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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Plateau Hut on Aoraki/Mount Cook. Supplied / DoC A pair of climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook are believed to have died in a large ice avalanche, police said on Thursday. If so, that would make them the fifth and sixth reported South Island mountaineering deaths in the past month. The two ... <a title="Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/ice-avalanche-likely-killed-aoraki-mount-cook-climbers-police/" aria-label="Read more about Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers – police">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast, taken when it was visited by the Employment Court’s chief judge on 25 February 2023. RNZ / Jean Edwards The Secretary for Education is cancelling the registration of Gloriavale Christian School. The school was told of the decision on Thursday, which will take effect ... <a title="Gloriavale Christian School registration cancelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/gloriavale-christian-school-registration-cancelled/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale Christian School registration cancelled">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sneha Patel is sentenced to 11 months’ home detention for exploiting three migrant workers and failing to pay them thousands of dollars in wages. RNZ/Libby Kirkby-McLeod Being exploited left three workers permanently traumatised and facing financial hardship, according to the Migrant Workers Association of Aotearoa. President Anu Kaloti supported Sneha Patel’s ... <a title="‘Some justice’ for exploited workers as ex-employer gets home detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/some-justice-for-exploited-workers-as-ex-employer-gets-home-detention/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Some justice’ for exploited workers as ex-employer gets home detention">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka tracks had been closed (file image). 123rf A pair of major cycling and walking tracks in the central North Island are closed while police search for a man wanted for murder. Police have been looking for 29-year-old Mitchell Cole since Saturday, after two bodies were found in ... <a title="Popular North Island walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/popular-north-island-walking-tracks-closed-as-police-search-for-wanted-man/" aria-label="Read more about Popular North Island walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The vote on councillor David Baldwin’s sand mining position statement was unanimous. Whangārei district councillors have voted unanimously to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay. The proposal – which, if granted, could see 8 million cubic metres of sand removed over a 35-year period – could be ... <a title="Councillors vote to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/councillors-vote-to-oppose-plans-for-fast-tracked-sand-mining-at-northlands-bream-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Councillors vote to oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining at Northland’s Bream Bay">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Toioho ki Āpiti graduate Rewiti Arapere (left) and graduate and Senior Lecturer Erena Arapere (right). Supplied/Massey University Toioho ki Āpiti – New Zealand’s only university based Māori Visual Arts programme celebrated its 30th anniversary this month at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University. Across those three decades Toioho ki Āpiti has ... <a title="New Zealand’s only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/new-zealands-only-maori-visual-arts-degree-celebrates-30-years-of-arts-education/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the third in the five-test Ashes series between archrivals Australia and England enters day two at Adelaide Oval. Australia currently lead the series 2-0, after victory at both Perth and Brisbane. First ball is scheduled for 12.30pm NZT Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-third-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day two">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The vessel was found more than 10 nautical miles at sea. 123rf A man who had allegedly just been stabbed lost his yacht – also his home – after he called police and they arrested him and his supposed attacker, and decided to abandon the vessel at sea. The 16m-long boat ... <a title="Police abandon man’s yacht – and home – at sea after call for help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/police-abandon-mans-yacht-and-home-at-sea-after-call-for-help/" aria-label="Read more about Police abandon man’s yacht – and home – at sea after call for help">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Council of Australasian University Librarians said the agreement marked a substantial shift toward fair, sustainable and transparent access to research across both countries. AFP Universities have announced a deal with academic publisher Elsevier that will save them money and increase public access to their research. The in-principle agreement covers all ... <a title="Universities strike deal to keep access to Elsevier scientific journals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/universities-strike-deal-to-keep-access-to-elsevier-scientific-journals/" aria-label="Read more about Universities strike deal to keep access to Elsevier scientific journals">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Fonterra lowers milk price forecast midpoint again Strong global supply weighing on prices Global Dairy Trade auction has fallen at nine consecutive meetings Fonterra has lowered its milk price forecast as strong supply in the global market weighs on global prices. The co-op reduced the forecast range on its Farmgate ... <a title="Fonterra lowers milk price forecast amid strong supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/fonterra-lowers-milk-price-forecast-amid-strong-supply/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra lowers milk price forecast amid strong supply">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netball NZ CEO Jennie Wyllie. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie has resigned at the end of a turbulent year, which included the controversial standing down of the Silver Ferns’ coach. Wyllie advised the Netball NZ Board on Thursday that she has made the decision to step down to ... <a title="Netball New Zealand boss Jennie Wyllie resigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/netball-new-zealand-boss-jennie-wyllie-resigns/" aria-label="Read more about Netball New Zealand boss Jennie Wyllie resigns">Read more</a>
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December 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Participants in the annual Great Honda City Road Trip. Supplied / Jared Campbell When you think of a Honda City, you might think of a car designed for parallel parking, not river crossings – built for errands, not off-road exploits. Over the weekend, enthusiasts, from as far as Australia, joined a ... <a title="When the Honda City goes off road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/18/when-the-honda-city-goes-off-road/" aria-label="Read more about When the Honda City goes off road">Read more</a>
