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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand When I went to swimming classes as most kids do in New Zealand it did not stick. I am not sure whether it was the dozens of kids running around while one teacher shows them how to make windmills with their arms or just a complete lack of an ability to ... <a title="What it’s like learning to swim as an adult" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/what-its-like-learning-to-swim-as-an-adult/" aria-label="Read more about What it’s like learning to swim as an adult">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Blacks Damian McKenzie and Beauden Barrett, showing the strain, at the disastrous game against South Africa, at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, on 13 September. Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Nothing incapsulates the joy and agony sport had to offer for New Zealand in 2025 more than what the All Blacks experienced in ... <a title="In review: New Zealand sporting highs and lows in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/in-review-new-zealand-sporting-highs-and-lows-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about In review: New Zealand sporting highs and lows in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Princy Christian (third from left) joined the morning service straight after her night shift. She’s at the service with her family. Ke-Xin Li After spending Christmas Eve working a long night shift at the Waitakere Hospital, healthcare assistant Princy Christian drove 30 minutes to attend a 9am Christmas service at her ... <a title="Churches open doors for Christmas celebrations and thanks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/churches-open-doors-for-christmas-celebrations-and-thanks/" aria-label="Read more about Churches open doors for Christmas celebrations and thanks">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService said a front was moving north over the South Island into Christmas Day, and was expected to affect areas from Waikato and Bay of Plenty north on Boxing Day. Supplied/ MetService People in the Bay of Plenty and from Waikato northwards are being warned to batten down the hatches for ... <a title="Storm warnings for Boxing Day, wet front still over South Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/storm-warnings-for-boxing-day-wet-front-still-over-south-island/" aria-label="Read more about Storm warnings for Boxing Day, wet front still over South Island">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The 240 Gull and NPD sites throughout the country would maintain their original distinctive brand if the merger goes ahead. Supplied/ NPD Fuel companies NPD and Gull have announced plans to merge national operations. While still subject to Commerce Commission approval, the move would combine NPD and Gull sites, teams and ... <a title="Gull, NPD merger will drive down gas prices, companies say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/gull-npd-merger-will-drive-down-gas-prices-companies-say/" aria-label="Read more about Gull, NPD merger will drive down gas prices, companies say">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The 240 Gull and NPD sites throughout the country would maintain their original distinctive brand if the merger goes ahead. Supplied/ NPD Fuel companies NPD and Gull have announced plans to merge national operations. While still subject to Commerce Commission approval, the move would combine NPD and Gull sites, teams and ... <a title="New Zealand fuel companies Gull and NPD to merge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/new-zealand-fuel-companies-gull-and-npd-to-merge/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand fuel companies Gull and NPD to merge">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealanders are celebrating Christmas Day throughout the country, with traditional family get togethers, shared meals, gift giving and Christmas trees. Here’s some of what Christmas looks like this year. Auckland’s Catholic bishop Steve Lowe says Christians at home and around the world have been gathering in places of worship to ... <a title="Christmas Day marked with reflection, fun and shared lunch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/christmas-day-marked-with-reflection-fun-and-shared-lunch/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas Day marked with reflection, fun and shared lunch">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Paul Baker A small plane has crashed into a house in the holiday hotspot of Pauanui, on the Coromandel Peninsula. Police said about 9:10am on Christmas day they received reports of a small plane crashing into an unoccupied house on Harvard Court, next to Pauanui Airfield. Two people are being ... <a title="Aeroplane crashes into house in Pauanui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/aeroplane-crashes-into-house-in-pauanui/" aria-label="Read more about Aeroplane crashes into house in Pauanui">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) RNZ Two people are injured following a stabbing in Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton, late on Christmas Eve, police say. Emergency services were called to a commercial premises on Market Street, about 11 pm on Wednesday. Two people were taken to hospital in moderate condition. Police are investigating. Sign up ... <a title="Two injured in stabbing, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/two-injured-in-stabbing-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Two injured in stabbing, police say">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService said a front was moving northwards over the South Island into early Christmas morning. Screenshot / MetService It’s set to be a wet and windy Christmas Day for parts of the South Island, with heavy rain forecast for the west coast, and gales expected in Canterbury. MetService said a front ... <a title="Christmas Day brings wet and windy weather for some" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/christmas-day-brings-wet-and-windy-weather-for-some/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas Day brings wet and windy weather for some">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Melling Station. Supplied / Metlink A Lower Hutt train station has seen its last service for about three years ahead of major infrastructure works. The final service between Wellington and Melling train stations ran at 6.37pm on Wednesday. Greater Wellington Regional Council said the infrastructure project, Te Wai Takamori o Te ... <a title="All alight: Final train departs Melling Station ahead of RiverLink upgrades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/all-alight-final-train-departs-melling-station-ahead-of-riverlink-upgrades/" aria-label="Read more about All alight: Final train departs Melling Station ahead of RiverLink upgrades">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand On Christmas morning in 1975, 20-year-old Lee Scanlon was partially sedated, in labour with twins, and flying in a light aircraft through a thunderstorm over the West Coast. “I can remember a big bump at one stage and thinking, ‘oh, the plane’s crashed. Good’,” she says, laughing now. After being in ... <a title="Why it’s rare to give birth on Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/25/why-its-rare-to-give-birth-on-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s rare to give birth on Christmas">Read more</a>
