The Press - December 10, 2025

The main event

Optimism, concern as changes revealed

Warning of higher cost for council facility use

Govt on tap as app launched

Across

Cost to use council facilities may rise

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Buzz and big energy as competitors arrive

Recalled items sold at two Christchurch stores

Hunt on for next child stars

CORRECTION

Reforms could reshape farming in Canterbury

Environment Canterbury councillors to get 16% rises

Child rapist returned to prison

Ex-police boss breaks silence

Sentence after indecent chat with cop posing as teenager

Doorknocker ‘jumped fences’ to escape Eagle

Christchurch artist wins prestigious $60k award

Bankrupt, bills and boys who came to dig a $100,000 pool with shovels

Census public consultation closing soon

Bankrupt, bills and boys who came to dig a $100,000 pool with shovels

Willis versus Richardson

Petitions against ‘disinformation’

Inexperience, speed and alcohol led to teen tragedy

Passionate tramper dies

Seal pup rescued and freed – twice

Gastro outbreak at Canty school

Invercargill bucks slow market

Energy, vitality in oratorio

First skin cancer clinic for Coast

Airport, golf club resolve dispute

‘Pukeko Junction’ has cafe once more

Cavoodle-branded cafe popping up all over Canterbury

The powerlessness of grammar

Five-minute quiz

Australia’s social media ban may damage young people’s political education

Teen attention problems not tied to gaming

Openai represents a prime example of the ethical limits of capitalism

THE CONVERSATION

Trash this project

Changing our culture of ‘no’ to one of ‘oui’

Letters

Media Council

What hotels can teach us about authenticity

Christchurch needs to seize rail opportunity

‘There will be no negotiations’

100 children released, more still held

Payout approved for clergy abuse

Protesting farmers swarm airport

Worker rights eroded

Gig economy bill keeps the door open for claims

Trump proposes US$12B farm package

Trophy position for hill sites

Premium-grade Victoria Street office

Buyers roll in for dual sites in key corridor

BLUE SKIES ahead

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Salah’s strange betrayal

Stokes: No room for weaklings

CEO ‘on leave’ as spat escalates

No gold for NZ despite pitcher’s doping ban

Black Caps look to batsmen to take charge at Basin Reserve

Canes chair’s claim could be more than bluster

At a glance

Money talks for ABS fixtures

Dad’s health keeps sport in perspective

At a glance