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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A police team member on a mountain in Fiordland. Supplied / Police A search of the route taken by two missing climbers on Aoraki/Mt Cook has turned up no sign of the pair. Bad weather has hampered the search for the climbers, who have been missing since Monday, but conditions improved ... <a title="Two climbers still missing at Mt Cook, two who died named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/two-climbers-still-missing-at-mt-cook-two-who-died-named/" aria-label="Read more about Two climbers still missing at Mt Cook, two who died named">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Greater Wellington Regional Council is urging the government to lower its English language requirements for visas to avoid a bus driver shortage. In 2022, 59 Metlink weekday bus services were suspended due to a lack of drivers – significantly cutting back reliability on the Wellington region’s bus ... <a title="Warning of bus driver shortage if immigration settings not changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/warning-of-bus-driver-shortage-if-immigration-settings-not-changed/" aria-label="Read more about Warning of bus driver shortage if immigration settings not changed">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial view of the Lismore Forest fire at 8am Monday 15 December 2025. Fire and Emergency NZ Fire crews are working to contain two large fires in the central North Island. The blaze at Lismore Forest near Parikino started on Sunday afternoon and was 100 hectares in size. It is ... <a title="Fire crews battle two large fires in North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/fire-crews-battle-two-large-fires-in-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Fire crews battle two large fires in North Island">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the third in the five-test series between arch rivals Australia and England gets underway at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide. Australia currently has a 2-0 lead in the series, after successful campaigns in both Perth and Brisbane. First ball is at 12.30 NZT Sign up for Ngā ... <a title="The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/the-ashes-live-australia-v-england-third-test-day-one/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes live: Australia v England – third test, day one">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A police team member on a mountain in Fiordland. Supplied / Police A search of the route taken by two missing climbers on Aoraki/Mt Cook has turned up no sign of the pair. Bad weather has hampered the search for the climbers, who have been missing since Monday, but conditions improved ... <a title="Two climbers who died in Fiordland named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/two-climbers-who-died-in-fiordland-named/" aria-label="Read more about Two climbers who died in Fiordland named">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington City Council park rangers looked to install motion-activated cameras in the Town Belt on Matairangi/Mt Victoria after a spate of vandalism that appeared to target mountain bikers. Wellington City Council Wellington police say a man has been “formally warned” over damage to mountain bike tracks on Mount Victoria near the ... <a title="Man admits damaging Wellington mountain bike tracks, formally warned by police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/man-admits-damaging-wellington-mountain-bike-tracks-formally-warned-by-police/" aria-label="Read more about Man admits damaging Wellington mountain bike tracks, formally warned by police">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An agreement has been reached on the long-standing Nelson Tenths case. 123RF Māori landowners at the top of the South Island will have more than 3000 hectares returned to them in a landmark agreement with the Crown. In the 1830s the Crown promised Māori in Te Tauihu that if they sold ... <a title="South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/south-island-maori-landowners-to-get-more-than-3000-hectares-returned-by-crown/" aria-label="Read more about South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The change is expected to apply to $5m-plus houses mostly in Queenstown or Auckland. 123RF Explainer – In a flurry of last-minute activity before the holidays, Parliament has approved changes to the foreign buyers ban that has been in place for the last seven years. The changes will allow “golden visa” ... <a title="What changes to New Zealand’s foreign buyers real estate ban will mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/what-changes-to-new-zealands-foreign-buyers-real-estate-ban-will-mean/" aria-label="Read more about What changes to New Zealand’s foreign buyers real estate ban will mean">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Spending remained strongest in the South Island, but was picking up in other regions. 123rf.com The holiday season appears to have boosted the spirits of consumers with household confidence on the rise. The Westpac-McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index rose 5.6 points in December to 96.5. While the reading was a little ... <a title="Consumer confidence up in December but still below long-term averages index shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/consumer-confidence-up-in-december-but-still-below-long-term-averages-index-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer confidence up in December but still below long-term averages index shows">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Flowers left at an Onehunga bus stop at the time of Bernice Marychurch’s death. RNZ/Nick Monro The man charged with murdering a woman on an Auckland bus a year ago has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Bernice Louise Marychurch was killed on the Number 74 bus travelling through Onehunga ... <a title="Onehunga bus killing: Kael Leona pleads not guilty on grounds of insanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/onehunga-bus-killing-kael-leona-pleads-not-guilty-on-grounds-of-insanity/" aria-label="Read more about Onehunga bus killing: Kael Leona pleads not guilty on grounds of insanity">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chantal McDonald. Supplied The family of a woman murdered by a possessive stalker says she was a kind, hardworking woman, who was deeply devoted to her children. Nathan Boulter, who had a long history of stalking and assaulting ex-partners, murdered Chantal McDonald in Parklands on 23 July. He will be sentenced ... <a title="Family of murdered mother Chantal McDonald pay tribute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/family-of-murdered-mother-chantal-mcdonald-pay-tribute/" aria-label="Read more about Family of murdered mother Chantal McDonald pay tribute">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi State Highway Two in Bay of Plenty is blocked after a serious crash. Police said the crash involved a truck and a van near Tanners Point just before 9am on Wednesday. Initial indications suggest there are serious injuries. The road is closed between between Katikati and Waihi ... <a title="State Highway 2 blocked after serious crash in Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/17/state-highway-2-blocked-after-serious-crash-in-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about State Highway 2 blocked after serious crash in Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
