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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Immediately call 111 if you see dangerous driving, police say. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Police have arrested a drunk driver heading from Gore to Te Anau who was four times the legal alcohol limit. They said they pulled the woman over at 7:30am on Sunday, after reports of a vehicle repeatedly ... <a title="Drunk driver heading from Gore to Te Anau hits four times legal alcohol limit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/drunk-driver-heading-from-gore-to-te-anau-hits-four-times-legal-alcohol-limit/" aria-label="Read more about Drunk driver heading from Gore to Te Anau hits four times legal alcohol limit">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland Zoo elephant Anjalee. Auckland Zoo An elephant that moved from New Zealand to Australia to have children has had a stillbirth. Auckland Zoo elephant Anjalee moved to Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, NSW in 2022, in the hopes she could breed with other elephants. In a social media post ... <a title="Former Auckland Zoo elephant that moved across Tasman to have children has stillbirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/former-auckland-zoo-elephant-that-moved-across-tasman-to-have-children-has-stillbirth/" aria-label="Read more about Former Auckland Zoo elephant that moved across Tasman to have children has stillbirth">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson will be in Formula 1 in 2026 after being confirmed in one of the Racing Bulls seats earlier this month. DPPI / PHOTOSPORT Formula 1 star Liam Lawson is taking a pit-stop from the racing circuit to drive laps in Cromwell in support of breast cancer research. Lawson will ... <a title="Liam Lawson to drive laps in Central Otago for charity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/liam-lawson-to-drive-laps-in-central-otago-for-charity/" aria-label="Read more about Liam Lawson to drive laps in Central Otago for charity">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NZFS is not currently aware of any related illness. 123RF Cheese, previously dumped in a landfill, has been taken and re-sold in the Waikato, New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) says. NZFS said the Over The Moon branded cheese was taken from Putaruru Landfill and was reportedly being re-sold on Sunday, despite ... <a title="Safety concerns after cheese dumped at Waikato landfill, taken and re-sold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/safety-concerns-after-cheese-dumped-at-waikato-landfill-taken-and-re-sold/" aria-label="Read more about Safety concerns after cheese dumped at Waikato landfill, taken and re-sold">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some Christmas presents will not even get near a tree if left in the car, say police. File photo. 123rf An Auckland man whose Christmas presents were stolen from his car on a quiet street is warning others not to repeat his mistake. Police and the AA say opportunistic thieves are ... <a title="‘It was only 20 minutes outside their house’ – Christmas presents stolen from car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/it-was-only-20-minutes-outside-their-house-christmas-presents-stolen-from-car/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was only 20 minutes outside their house’ – Christmas presents stolen from car">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called about 9.45am on Monday to the scene off the Thames Coast Road. RNZ / REECE BAKER A person is missing after getting into difficulty in the water in the Coromandel Peninsula. Emergency services were responding to a report of a person missing in the water near Waikawau boat ... <a title="Search underway after person missing in water in Coromandel Peninsula" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/search-underway-after-person-missing-in-water-in-coromandel-peninsula/" aria-label="Read more about Search underway after person missing in water in Coromandel Peninsula">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Taupō. 123rf A boatie has been rescued from Lake Taupō after their vessel caught fire. A callout came just after 6pm on Sunday to Whangamatā Bay at the northern end of the lake by Kinloch. Police said a search and rescue operation got underway, and the person was rescued just ... <a title="Police investigation underway after Taupō boat fire prompts rescue mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/police-investigation-underway-after-taupo-boat-fire-prompts-rescue-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Police investigation underway after Taupō boat fire prompts rescue mission">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the Serious Crash Unit has been notified. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly One person is in a serious condition after a crash between a vehicle and pedestrian in Mount Eden, Auckland. Police were called to the scene at the intersection of Dominion and Balmoral Roads at 11.40am on Monday. The ... <a title="Person in serious condition after vehicle, pedestrian collide in Mount Eden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/person-in-serious-condition-after-vehicle-pedestrian-collide-in-mount-eden/" aria-label="Read more about Person in serious condition after vehicle, pedestrian collide in Mount Eden">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand James Ransone, an actor best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire and also starring in It: Chapter Two, has died at age 46, according to LA medical authorities. The actor took his own life, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Ransone played the dock worker-turned-petty criminal Zibby ... <a title="James Ransone, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘It: Chapter Two’, dies at 46" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/james-ransone-star-of-the-wire-and-it-chapter-two-dies-at-46/" aria-label="Read more about James Ransone, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘It: Chapter Two’, dies at 46">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government planned to redirect $1.7 million from various contracts with sexual abuse services from January. Supplied/123RF Sexual abuse support services facing cuts in the new year have been given an extra six months, but are being told not to expect any more than that. The government planned to redirect $1.7 ... <a title="Sexual abuse support services facing cuts have contracts extended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/sexual-abuse-support-services-facing-cuts-have-contracts-extended/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual abuse support services facing cuts have contracts extended">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A pair of takahē birds believed to be infertile have thrilled staff at Zelandia wildlife sanctuary by unexpectedly hatching a chick. Bendigo, a male takahē, and Waitaa a female, came to Zelandia two years ago as a non-breeding pair. Staff thought Bendigo had fertility issues, as he was not productive with ... <a title="Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/takahe-pair-thought-to-be-infertile-hatch-chick-at-zealandia/" aria-label="Read more about Takahē pair thought to be infertile hatch chick at Zealandia">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Detective senior sergeant Greg Baird says the social harm caused by illicit drugs is significant. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A Southland police operation has ended in a mass drug and firearms bust, after police executed 12 search warrants around Invercargill. Police said eight people were arrested after they seized methamphetamine, firearms ... <a title="Police arrest eight after gang targeted drug-bust in Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/police-arrest-eight-after-gang-targeted-drug-bust-in-southland/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest eight after gang targeted drug-bust in Southland">Read more</a>
