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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 60 firefighters tackled the first blaze at Waiuku recycling facility. Supplied Shipping containers near an Auckland business park that caught fire late on Monday were ablaze again in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Fire and Emergency said the latest fire is believed to be a flare-up of the ... <a title="Man charged with arson over Waiuku recycling facility fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/man-charged-with-arson-over-waiuku-recycling-facility-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with arson over Waiuku recycling facility fire">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Davidson, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University A late 15th century French version of a scientific study written by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170, fol. 11r. Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a ... <a title="Bird sex fascinated medieval thinkers as much as people today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/bird-sex-fascinated-medieval-thinkers-as-much-as-people-today-267969/" aria-label="Read more about Bird sex fascinated medieval thinkers as much as people today">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In both markets, people looking for a home have the power. 123rf House prices are down, but rent rises have flattened. In both markets, people looking for a home have the power. So is it better, financially, to own or rent? That’s a question that ANZ economist Matt Galt has been ... <a title="Is it cheaper to pay a mortgage, or rent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/is-it-cheaper-to-pay-a-mortgage-or-rent/" aria-label="Read more about Is it cheaper to pay a mortgage, or rent?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Beer magazine editor Michael Donaldson thought the shift was being driven by low-carb beers. Unsplash / Josh Olalde Kiwis have been knocking back more lower-alcohol beers, but it’s less about the alcohol and more about their waistlines, one expert says. New Stats NZ data for the year to September showed while ... <a title="Kiwis drinking the same amount of beer, but reaching for lower alcohol options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/kiwis-drinking-the-same-amount-of-beer-but-reaching-for-lower-alcohol-options/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis drinking the same amount of beer, but reaching for lower alcohol options">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government is extending a maths teaching programme after a pilot showed it improved struggling learners’ maths knowledge at twice the rate of peers who had regular teaching. The maths acceleration programme developed by the Education Ministry ran with nearly 1400 Year 7 ... <a title="Maths teaching programme to be rolled out to 13,000 students nationwide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/maths-teaching-programme-to-be-rolled-out-to-13000-students-nationwide/" aria-label="Read more about Maths teaching programme to be rolled out to 13,000 students nationwide">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService screenshot MetService has cancelled two heat alerts for two South Island towns. The east of the South Island is preparing for a hot day with temperatures predicted to reach the high 20s in some areas. MetService says heat alerts were originally in place for Timaru and Oamaru for Wednesday, but ... <a title="South Island weather: Heat alerts canned, orange heavy rain warnings issued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/south-island-weather-heat-alerts-canned-orange-heavy-rain-warnings-issued/" aria-label="Read more about South Island weather: Heat alerts canned, orange heavy rain warnings issued">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hakyung Lee stares downward during her sentencing at the Auckland High Court. RNZ/Marika Khabazi The woman convicted of murdering her children and hiding their bodies in suitcases has been handed a life sentence. Hakyung Lee faced two charges of murder over the deaths of her children Yuna and Minu Jo in ... <a title="Suitcase killings: Mum gets life sentence for murdering children, hiding bodies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/suitcase-killings-mum-gets-life-sentence-for-murdering-children-hiding-bodies/" aria-label="Read more about Suitcase killings: Mum gets life sentence for murdering children, hiding bodies">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force during anti-corruption marches in September, according to harrowing new testimony gathered by the human rights watchdog Amnesty International ahead of fresh protests planned across the country this weekend. Ten people interviewed by Amnesty International detailed physical abuse — including violations that may ... <a title="Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/philippines-testimony-reveals-torture-abuses-by-police-says-amnesty/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says the current regional council structure stifles economic growth and that regional councils have suffered cost burdens, “green overreach” and too much influence from iwi. His comments come after the government announced its plan to scrap regional councillors and hand responsibilities over ... <a title="Minister Shane Jones says ‘green banshees’ in regional council are stifling growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/minister-shane-jones-says-green-banshees-in-regional-council-are-stifling-growth/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Shane Jones says ‘green banshees’ in regional council are stifling growth">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cobra, 14. Supplied / Police Police have “great concerns” for a missing 14-year-old in Christchurch. In a statement, police asked the public for help finding Cobra, who was last seen leaving school on 17 November. She was reported missing the next day. “Police have been following lines of enquiry to locate ... <a title="‘Great concerns’ for Christchurch teen missing more than a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/great-concerns-for-christchurch-teen-missing-more-than-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Great concerns’ for Christchurch teen missing more than a week">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mills, Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine, University of Lincoln PeopleImages/Shutterstock Humans have probably shared their homes with dogs ever since they first settled. So it could be argued that there is no such thing as “human society” without including animals as part of it. Our long ... <a title="Golden retriever and human behaviour may be linked by the same genes – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/golden-retriever-and-human-behaviour-may-be-linked-by-the-same-genes-new-research-270402/" aria-label="Read more about Golden retriever and human behaviour may be linked by the same genes – new research">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in remotely at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Sept. 30, 2020. Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images A federal judge on Nov. 24, 2025, dismissed the ... <a title="‘Without prejudice’: What this 2-word legalese means for the dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/without-prejudice-what-this-2-word-legalese-means-for-the-dismissed-charges-against-james-comey-and-letitia-james-270559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Without prejudice’: What this 2-word legalese means for the dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James">Read more</a>
