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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland councillor Julie Fairey says her fellow councillors who are women – particularly women of colour – often receive more abuse than their male counterparts. ******* Auckland councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments – but she was still shocked by what she saw on social media after she ... <a title="‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/it-just-seems-cruel-councillor-shocked-by-comments-after-cycling-accident/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fulton Hogan workers move the new pipe into place in Robe Street. Supplied Work is underway to replace some of the first water pipes ever installed in New Plymouth after almost a century underground. The district council was replacing about 306 metres of 1930s cast-iron pipes in Robe, Devon and King ... <a title="Work underway to replace pipes after almost century underground in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/work-underway-to-replace-pipes-after-almost-century-underground-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Work underway to replace pipes after almost century underground in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother’s day in 2023 Supplied Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading to live with her because he hated his accommodation. A woman whose adult son was discharged from a mental health unit into an Auckland boarding ... <a title="Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/woman-says-son-pleaded-to-leave-boarding-house-in-distress/" aria-label="Read more about Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Four firetrucks and 16 crew members tackled the blaze at its peak. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone More than a dozen firefighters were called to a large house fire on Auckland’s Waiheke Island overnight. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was called to the fire at a property on Nick Johnstone Drive ... <a title="Cause of large Waiheke house fire unknown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/cause-of-large-waiheke-house-fire-unknown/" aria-label="Read more about Cause of large Waiheke house fire unknown">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A former soldier who attacked a taxi driver in a drunken rage says the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) failed to get him desperately needed help after a traumatic stint training Ukrainian civilians for war. Jack Wesley says he was a ticking timebomb when he got back from Operation Tieke in the ... <a title="Former soldier left ‘sad, devastated and broken’ after training Ukranian recruits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/former-soldier-left-sad-devastated-and-broken-after-training-ukranian-recruits/" aria-label="Read more about Former soldier left ‘sad, devastated and broken’ after training Ukranian recruits">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A woman shops online from her phone. Unsplash/ Vitaly Gariev What’s being termed ‘dark patterns’ are becoming increasingly prevalent on shopping websites as online businesses scramble for your dollars Subscriptions that are impossible to cancel, hidden fees added at the checkout, and constant offers of discounts in exchange for your personal ... <a title="How dark patterns on the web are designed to keep your cash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/how-dark-patterns-on-the-web-are-designed-to-keep-your-cash/" aria-label="Read more about How dark patterns on the web are designed to keep your cash">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tenants have more control in New Zealand’s rental market than they have for a while. RNZ Tenants have more control in New Zealand’s rental market than they have for a while. With rents soft and more options to choose from, it’s not a bad time to be looking for a place ... <a title="Ten things your landlord can’t do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/ten-things-your-landlord-cant-do/" aria-label="Read more about Ten things your landlord can’t do">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone National’s policy to increase KiwiSaver contribution rates has been met with a big tick of approval by one provider, but with a call to make it compulsory. National is proposing that, if re-elected, it would gradually ... <a title="KiwiSaver provider calls for increased contribution to be compulsory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/kiwisaver-provider-calls-for-increased-contribution-to-be-compulsory/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver provider calls for increased contribution to be compulsory">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone National’s announcement that it would push up contribution rates for KiwiSaver to a total 12 percent is a good step – but there is a major flaw that needs fixing first, one KiwiSaver provider says. Prime Minister and National leader Christopher Luxon said on Sunday that if ... <a title="National’s KiwiSaver plan could add millions to balances – but there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/nationals-kiwisaver-plan-could-add-millions-to-balances-but-theres-a-catch/" aria-label="Read more about National’s KiwiSaver plan could add millions to balances – but there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Two people stuck on a cliff in the Auckland suburb of St Heliers have been rescued two hours after they fell. Emergency services were called to the accident shortly after 9pm this evening. Fire and Emergency says its specialist lines team managed to reach the ... <a title="Cliff rescue in central Auckland suburb" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/cliff-rescue-in-central-auckland-suburb/" aria-label="Read more about Cliff rescue in central Auckland suburb">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand University of Waikato student Naianga Tapiata has been named a Rhodes Scholar and will attend the University of Oxford. Supplied/University of Waikato A Māori Rhodes Scholar says Mākereti (Maggie) Papakura, believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford, was a huge inspiration behind his choice to study at the ... <a title="First indigenous woman to study at Oxford inspires Māori Rhodes Scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/first-indigenous-woman-to-study-at-oxford-inspires-maori-rhodes-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about First indigenous woman to study at Oxford inspires Māori Rhodes Scholar">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The overall growth was significantly less than 2023 and 2024. Unsplash Growth in the national school roll slowed this year, as the number of primary school enrolments fell. Education Ministry figures showed 856,412 school students at the start of July, 5413 more than the same time last year. Rolls increased in ... <a title="Primary school enrolments drop, as national roll growth slows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/primary-school-enrolments-drop-as-national-roll-growth-slows/" aria-label="Read more about Primary school enrolments drop, as national roll growth slows">Read more</a>
