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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Westfield Newmarket in Auckland. File picture. RNZ / Katie Doyle Two years on from setting up its own security service a popular Auckland shopping precinct says it has slashed crime in its area, but it is appealing to the government for help with some people who are still falling through the ... <a title="Newmarket Business Association calls for government help to deal with crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/newmarket-business-association-calls-for-government-help-to-deal-with-crime/" aria-label="Read more about Newmarket Business Association calls for government help to deal with crime">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Two gang members and an associate have been arrested in Hawke’s Bay following a six- month investigation into high levels of methamphetamine in wastewater. Police executed five search warrants across the region and Hastings on Wednesday as part of Operation Tukutuki. They found a quantity of methamphetamine, ... <a title="High meth levels in water lead to Mongrel Mob arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/high-meth-levels-in-water-lead-to-mongrel-mob-arrests/" aria-label="Read more about High meth levels in water lead to Mongrel Mob arrests">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mayor Max Brough. LDR /Te Korimako o Taranaki New Plymouth’s Positive Ageing group has issued a call to arms over the council’s decision to scrap its Aged and Accessibility Working Party. The working party is being disestablished under new Mayor Max Brough’s committee structure. Positive Ageing is calling on members of ... <a title="Positive Ageing mobilises after council scraps aged working party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/positive-ageing-mobilises-after-council-scraps-aged-working-party/" aria-label="Read more about Positive Ageing mobilises after council scraps aged working party">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Alexander Kokouri Tuira and his former partner Aroha Awhinanui Tuira were sentenced at the High Court at Christchurch on Thursday. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A Christchurch couple have been jailed for operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 55 investors of nearly $4 million. At the High Court at Christchurch on Thursday, ... <a title="Christchurch couple jailed for operating a $4 million Ponzi scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/christchurch-couple-jailed-for-operating-a-4-million-ponzi-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch couple jailed for operating a $4 million Ponzi scheme">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tasman weather – Riwaka, Motueka RNZ/Mark Papalii A government report has found local councils need to be doing more to prepare for flooding and to mitigate the risks it poses to communities. In a report tabled in parliament today, the Auditor-General found flood risk was not consistently understood nationwide. It looked ... <a title="Local councils need to be doing more to prepare for flooding, report shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/local-councils-need-to-be-doing-more-to-prepare-for-flooding-report-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Local councils need to be doing more to prepare for flooding, report shows">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Analysis – Even in the increasingly chaotic environment of rugby coaching, the news that Jason Holland has returned to the Hurricanes feels odd. Holland was the head coach in Wellington from 2020-23, before leaving to take up an assistant coach role with the All Blacks. His departure from Scott Robertson’s set ... <a title="Do the All Blacks need more coaches, or fewer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/do-the-all-blacks-need-more-coaches-or-fewer/" aria-label="Read more about Do the All Blacks need more coaches, or fewer?">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RMA folio Bill McKay While many people ease into Christmas, head to drinks, write cards and mentally check out, in its penultimate sitting week of 2025 Parliament is doing the opposite. This is one of MPs’ busiest weeks of the year. Ten new bills across different portfolios were introduced, a matching ... <a title="The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/the-house-mps-week-begins-with-an-rma-shakeup-precursor/" aria-label="Read more about The House: MPs’ week begins with an RMA shakeup precursor">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers forward Sam Mennenga aims for the basket. Photosport At the halfway point in their Australian NBL season, the NZ Breakers have turned around a shaky start to be in the play-offs picture. After losing four games to start the season, and seven of their first nine, the new-look Breakers struggled ... <a title="In-form Breakers target top four at NBL mid-point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/in-form-breakers-target-top-four-at-nbl-mid-point/" aria-label="Read more about In-form Breakers target top four at NBL mid-point">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Barriers surround the front of Avi’s Pies and Patisserie which the owner says has severely impacted business. RNZ / Evie Richardson Behind a sea of road cones, diggers and traffic chaos, businesses on a busy Auckland road are crying out for help. Shop owners in Grey Lynn say they have been ... <a title="Businesses on busy road suffering as shops barricaded by roadworks for a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/businesses-on-busy-road-suffering-as-shops-barricaded-by-roadworks-for-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses on busy road suffering as shops barricaded by roadworks for a year">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Napier City Council. RNZ / Tom Kitchin A proposal from new Napier Mayor Richard McGrath to remove mana whenua voices and voting rights in the council’s standing committees for the next council term has failed. It was an at times tense council meeting, with a packed public gallery, including members of ... <a title="Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/proposal-to-remove-mana-whenua-voice-at-napier-city-council-fails/" aria-label="Read more about Proposal to remove mana whenua voice at Napier City Council fails">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Conservation Minister has re-classified swathes of stewardship land on the West Coast of the South Island. Tama Potaka is making some of the changes through an ‘order in council’ process that legitimately circumvents Cabinet sign off. New Zealand First’s deputy leader Shane ... <a title="Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/coalition-strains-over-stewardship-land-shake-up/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition strains over stewardship land shake-up">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some 80km/h sections are being reduced to 50km/h for Christmas. RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is pumping the brakes and reducing speed limits on several sections of a popular holiday route in time for Christmas. Four sections of State Highway 25 will drop to 50km/h from ... <a title="Christmas comes early for fans of speed reductions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/11/christmas-comes-early-for-fans-of-speed-reductions/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas comes early for fans of speed reductions">Read more</a>
