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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some people do not want to leave land that was red zoned after Cyclone Gabrielle, while others have accepted pay-outs but continue to own their red-zone land but are not able to live on it. RNZ / Alexa Cook The Ombudsman is investigating the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s role in the ... <a title="Ombudsman investigating Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s role in post-cyclone buyout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/ombudsman-investigating-hawkes-bay-regional-councils-role-in-post-cyclone-buyout/" aria-label="Read more about Ombudsman investigating Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s role in post-cyclone buyout">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Inland Revenue has rectified an error that affected more than 150,000 student loan borrowers. RNZ An Inland Revenue system fix last weekend has rectified an error that affected more than 150,000 student loan borrowers. Inland Revenue said in 2020, as part of its business transformation project, student loan accounts were moved ... <a title="Borrowers get refunds in $15m student loan error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/borrowers-get-refunds-in-15m-student-loan-error/" aria-label="Read more about Borrowers get refunds in $15m student loan error">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The coroner said the boy’s slat bed from The Warehouse was not inherently safe, nor is the updated model of the Living & Co bed currently for sale. Supplied A 19-month-old Canterbury boy who was strangled by loose strapping hanging from slats under an unsafe bed sold by The Warehouse died ... <a title="Toddler strangled by loose strapping on unsafe bed, coroner rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/toddler-strangled-by-loose-strapping-on-unsafe-bed-coroner-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Toddler strangled by loose strapping on unsafe bed, coroner rules">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The larger aircraft involved in the near-miss was a Q-300 similar to this one. 123rf Two aircraft with a combined 42 people on board came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland, a report from the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has revealed. TAIC put the near-miss down to ... <a title="Two aircraft came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision, TAIC report reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/two-aircraft-came-within-41-seconds-of-a-head-on-collision-taic-report-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about Two aircraft came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision, TAIC report reveals">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Half of New Zealand’s cardiology workforce will be nearing retirement by 2039. 123rf.com Half New Zealand’s cardiology workforce nearing retirement by 2039 NZ needs 38 percent more specialists to match Australia Wait times continue to increase More “flexibility” needed to attract and retain staff. More than half the country’s heart specialists ... <a title="Ageing cardiac workforce under strain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/ageing-cardiac-workforce-under-strain/" aria-label="Read more about Ageing cardiac workforce under strain">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Howard Temple. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale will be sentenced on Friday morning for sexual offending against girls and young women in the community. Howard Temple initially denied 24 charges of sexual offending against girls and women over a period of more than 20 years. However, ... <a title="Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple to be sentenced for sex offences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/disgraced-former-gloriavale-leader-howard-temple-to-be-sentenced-for-sex-offences/" aria-label="Read more about Disgraced former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple to be sentenced for sex offences">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A Holcim Cement plant on the West Coast. RNZ / Tracy Neal A multinational cement company says local seafaring jobs will suffer if it cannot transport its product around New Zealand on a foreign-flagged ship. Holcim said it had entered a time charter with Swiss-based NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers (NACC), which had ... <a title="Associate transport minister bars Holcim from using foreign-flagged ship for transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/associate-transport-minister-bars-holcim-from-using-foreign-flagged-ship-for-transport/" aria-label="Read more about Associate transport minister bars Holcim from using foreign-flagged ship for transport">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Public listed companies can expect to see a rise in shareholder activism as the economy continues to recover. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King New Zealand’s public listed companies can expect to see a rise in shareholder activism as well as major legal reforms ahead as the economy continues to recover. Legal firm ... <a title="Public listed companies can expect rise in shareholder activism, major legal reform – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/12/public-listed-companies-can-expect-rise-in-shareholder-activism-major-legal-reform-report/" aria-label="Read more about Public listed companies can expect rise in shareholder activism, major legal reform – report">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ardie Savea. Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Ardie Savea’s performances across the year, in which he brought up his 100th Test, has seen him named the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year and All Blacks Player of the Year at the New Zealand Rugby Awards. On the back of his ... <a title="Ardie Savea reigns supreme at New Zealand Rugby Awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/ardie-savea-reigns-supreme-at-new-zealand-rugby-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Ardie Savea reigns supreme at New Zealand Rugby Awards">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand If things went wrong, the stem cells could turn into other cells – like for hair or teeth – instead of eyes. 123RF A University of Auckland team has made a breakthrough in using umbilical stem cells to treat an eye condition that can lead to blindness. Professor Trevor Sherwin and ... <a title="University of Auckland team uses umbilical stem cells to treat eye disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/university-of-auckland-team-uses-umbilical-stem-cells-to-treat-eye-disease/" aria-label="Read more about University of Auckland team uses umbilical stem cells to treat eye disease">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Hildreth Street house has been severely damaged. Bill Hickman / RNZ A home in the Wellington suburb of Karori has been heavily damaged by fire on Thursday evening. A woman is being treated for smoke inhalation but a firefighter at the scene on Hildreth Street said all other occupants had ... <a title="House badly damaged by fire in Wellington’s Karori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/house-badly-damaged-by-fire-in-wellingtons-karori/" aria-label="Read more about House badly damaged by fire in Wellington’s Karori">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Greaves celebrates with Roston Chase after his wicket of Devon Conway on Day 2 of the 2nd cricket test match between New Zealand and West Indies at the Basin Reserve. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz The Black Caps and West Indies are locked in a tight tussle in the second cricket ... <a title="Black Caps v West Indies second test – day two" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/black-caps-v-west-indies-second-test-day-two/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps v West Indies second test – day two">Read more</a>
