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November 27, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea’s 2026 National Budget has drawn immediate opposition criticism from East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, who says the government continues to overspend, overestimate revenue, and deliver few tangible results for ordinary citizens. The K$30.9 billion (about NZ$12.8 billion) spending plan, unveiled earlier this week, has been ... <a title="East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/east-sepik-governor-bird-slams-marapes-risky-2026-budget-overspend/" aria-label="Read more about East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute CEO Mark Piper SUPPLIED/PLANT & FOOD RESEARCH The Bioeconomy Science Institute is planning to ask for voluntary redundancies from all permanent staff. The institute – formed in July – saw the merger of AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Plant & Food Research and Scion into a single ... <a title="Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/bioeconomy-science-institute-to-ask-for-voluntary-redundancies/" aria-label="Read more about Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year IRD signalled it was honing in on people dealing crypto who were not declaring their income. Supplied A crypto accountant is warning investors that the tax collector is coming for them, with seven out of ten people trading in crypto assets currently side stepping their tax obligations. In July ... <a title="Crypto accountant warning investors that tax collector is coming for them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/crypto-accountant-warning-investors-that-tax-collector-is-coming-for-them/" aria-label="Read more about Crypto accountant warning investors that tax collector is coming for them">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Millions of dollars have been spent on a new speedway track at Auckland’s Waikaraka Park, with drivers calling it “a win” for the motor sports community. An $11 million construction project has finished just in time for the first Auckland race of the 2025-2026 speedway season on Saturday. Speedway New Zealand, ... <a title="Millions spent on new speedway track at Auckland’s Waikaraka Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/millions-spent-on-new-speedway-track-at-aucklands-waikaraka-park/" aria-label="Read more about Millions spent on new speedway track at Auckland’s Waikaraka Park">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The occupation site near the shores of Lake Whakamaru in Waikato. LIBBY KIRKBY-MCLEOD / RNZ A proposed 66 house subdivision near the shores of Lake Whakamaru in Waikato has sparked a land occupation by a local hapū. But the issues Ngāti Te Kohera were fighting for go much deeper than the ... <a title="Proposed Waikato housing subdivision sparks land occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/proposed-waikato-housing-subdivision-sparks-land-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed Waikato housing subdivision sparks land occupation">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire which took place at a home on Elswick Street on 21 February 2024. Police / supplied A man has been charged with arson in relation to a house fire in the Southland town of Waikaia that happened almost two years ago. Emergency services were called to the home on ... <a title="Dunedin man charged with arson over Waikaia fire from almost two years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/dunedin-man-charged-with-arson-over-waikaia-fire-from-almost-two-years-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin man charged with arson over Waikaia fire from almost two years ago">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand People look on as thick smoke and flames rise during a major fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. TOMMY WANG / AFP National MP Carlos Cheung and several other Hong Kong New Zealanders have expressed their sadness and concern over the major fire ... <a title="National MP Carlos Cheung says he is ‘deeply saddened’ over Hong Kong fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/national-mp-carlos-cheung-says-he-is-deeply-saddened-over-hong-kong-fire/" aria-label="Read more about National MP Carlos Cheung says he is ‘deeply saddened’ over Hong Kong fire">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An image of Caleb Moefa’auo positioned in the witness box at an inquest into his death in custody. RNZ/Felix Walton A Corrections officer says the death of a man they pepper sprayed in Mt Eden Prison has stayed with them. The second phase of a Coronial Inquest into the death of ... <a title="Death of Caleb Moefa’auo after being pepper sprayed haunts Corrections staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/death-of-caleb-moefaauo-after-being-pepper-sprayed-haunts-corrections-staff/" aria-label="Read more about Death of Caleb Moefa’auo after being pepper sprayed haunts Corrections staff">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Skinner, Dean Newcastle Business School/Professor of Sport Business, University of Newcastle Debates about financial regulation in sport often begin with salary caps: strict, transparent cost-control mechanisms common in North American and Australian leagues. They’re credited with improving competitive balance and financial sustainability, so many might assume ... <a title="How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/how-englands-premier-league-is-trying-to-stop-footballs-financial-arms-race-without-a-salary-cap-270666/" aria-label="Read more about How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Brayden Stanford/Pexels, CC BY-NC-ND Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the ... <a title="Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/long-sought-environmental-law-reform-is-finally-here-but-will-the-compromise-deal-actually-protect-nature-270775/" aria-label="Read more about Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand What started with a “stir crazy” chef armed with a Nutribullet during lockdown, is now an award-winning company looking to tackle a major element of the country’s food waste problem. Rescued Kitchen is aiming to cut down on one food most commonly ending up in the bin – bread – which ... <a title="Turning old bread into flour and then into tasty tortillas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/turning-old-bread-into-flour-and-then-into-tasty-tortillas/" aria-label="Read more about Turning old bread into flour and then into tasty tortillas">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance minister Nicola Willis said banks should pass on as much as possible. (File photo) Nick Monro Finance Minister Nicola Willis has urged banks to slash their home loan rates by passing on “as much as possible” of the latest cut to the official cash rate (OCR). Banks began dropping floating ... <a title="Finance Minister urges banks to slash home loan rates after latest OCR cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/finance-minister-urges-banks-to-slash-home-loan-rates-after-latest-ocr-cut/" aria-label="Read more about Finance Minister urges banks to slash home loan rates after latest OCR cut">Read more</a>
