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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud, 2025. Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse / PHOTOSPORT Norwegian tennis star Casper Ruud is returning to the ASB Classic in Auckland this summer. World number 12 Ruud is the second highest ranked player behind number 9 American Ben Shelton to confirm their entry for the tournament in January, with ... <a title="Casper Ruud returns to ASB Classic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/casper-ruud-returns-to-asb-classic/" aria-label="Read more about Casper Ruud returns to ASB Classic">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrutiny week committee at Parliament heard the Defence Force (NZDF) was aiming short term to about double its recruiting capacity to 1500 a year. A NZ Army platoon boards an Air Force plane in Christchurch. Supplied / NZDF The head of Defence says the country needs to be able to ... <a title="Defence Force ‘dusting off the history books’ to copy recruitment strategies from 1930s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/defence-force-dusting-off-the-history-books-to-copy-recruitment-strategies-from-1930s/" aria-label="Read more about Defence Force ‘dusting off the history books’ to copy recruitment strategies from 1930s">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A very rainy day is forecast for the Taranaki region. (File photo) Romolo Tavani / 123RF A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Taranaki this morning. MetService said severe storms and heavy rain had been forecast for the Stratford and New Plymouth areas. Its weather radar first detected the thunderstorms ... <a title="Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Taranaki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-taranaki/" aria-label="Read more about Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Taranaki">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The Airbus A320 fault sparked worldwide delays and airport chaos, and has renewed fears over aviation safety in a turbulent 2025. The Airbus A320 has long been considered the workhorse of global aviation, reliably taking tens of thousands of passengers to their destinations every week. So, when a software glitch ... <a title="A year of aviation turbulence: how flying is still the safest way to travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/a-year-of-aviation-turbulence-how-flying-is-still-the-safest-way-to-travel/" aria-label="Read more about A year of aviation turbulence: how flying is still the safest way to travel">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwi readers often turned to stories of wartime resilience, high-stakes thrillers and immersive fantasy, based on this year’s borrowing figures from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch libraries. In Auckland, the extraordinary life story of WWII spy Pippa Latour, The Last Secret Agent, was the most borrowed. Latour, who died in West Auckland ... <a title="The most popular books at the library this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/the-most-popular-books-at-the-library-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about The most popular books at the library this year">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The violence prevention watches given to some womens refuges have already produced results. Supplied A smart watch that doubles as an alarm for women at risk of family violence is helping to reduce police callouts. The social service Help at Hand has provided 1200 of the violence prevention watches to organisations ... <a title="Smart watches give family violence victims ‘a sense of protection’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/smart-watches-give-family-violence-victims-a-sense-of-protection/" aria-label="Read more about Smart watches give family violence victims ‘a sense of protection’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Whites coach Darren Bazeley will attend his first senior Football World Cup draw this week. Trevor Ruszkowski / www.photosport.nz New Zealand Football boss Andrew Pragnell and All Whites coach Darren Bazeley are on an important mission in North America this week. They are part of a New Zealand delegation of ... <a title="FIFA World Cup draw and New Zealand Football’s other mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/fifa-world-cup-draw-and-new-zealand-footballs-other-mission/" aria-label="Read more about FIFA World Cup draw and New Zealand Football’s other mission">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Most people are worse of income-wise against inflation on the year to September. RNZ Only two sectors have not experienced a reduction in their wages in real terms over the past year, data shows. While inflation was running at a 3 percent annual rate in the year to September, wage inflation ... <a title="Only two sectors have not experienced a real terms pay cut in the past year, data shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/only-two-sectors-have-not-experienced-a-real-terms-pay-cut-in-the-past-year-data-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Only two sectors have not experienced a real terms pay cut in the past year, data shows">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand From March next year, gift cards will be required to have an expiry date not less than three years from the date the card was sold. 123rf New rules will make gift cards more generous – but not until next year, and shoppers are being warned to be wary this Christmas. ... <a title="What to know about gift cards this Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/what-to-know-about-gift-cards-this-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about What to know about gift cards this Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand driver Liam Lawson. Photosport / ATP Images / Mark Peterson Liam Lawson will be in Formula 1 in 2026 after being confirmed in one of the Racing Bulls seats. It will be his first full season competing for one team after he started 2025 in Red Bull but was ... <a title="F1: Liam Lawson confirmed in Racing Bulls 2026 lineup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/f1-liam-lawson-confirmed-in-racing-bulls-2026-lineup/" aria-label="Read more about F1: Liam Lawson confirmed in Racing Bulls 2026 lineup">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Award-winning author Catherine Chidgey says she received an email saying her books Remote Sympathy, The Wishchild and The Transformation had been identified as being caught up in the case. Marcel Tromp A Kiwi author included in a billion-dollar US settlement over the illegal downloading of books to build an AI chatbot ... <a title="NZ authors among global payout out after AI chatbot trained on pirated books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/nz-authors-among-global-payout-out-after-ai-chatbot-trained-on-pirated-books/" aria-label="Read more about NZ authors among global payout out after AI chatbot trained on pirated books">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Standing outside Commercial Bay and Britomart, Auckland’s 18.5-metre tree is hard to miss: 10,000 LEDs, 200 stainless-steel baubles and thousands of flowers. Last year, Auckland Council supported the co-owners of the tree, Heart of the City and Precinct Properties, with a one-off $800,000 contribution – half went towards purchasing it and ... <a title="How much are public Christmas tree displays costing us?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/03/how-much-are-public-christmas-tree-displays-costing-us/" aria-label="Read more about How much are public Christmas tree displays costing us?">Read more</a>
