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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService warns intermittent rain will add to the city’s humidity. RNZ/ Mohammad Alafeshat MetService has confirmed Thursday is officially Auckland’s hottest November day since records began. MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said, for the first time in the month of November in Auckland, temperatures had surpassed 26 degrees celsius at its recording ... <a title="Auckland swelters during hottest November day on record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/auckland-swelters-during-hottest-november-day-on-record/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland swelters during hottest November day on record">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 27, 2025.
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University At least 44 people have died and more than 270 are missing after a major fire engulfed an apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. The fire, which swept through multiple ... <a title="Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/why-is-bamboo-used-for-scaffolding-in-hong-kong-a-construction-expert-explains-270780/" aria-label="Read more about Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Looking back on the big films of 2025, one thing is abundantly clear, the old Hollywood star system isn’t what it used to be. Of all the year’s hits, hardly any were particularly dependent on who was in them. The few A-Listers in this year’s Top 20 list were subservient to ... <a title="Review: Star power can’t save flawed Clooney flick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/review-star-power-cant-save-flawed-clooney-flick/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Star power can’t save flawed Clooney flick">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser in Public Health Genomics, Monash University FG Trade Latin/Getty A bill that would ban life insurers from discriminating against Australians based on results of genetic testing has been introduced to parliament this week. If passed into law as expected, the ... <a title="Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/life-insurers-soon-wont-be-able-to-discriminate-against-you-based-on-your-genes-270564/" aria-label="Read more about Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity New Zealand says they’ve uncovered more queen yellow-legged hornets in Auckland’s North Shore, with the tally reaching 26. The agency said 16 of the 26 confirmed queen hornets were found with either developed nests or evidence ... <a title="More queen yellow-legged hornets found in Auckland’s North Shore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/more-queen-yellow-legged-hornets-found-in-aucklands-north-shore/" aria-label="Read more about More queen yellow-legged hornets found in Auckland’s North Shore">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Cameron, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Griffith University The 2025 Australian federal election was a resounding win for the Australian Labor Party. Labor won 94 seats in the House of Representatives and a commanding majority. The Liberal-National Coalition was reduced to just 43 seats in the ... <a title="Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/better-policies-better-leader-new-study-reveals-why-labor-won-the-2025-federal-election-270678/" aria-label="Read more about Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Thirty-three kilograms of cocaine were seized at the Port of Tauranga. Supplied NZ Customs Thirty-three kilograms of cocaine – with a street value of around $11.5 million – were seized at the Port of Tauranga on November 20. Customs said the drugs were found in refrigerated containers on a vessel that ... <a title="33kgs of cocaine seized at Port of Tauranga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/33kgs-of-cocaine-seized-at-port-of-tauranga/" aria-label="Read more about 33kgs of cocaine seized at Port of Tauranga">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Site of Erebus memorial at Cracroft Reserve, Christchurch. Supplied A Christchurch reserve with views of the Southern Alps has been selected as the preferred location for the long-awaited National Erebus Memorial, commemorating the 1979 Antarctica air disaster. Cashmere’s Cracroft Reserve has been identified by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage as ... <a title="Location of National Erebus Memorial revealed in Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/location-of-national-erebus-memorial-revealed-in-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about Location of National Erebus Memorial revealed in Christchurch">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A Christchurch reserve with views of the Southern Alps has been selected as the preferred location for the long-awaited National Erebus Memorial, commemorating the 1979 Antarctica air disaster. Cashmere’s Cracroft Reserve has been identified by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage as the best site for the memorial, almost 46 years ... <a title="Watch live: Location of National Erebus Memorial revealed in Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/watch-live-location-of-national-erebus-memorial-revealed-in-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Location of National Erebus Memorial revealed in Christchurch">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There were no obvious signs of the cause of the whale’s death. Supplied / Maddi Newson The body of a pygmy sperm whale, found stranded at the shore of Auckland’s Orewa, has been taken to a burial site. The Department of Conservation said the whale was about 3.5-4 metres in length ... <a title="Pygmy sperm whale stranded at Orewa taken to burial site" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/pygmy-sperm-whale-stranded-at-orewa-taken-to-burial-site/" aria-label="Read more about Pygmy sperm whale stranded at Orewa taken to burial site">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The bus stop on Cockayne Rd in Kandallah where the incident took place. Krystal Gibbens The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) says Wellington police were justified in tasering an armed man who received a serious head injury after he fell onto the road. Police were called to reports that a man, ... <a title="Man wielding hedge trimmer blade threatens mum and baby, tasered by police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/man-wielding-hedge-trimmer-blade-threatens-mum-and-baby-tasered-by-police/" aria-label="Read more about Man wielding hedge trimmer blade threatens mum and baby, tasered by police">Read more</a>
