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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A tara iti and chick at Waipū. Supplied / Darren Markin The Department of Conservation is pleading with dog owners not to let their pets roam in nesting sites used by New Zealand’s rarest bird – the tara iti or fairy tern. The plea comes after a series of incidents apparently ... <a title="Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ’s rarest bird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/dog-owners-asked-to-keep-away-from-nesting-sites-used-by-nzs-rarest-bird/" aria-label="Read more about Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ’s rarest bird">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said it appeared someone had been serious injuries. (File photo) Supplied / St John A serious crash involving a pedestrian has shut a road in Moera, Lower Hutt. Emergency services were called to the crash on Randwick Rd, where a person had been hit by a car, shortly after 4pm ... <a title="Person hit by car in Lower Hutt, road closed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/person-hit-by-car-in-lower-hutt-road-closed/" aria-label="Read more about Person hit by car in Lower Hutt, road closed">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The men were grateful to see rescuers, but it was an uncomfortably close call, police said. Police are reminding people of the importance of personal locator beacons after three men endured a cold, wet night in a gorge. Wellington District Search and Rescue coordinator Sergeant Jonathan Westrupp said the trio had ... <a title="Hutt River misadventure a reminder of personal locator beacon importance, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hutt-river-misadventure-a-reminder-of-personal-locator-beacon-importance-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Hutt River misadventure a reminder of personal locator beacon importance, police say">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Her complaint centred on the decision not to recall and ban the importation sale of all coloured sand. Supplied A law advisor in human rights has lodged a complaint with the Ombudsman asking for an urgent investigation into the response to asbestos-contaminated play sand. Sophie Bradwell-Pollak said there had been multiple ... <a title="Human rights lawyer lodges Ombudsman complaint over asbestos sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/human-rights-lawyer-lodges-ombudsman-complaint-over-asbestos-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights lawyer lodges Ombudsman complaint over asbestos sand">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Kang Jin-kyu, AFP Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport. (File photo) AFP / Jung Yeon-Je Grieving mother Lee Hyo-eun returns every weekend to the airport where her daughter and 178 others ... <a title="Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/families-want-answers-a-year-after-south-koreas-deadliest-plane-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Drone footage of the fire near the Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill. SUPPLIED Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub fire which has destroyed buildings. Fire crews said they responded to the blaze Tuesday afternoon which is located between the Fernhill township and the Ngaruroro River bridge on ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hawkes-bay-scrub-fire-destroys-buildings-person-hospitalised/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey says the Support a Family initiative is the highlight if her year. RNZ / Rachel Graham A little more than a 160 families’ Christmas Day became a little brighter this afternoon as they came to pick up Christmas hampers from the Christchurch Methodist Mission. ... <a title="Christchurch Methodist Mission provides more than 160 Christmas hampers to families in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/christchurch-methodist-mission-provides-more-than-160-christmas-hampers-to-families-in-need/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch Methodist Mission provides more than 160 Christmas hampers to families in need">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Researchers at Austria’s University of Vienna examined the emotion of “surprise” in kea and cockatoos, testing how they would react to being given less desirable food than they were led to expect. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon *This story has been updated to reflect the study showed the kea were more ... <a title="Kea smarter and more capable of surprise than cockatoos, Austrian study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/kea-smarter-and-more-capable-of-surprise-than-cockatoos-austrian-study-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Kea smarter and more capable of surprise than cockatoos, Austrian study finds">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An electronic dance music festival heading to New Zealand for the first time has revealed its headline acts. Artists headlining the Ultra New Zealand festival are American duo The Chainsmokers, French producer DJ Snake, German producer and DJ Zedd, English DJ and singer Darren Styles, French DJ Nico Moreno, Dutch DJ ... <a title="Major dance music festival reveals line-up for Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/major-dance-music-festival-reveals-line-up-for-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Major dance music festival reveals line-up for Wellington">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill, Hawke’s Bay is near the fire. Screenshot / Google Maps Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub fire which has destroyed buildings. Fire crews said they responded to the blaze Tuesday afternoon which is located between the Fernhill township and the Ngaruroro ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, homes evacuated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hawkes-bay-scrub-fire-destroys-buildings-homes-evacuated/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, homes evacuated">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police have arrested four people of interest after a man’s death in Gisborne in September. Bill Maangi, 36, died in hospital after he was shot in the early hours of 29 September at an Ormond Road address. Four people aged between 25 and 37 were arrested, police ... <a title="Four arrested in connection with investigation into September Gisborne murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/four-arrested-in-connection-with-investigation-into-september-gisborne-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Four arrested in connection with investigation into September Gisborne murder">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has conditionally approved an application by the General Practice Owners Association to set up it’s own breakaway PHO. RNZ / Peter de Graaf General practice owners concerned about what they say is too much red tape, have been given the go-ahead to set up their ... <a title="Health NZ green lights General Practice Owners Association breakaway PHO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/health-nz-green-lights-general-practice-owners-association-breakaway-pho/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ green lights General Practice Owners Association breakaway PHO">Read more</a>
