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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins at the groundbreaking ceremony for the $82.7 million regional supply building. Construction is expected to take about two years. Anna Sargent A new $58 million building for equipment maintenance and repairs at Canterbury’s Burnham Military Camp will help to modernise the Defence Force, the Defence Minister says. ... <a title="New building for equipment maintenance and repairs at Burnham Military Camp opened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/new-building-for-equipment-maintenance-and-repairs-at-burnham-military-camp-opened/" aria-label="Read more about New building for equipment maintenance and repairs at Burnham Military Camp opened">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jock Grant Davies. Facebook A man has been charged five months after 21-year-old Jock Grant Davies died while hunting on Stewart Island. The 31-year-old from Ashburton has been charged with careless use of a firearm causing death. Davies died near Lords River on 5 July, with police notified about midday. Police ... <a title="Man charged after 21yo died while hunting on Stewart Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/man-charged-after-21yo-died-while-hunting-on-stewart-island/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged after 21yo died while hunting on Stewart Island">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lydia Oosterhoff is a human rights lawyer and senior associate at Cooper Legal. Jimmy Ellingham Warning: This story contains references to suicide Ministry of Social Development publishes online names of five people making compensation claims for sexual abuse in state care Their lawyer says the privacy breach is the worst of ... <a title="Ministry privacy breach sees the names of five people seeking compensation for sexual abuse published" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/ministry-privacy-breach-sees-the-names-of-five-people-seeking-compensation-for-sexual-abuse-published/" aria-label="Read more about Ministry privacy breach sees the names of five people seeking compensation for sexual abuse published">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Nations climate conference in Brazil this month finished with an “extremely weak” outcome, according to one Pacific campaigner. Shiva Gounden, the head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said the multilateral process is currently being attacked, which is making it hard to reach a meaningful consensus on ... <a title="COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/cop30-ends-with-extremely-weak-outcomes-says-pacific-campaigner/" aria-label="Read more about COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Bishop says Luxon is doing a “wonderful job” as Prime Minister. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Senior National MP and minister Chris Bishop has categorically denied plotting a leadership challenge, insisting that Christopher Luxon remains the best person to be prime minister. Speculation surrounding the prospect of a coup has intensified ... <a title="Chris Bishop says he’s not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/chris-bishop-says-hes-not-plotting-to-roll-christopher-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Bishop says he’s not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The worker was injured while undertaking a routine plant cleaning process St John A Bay of Plenty kiwifruit worker remains in hospital following a workplace accident yesterday. Riverlock Packhouse General Manager Blair Simm says the worker was injured while undertaking a routine plant cleaning process. They were airlifted to Waikato Hospital ... <a title="Ōpōtiki kiwifruit worker remains in hospital after workplace accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/opotiki-kiwifruit-worker-remains-in-hospital-after-workplace-accident/" aria-label="Read more about Ōpōtiki kiwifruit worker remains in hospital after workplace accident">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Single Mum Christine O’Connor (left) said she doesn’t have the money for the works needed, or to take legal actions against anyone. Harjinder Singh Brar (middle) and Manjot Singh (right) are in a similar position. RNZ / Lucy XIa Another group of West Auckland homeowners – including young families and a ... <a title="Resource consent woes: Owners feel let down by developer, agents, lawyers and council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/resource-consent-woes-owners-feel-let-down-by-developer-agents-lawyers-and-council/" aria-label="Read more about Resource consent woes: Owners feel let down by developer, agents, lawyers and council">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ministers Chris Bishop and Simon Watts during a press conference about proposed local government reforms. RNZ/Mark Papalii Mayors of city and district councils would take over the duties of regional councils, in a coalition proposal pitched as the biggest shake-up of local government in three decades. The mayors would form 11 ... <a title="No more regional councils – major shake-up of local government announced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/no-more-regional-councils-major-shake-up-of-local-government-announced/" aria-label="Read more about No more regional councils – major shake-up of local government announced">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Y. Ko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuropsychology, Monash University Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Have you ever found yourself searching for a word you should know, forgetting what you were just doing, or feeling mentally foggy for no obvious reason? These everyday lapses are common and are most often ... <a title="How autoimmune encephalitis disrupts thinking, memory and everyday life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/how-autoimmune-encephalitis-disrupts-thinking-memory-and-everyday-life-263341/" aria-label="Read more about How autoimmune encephalitis disrupts thinking, memory and everyday life">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Tolbert, Professor of Science Education, Monash University Getty Images New Zealand’s draft science curriculum, released last month, promises to advance “knowledge-rich” learning. But the term remains only loosely defined and the curriculum fails to appreciate the importance of teaching students critical thinking in science. Research and ... <a title="NZ’s draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/nzs-draft-science-curriculum-favours-rote-learning-over-critical-thinking-268997/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend Bob Howarth. He was 81. He was a passionate advocate for journalism who changed many lives with his extraordinary kindness and generosity coupled with wisdom, experience and an uncanny ability to make things happen. Howarth worked ... <a title="‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/father-of-timor-post-why-asia-pacific-media-legend-bob-howarths-legacy-will-live-on/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington. Wellington City Council Wellington City Council could save tens of millions of dollars through cost-cutting, such as reducing staff, according to a new report. In August, the then-new council chief executive Matt Prosser commissioned independent analysis from Deloitte of the council’s processes, as well as finding opportunities to improve performance ... <a title="Deloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/deloitte-report-suggests-wellington-city-council-has-330-more-staff-than-it-should/" aria-label="Read more about Deloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should">Read more</a>
