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January 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Otago University international relations Professor Robert Patman. Provided New Zealand experts in international relations and law have criticised the attack on Venezuela by the United States, saying the move is also a direct challenge to New Zealand. International relations Professor Robert Patman of the University of Otago described the US’ military ... <a title="Kiwi expert on Venezuela attack: ‘Time that we made our voice clear’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/04/kiwi-expert-on-venezuela-attack-time-that-we-made-our-voice-clear/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi expert on Venezuela attack: ‘Time that we made our voice clear’">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand This combination of pictures created on August 08, 2025 shows Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (L) in Caracas on January 10, 2025, and US President Donald Trump (R) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Powerful explosions, resembling aircraft flyovers, were heard blasting in Caracas on January 3, 2026 at around 2:00 ... <a title="Live: Worldwatch special on US attack on Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/04/live-worldwatch-special-on-us-attack-on-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Worldwatch special on US attack on Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fashion! A delight to the senses, a thing of beauty, a source of pleasure, pain and, in its determined ridiculousness, humor. But this year, fashion was more likely to inspire something else: pure, unadulterated rage. Sydney Sweeney’s great jeans ad — or were they great genes?! — became a cultural firestorm so ... <a title="Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/why-did-fashion-make-us-so-mad-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Isiah Whitlock Jr., whose singular delivery of a tagline in The Wire gave the world one of the most iconic phrases of the century, has died at the age of 71. Whitlock “passed away today peacefully in NYC after a brave battle with a short illness”, his manager, Brian Liebman, told ... <a title="‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. dies aged 71" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/the-wire-actor-isiah-whitlock-jr-dies-aged-71/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. dies aged 71">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The star of one of Rob Reiner’s most celebrated films, The Princess Bride, has posted a lengthy and loving tribute to the director and his wife, more than two weeks after they were found dead, saying he “can finally put my grief into words.” Cary Elwes shared footage of the filming ... <a title="‘Princess Bride’ star’s emotional tribute to Rob Reiner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/princess-bride-stars-emotional-tribute-to-rob-reiner/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Princess Bride’ star’s emotional tribute to Rob Reiner">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Actor George Clooney and his family have been granted French citizenship, official government documents show, after he has previously voiced concern about raising his children amid the glitz of Hollywood. A gazette notice listing all new French naturalisations, released on Saturday, includes Clooney – as well as his wife, Amal Clooney, ... <a title="George Clooney becomes French citizen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/george-clooney-becomes-french-citizen/" aria-label="Read more about George Clooney becomes French citizen">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand English actor Idris Elba attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023. AFP/SUPPLIED Actor Idris Elba, a former All Blacks coach and members of England’s triumphant Women’s Euro 2025 football team were among famous Britons recognised in the country’s traditional New Year ... <a title="Idris Elba, former All Blacks coach recognised in UK honours list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/idris-elba-former-all-blacks-coach-recognised-in-uk-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about Idris Elba, former All Blacks coach recognised in UK honours list">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand International and French media on Monday paid tribute to Brigitte Bardot, with some highlighting her reputation as “the greatest sex symbol of French cinema” and others her role as a “controversial activist”. Images of the screen legend were splashed across media outlets around the globe following the announcement of her death ... <a title="Media on Bardot: France’s biggest ‘sex symbol’ or ‘crazy cat lady’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/media-on-bardot-frances-biggest-sex-symbol-or-crazy-cat-lady/" aria-label="Read more about Media on Bardot: France’s biggest ‘sex symbol’ or ‘crazy cat lady’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality brought French cinema to the mainstream, has died aged 91. Arriving on screen in the 1950s, Bardot swiftly rose to fame as an era-defining “sex kitten”. She starred in films such as And God Created Woman, Contempt and Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin. French actress ... <a title="Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/brigitte-bardot-the-french-star-you-had-to-see-to-believe/" aria-label="Read more about Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A statue showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein; a roll of bread; the Dalai Lama; a lost and confused kitten; a Fabergé egg that went on a journey. AFP / supplied/ NZ Police / RNZ 2024 set a high bar to beat when it came to things being generally weird, but ... <a title="The oddest news RNZ covered in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/the-oddest-news-rnz-covered-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about The oddest news RNZ covered in 2025">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand French film legend Brigitte Bardot – a cinema icon of the 1950s and ’60s who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector – has died aged 91, her foundation said on Sunday. Bardot had rarely been seen in public in recent months but was hospitalised in October ... <a title="French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/29/french-actress-brigitte-bardot-dies-aged-91/" aria-label="Read more about French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force A Pacific security expert questions whether New Zealand should be the only country paying compensation for the sinking of the Manawanui. The New Zealand navy ... <a title="Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/expert-questions-whether-new-zealand-was-only-country-involved-in-survey-before-manawanui-sank/" aria-label="Read more about Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank">Read more</a>
