiet Auckland city centre. Most restaurants have shut their doors, but some business owners like Suhail Mohammed, who runs a burger eatery, hope the reduced competition means ... <a title="Auckland business owner isn’t dreaming of a light Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/auckland-business-owner-isnt-dreaming-of-a-light-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland business owner isn’t dreaming of a light Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sheep farmer husband and wife, Brendon, 56, and Trina Cole, 54, were found dead at their Murumuru Road property in the farming community of Ruatiti on 13 December. Google Maps / Screenshot A man wanted for questioning after a double homicide in the central North Island has handed himself over to ... <a title="Man wanted for questioning in Ruatiti homicide turns himself in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/man-wanted-for-questioning-in-ruatiti-homicide-turns-himself-in/" aria-label="Read more about Man wanted for questioning in Ruatiti homicide turns himself in">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Appam is a rice pancake – a favourite within the Malayali community. 123rf The aroma of spices instead of mint sauce signals the arrival of Christmas Day in kitchens across the country, as Indian New Zealanders celebrate with dishes shaped by region, faith and migration. While many households across New Zealand ... <a title="Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/celebrating-christmas-with-indian-culinary-favourites/" aria-label="Read more about Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites">Read more</a>
