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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole Supplied / NZ Police The Department of Conservation has reopened several huts near the Whanganui River where police have been searching for Mitchell Cole. Mitchell Cole is a person of interest in an investigation into the deaths of his parents, Brendon and Trina Cole, in the farming community of ... <a title="Ruatiti huts reopen as police continue to search for Mitchell Cole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/ruatiti-huts-reopen-as-police-continue-to-search-for-mitchell-cole/" aria-label="Read more about Ruatiti huts reopen as police continue to search for Mitchell Cole">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Several accidents have snarled Auckland traffic on Christmas Eve. A key Auckland road was reported blocked after a pick-up truck hit several vehicles. It was on New North Road in Kingsland near the intersection with King Street, at 12.20pm. Five people were assessed but there were no ... <a title="Accidents reported in Auckland Christmas Eve traffic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/accidents-reported-in-auckland-christmas-eve-traffic/" aria-label="Read more about Accidents reported in Auckland Christmas Eve traffic">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cardrona’s main slopes opened on 14 June. RNZ/Katie Todd An Otago businessman who founded the country’s biggest ski area is being remembered as someone who shaped his local community over many decades. Wānaka farmer and entrepreneur John Allandale Lee died peacefully on Sunday surrounded by family, He was seen as a ... <a title="Wānaka entrepreneur John Lee remembered as key figurehead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/wanaka-entrepreneur-john-lee-remembered-as-key-figurehead/" aria-label="Read more about Wānaka entrepreneur John Lee remembered as key figurehead">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon One person has died after a house fire in New Plymouth early on the morning of Christmas Eve. Emergency services were called to a property on Trelawney Crescent around 2:30am on Wednesday after reports of a house fire, and a person was found deceased, police said. A ... <a title="One dead after Christmas Eve fire in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/one-dead-after-christmas-eve-fire-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about One dead after Christmas Eve fire in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Taupō. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod A teenager was left swimming for his life in Lake Taupō while rescue helicopter calls were delayed by police, RNZ has learned. Police stood down a rescue helicopter crew that had rapidly assembled after a burning boat was spotted in Lake Taupō on Sunday evening. ... <a title="Boy left swimming for life as rescue helicopter call delayed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/boy-left-swimming-for-life-as-rescue-helicopter-call-delayed/" aria-label="Read more about Boy left swimming for life as rescue helicopter call delayed">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A kiwi pukpuku chick captured exploring outside its burrow in the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson. SUPPLIED Just over six months after little spotted kiwi were reintroduced to Nelson’s Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, breeding has begun and the first chick has hatched, just in time for Christimas. In May, 41 little spotted ... <a title="Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/kiwis-hatch-in-nelson-sanctuary-during-christmas-season/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis hatch in Nelson sanctuary during Christmas season">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services were called just before midday to State Highway 25 in Hauraki. Supplied / St John Five people have been injured after a crash involving a truck in Waikato. Emergency services were called just before midday to State Highway 25 in Hauraki. Three people have been seriously injured and a ... <a title="Five people injured in crash on State Highway 25, Hauraki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/five-people-injured-in-crash-on-state-highway-25-hauraki/" aria-label="Read more about Five people injured in crash on State Highway 25, Hauraki">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Auckland FC’s Callan Elliot competes for possession with Miguel Di Pizo of the Central Coast Mariners during an A-League clash in Gosford on 12 December 2025. AAP Image / Dan Himbrechts / Photosport Auckland FC’s last A-League game of 2025 has been postponed after the Sydney pitch was deemed ... <a title="Auckland FC’s final A-league game of year postponed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/auckland-fcs-final-a-league-game-of-year-postponed/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland FC’s final A-league game of year postponed">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The sewage spill came at the peak of the oyster season. Nick Monro Watercare has fulfilled a promise to give another $1 million to beleaguered oyster farmers north of Auckland after a catastrophic sewage failure. It’s after an initial $1m was given last month after the spill obliterated crops in late ... <a title="Oyster farmers to receive another $1m over catastrophic sewage spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/oyster-farmers-to-receive-another-1m-over-catastrophic-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Oyster farmers to receive another $1m over catastrophic sewage spill">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hoskins Sotutu with fans. Brett Phibbs/Photosport Former All Blacks loose forward Hoskins Sotutu has signed with English Premiership club Newcastle Red Bulls and will depart the Blues after the 2026 Super Rugby season. He remained fully committed to the Blues for their upcoming campaign, he said. Since making his Super Rugby ... <a title="Former All Black Hoskins Sotutu to leave Blues at end of Super Rugby season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/former-all-black-hoskins-sotutu-to-leave-blues-at-end-of-super-rugby-season/" aria-label="Read more about Former All Black Hoskins Sotutu to leave Blues at end of Super Rugby season">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighting has resumed this morning. Facebook / Hawke’s Bay Fire and Emergency The scrub fire near the Hawke’s Bay village of Fernhill – between the township and the Ngaruroro River bridge – is almost fully out, Fire and Emergency says. The blaze is fully contained and 95 percent extinguished, a spokesperson ... <a title="Scrub blaze near Hastings almost out, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/scrub-blaze-near-hastings-almost-out-firefighters-treated-for-heat-exhaustion/" aria-label="Read more about Scrub blaze near Hastings almost out, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A body has been recovered near Thames on and is believed to be a person that went missing in Coromandel waters two days ago. Duty Inspector Neil Faulkner said at around 6.10am on Wednesday, police received reports of a body being located on the beach by a ... <a title="Body recovered near Thames believed to be missing person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/24/body-recovered-near-thames-believed-to-be-missing-person/" aria-label="Read more about Body recovered near Thames believed to be missing person">Read more</a>
