Surely you can hand fly the cyclic from 0.75 nm but still utilise rad alt hold (on manoeuvre if you have the capability) or wind down on it so you retain height protection until the last moment.
Mixed mode flying is one of the issues that we try to avoid although retaining height protection is priority. With a 225 the segment between decision and landing at the bottom of an ARA is easily within the capability of the autopilot and therefore you can remain 4 axis until very short final to the deck. This is also the segment most open to mistakes. By having an upper mode engaged you also get free protection from the ultimate cock up. The new (ish) night VGA is flown 4 axis and experience has shown that most crews do not feel the need to manually fly until inside the last 0.2 miles, even less in a strong headwind even though decision is still at 0.75 With follow up trim, if you do very little apart from keeping it moving, the stabilised approach is now a much calmer affair.
As for height, speed, ROD and deviation calls then this is very much SOP, not just at night but during all approaches. TAWS & EGWPS give all the audio you need along with a much more sophisticated bug setting regime.