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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tourist describes ash falling from the sky before he was helicoptered from hut He was then evacuated from Whakapapa Residents in affected area can return home, but businesses not sure yet when they can reopen Business owners hope for short closure of Tongariro Crossing. A tourist helicoptered out of the Tongariro ... <a title="Tongariro fire: Tourists helicoptered out as ash fell from sky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/tongariro-fire-tourists-helicoptered-out-as-ash-fell-from-sky/" aria-label="Read more about Tongariro fire: Tourists helicoptered out as ash fell from sky">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Taupō woman Fenella says the pension and her accommodation supplement barely cover weekly bills and rent. File photo. 123RF Some people receiving the pension are being forced to choose between eating dinner and playing off their debt, after taking on student loans later in life. One Taupō woman says she is ... <a title="‘Dinner or debt’: Pensions cut to cover student loan payments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/dinner-or-debt-pensions-cut-to-cover-student-loan-payments/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dinner or debt’: Pensions cut to cover student loan payments">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University A new statue unveiled in recent days in Iran depicts a Roman emperor in subjection to a Persian king. Erected in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the statue titled Kneeling Before Iran shows the emperor grovelling before Shapur I (who ... <a title="A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/a-roman-emperor-grovelling-to-a-persian-king-the-message-behind-a-new-statue-in-tehran-269367/" aria-label="Read more about A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch City Council has confirmed its housing plan provides for future growth, Chris Bishop says. RNZ / Maree Mahony Christchurch can withdraw from part of a plan change aimed at increasing housing density, because it has met its housing growth target, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Bishop said Christchurch and ... <a title="Christchurch council gets green light to withdraw from part of housing plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/christchurch-council-gets-green-light-to-withdraw-from-part-of-housing-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch council gets green light to withdraw from part of housing plan">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Images of those who died in relation to the cyclone are on display in the courtroom. RNZ / Alexa Cook The man in charge of the emergency response during Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke’s Bay was worried about putting people in danger if he issued an evacuation alert earlier, a coronial inquiry ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Delay in emergency mobile alert explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/cyclone-gabrielle-inquest-delay-in-emergency-mobile-alert-explained/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Delay in emergency mobile alert explained">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University moisseyev/Getty It was the news that rippled around the nation – and then the world: at least three hours of free grid-supplied electricity for Australian households, every day. The new Solar Sharer program announced by Federal ... <a title="Three hours of free power sounds great – but it could raise other costs and hamstring rooftop solar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/three-hours-of-free-power-sounds-great-but-it-could-raise-other-costs-and-hamstring-rooftop-solar-269184/" aria-label="Read more about Three hours of free power sounds great – but it could raise other costs and hamstring rooftop solar">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A huge wildfire in Tongariro National Park is expected to have significant impacts on biodiversity. The large fire on the Central Plateau broke out on Saturday afternoon, triggering evacuations of trampers and residents, including Whakapapa Village. Firefighters have been battling the fire for three days, which has since grown to over ... <a title="In pictures: The devastating impacts the Tongariro National Park wildfire has had on our landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/in-pictures-the-devastating-impacts-the-tongariro-national-park-wildfire-has-had-on-our-landscape/" aria-label="Read more about In pictures: The devastating impacts the Tongariro National Park wildfire has had on our landscape">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Gough Whitlam address a caught after being dismissed as Prime Minister, November 11 1975 National Archives of Australia, CC BY Tuesday is the fiftieth anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam government. For those who were alive at the time ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Remembering the day Gough Whitlam lost his job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/politics-with-michelle-grattan-remembering-the-day-gough-whitlam-lost-his-job-269387/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Remembering the day Gough Whitlam lost his job">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Pharmac needs to act quickly on the RSV vaccine to ensure it is ready for next winter, say experts. SERGII IAREMENKO/Science Photo Library via AFP A “game-changer” immunisation that could save thousands of babies from a potentially deadly lung infection is sitting in the hands of Pharmac, according to respiratory health ... <a title="RSV immunisation could prevent thousands of babies being hospitalised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/rsv-immunisation-could-prevent-thousands-of-babies-being-hospitalised/" aria-label="Read more about RSV immunisation could prevent thousands of babies being hospitalised">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Santner. Chris Symes / www.photosport.nz The fourth T20 international between the Black Caps and West Indies has been wiped out by rain in Nelson. There were just 6.3 overs played before rain took hold at Saxton Oval and didn’t abate enough for a return to the field. The Black Caps ... <a title="Black Caps, West Indies fourth T20 rained out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/black-caps-west-indies-fourth-t20-rained-out/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps, West Indies fourth T20 rained out">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NZTA is in the process of contacting the individuals involved. 123RF The New Zealand Transport Agency has discovered and revoked 440 fake commercial driver licensees. NZTA said they discovered false or altered documentation that converted overseas licences to New Zealand licences. The discovery was made in an audit during the “conversion ... <a title="NZTA discovers 440 fake commercial driver licences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/nzta-discovers-440-fake-commercial-driver-licences/" aria-label="Read more about NZTA discovers 440 fake commercial driver licences">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A group of Wellington students has turned a page on history, moving some of the last books into the capital’s redeveloped central Library. Te Matapihi has been closed since 2019 after it was deemed earthquake-prone. Following years of construction, the library is set to reopen in March next year. Now, its shelves are ... <a title="Wellington teens do the heavy lifting to help full the new library’s shelves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/wellington-teens-do-the-heavy-lifting-to-help-full-the-new-librarys-shelves/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington teens do the heavy lifting to help full the new library’s shelves">Read more</a>
