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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government plans to ban surcharges on in-store card payments by May next year. 123rf The retail sector is still hopeful it can convince the government to ease its hardline stance on banning card surcharges. The government plans to ban surcharges on in-store card payments like Paywave by May next year, ... <a title="Retailers hope to convince government to soften stance on card surcharge ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/retailers-hope-to-convince-government-to-soften-stance-on-card-surcharge-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Retailers hope to convince government to soften stance on card surcharge ban">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand From left: Associate Minister of Defence Chris Penk, Sir Nick Hine, CEO Marine at Babcock International, and Lance Bauerfeind, Head of Training and Simulation at Company-X, pictured at the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition in Sydney. Supplied A Hamilton company has done a deal to supply its virtual reality (VR) training ... <a title="Hamilton’s Company-X to supply virtual reality training to UK defence contractor Babcock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/hamiltons-company-x-to-supply-virtual-reality-training-to-uk-defence-contractor-babcock/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton’s Company-X to supply virtual reality training to UK defence contractor Babcock">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Class action has been filed against national grid operator Transpower and its maintenance contractor Omexom over the toppling of a power pylon in mid-2024 that cut power to the entire Northland region. The legal action is being taken on behalf of the roughly 20,000 businesses affected by the outage and, if ... <a title="Lawsuit filed against Transpower and contractor Omexom over Northland power pylon toppling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/lawsuit-filed-against-transpower-and-contractor-omexom-over-northland-power-pylon-toppling/" aria-label="Read more about Lawsuit filed against Transpower and contractor Omexom over Northland power pylon toppling">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A news report highlighting Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown yelling “free beer” at pro-Palestine protesters at an Auckland Council governing body meeting on Tuesday has stirred an angry response over the failure to face up to a serious human rights issue. Mayor Brown was called a ”shameful man” by protesters after they were ... <a title="Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/activists-slam-mayor-browns-free-beer-cavalier-response-to-palestine-genocide-issue/" aria-label="Read more about Activists slam Mayor Brown’s ‘free beer’ cavalier response to Palestine genocide issue">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Distinguished Professor, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University Lech Pierchala/Pexels On Tuesday, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced a raft of changes to how products containing vitamin B6 are packaged and sold. The TGA decision is based on an extensive review, prompted by widespread concerns earlier ... <a title="Vitamin B6 products are set to be restricted. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/vitamin-b6-products-are-set-to-be-restricted-heres-what-you-need-to-know-270656/" aria-label="Read more about Vitamin B6 products are set to be restricted. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Māori father-of-three Louis Davis, who shares heartwarming and funny snippets of his family life, has been crowned NZ Creator of the Year. Davis describes himself as an “ocean lover”, evidenced by his popular seafood and diving clips on the platform. One of this most popular posts is of him devouring kina ... <a title="New Zealand’s best TikTok content creator crowned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/new-zealands-best-tiktok-content-creator-crowned/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s best TikTok content creator crowned">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Three men in Christchurch were arrested. (File photo) RNZ / Marika Khabazi Three people have been arrested in Christchurch after allegations of selling cannabis illegally while having a license to cultivate it for medical use. Police have alleged the trio were working as part of an organised crime group in the ... <a title="Three arrested for allegedly selling cannabis illegally under the guise of a medical license" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/three-arrested-for-allegedly-selling-cannabis-illegally-under-the-guise-of-a-medical-license/" aria-label="Read more about Three arrested for allegedly selling cannabis illegally under the guise of a medical license">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The man died at Mount Maunganui beach on Wednesday evening. (File photo) RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A man has died after being pulled from the water at a Mount Maunganui beach. Emergency services were called to the beach at 6.10pm to reports that a man had been pulled from the sea ... <a title="Man dies after being found unresponsive in the water at Mount Maunganui beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/man-dies-after-being-found-unresponsive-in-the-water-at-mount-maunganui-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Man dies after being found unresponsive in the water at Mount Maunganui beach">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A native freshwater fish thought to be lost from Auckland’s wetlands has resurfaced after more than a decade of searching. Populations of the endangered Waikaka, or black mudfish, have been relocated in a small corner of Helensville in the last couple of months. Auckland Council’s senior regional fresh water advisor, Matt ... <a title="Fish thought to be lost from Auckland’s wetlands found after decade of searching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/fish-thought-to-be-lost-from-aucklands-wetlands-found-after-decade-of-searching/" aria-label="Read more about Fish thought to be lost from Auckland’s wetlands found after decade of searching">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey. RNZ / Mark Papalii There will not be a risk of health data being misused as a result of a new AI navigation tool, says the mental health minister. Telehealth provider Whakarongorau Aotearoa will develop the tool, which people would be able to access after they ... <a title="Mental health data won’t be misused by new AI navigation tool – minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/mental-health-data-wont-be-misused-by-new-ai-navigation-tool-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health data won’t be misused by new AI navigation tool – minister">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Annual inflation rose to a 16-month high of 3.8% in October, adding to pressure on the government as it seeks to make savings across the public sector. When governments, whether Commonwealth, state or local, increase spending it adds to ... <a title="Inflation jumps in October, adding to pressure on government to make budget savings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/inflation-jumps-in-october-adding-to-pressure-on-government-to-make-budget-savings-270455/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation jumps in October, adding to pressure on government to make budget savings">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University New national figures have reiterated what most already know: buying a home in Australia is more unaffordable than ever. The report from research group Cotality found home prices have risen by almost 50% since ... <a title="Will Help to Buy give first home buyers a leg up? Here’s what we can learn from the UK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/will-help-to-buy-give-first-home-buyers-a-leg-up-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-the-uk-270168/" aria-label="Read more about Will Help to Buy give first home buyers a leg up? Here’s what we can learn from the UK">Read more</a>
