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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Gardiner, Research Associate, Western Sydney University It’s a common misconception that religion and gender and sexuality diversity are at odds with one another. There’s good reason for this. Some LGBTQIA+ people have had very difficult experiences in religious settings. But in reality, many LGBTQIA+ people hold ... <a title="School exemptions to discrimination law leave religious LGBTQIA+ teens unprotected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/school-exemptions-to-discrimination-law-leave-religious-lgbtqia-teens-unprotected-266789/" aria-label="Read more about School exemptions to discrimination law leave religious LGBTQIA+ teens unprotected">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has announced his engagement to partner Toni Grace. Instagram/Chris Hipkins MP Labour leader Chris Hipkins has announced his engagement to partner Toni Grace, saying he feels like he has hit the jackpot. Hipkins first confirmed the relationship during his concession speech on the evening of the 2023 ... <a title="Labour leader Chris Hipkins announces engagement to partner Toni Grace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-announces-engagement-to-partner-toni-grace/" aria-label="Read more about Labour leader Chris Hipkins announces engagement to partner Toni Grace">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Ee, Senior Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University MomentoJpeg/Getty Images For most women, menopause occurs naturally around the age of 49. In the lead up to menopause, the quality and quantity of eggs declines over time. Then the ovaries stop releasing eggs completely. ... <a title="Some women start menopause after surgery or medical treatment. Here’s how it’s different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/some-women-start-menopause-after-surgery-or-medical-treatment-heres-how-its-different-257627/" aria-label="Read more about Some women start menopause after surgery or medical treatment. Here’s how it’s different">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland Karl Baron/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The next time you board a commercial flight and are told how to sit in the brace position for an emergency landing, consider this: did you know that international ... <a title="Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe. That puts women in danger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/plane-and-car-crash-testing-is-still-designed-to-keep-men-safe-that-puts-women-in-danger-268990/" aria-label="Read more about Plane and car crash testing is still designed to keep men safe. That puts women in danger">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand golfer Steven Alker. JONATHAN BACHMAN A second place finish at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix, Arizona has cost New Zealand golfer Steven Alker the overall season-long prize. The Kiwi entered the week No. 1 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings and a win at the tournament ... <a title="NZ golfer Steven Alker falls just shy of a third Charles Schwab Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/nz-golfer-steven-alker-falls-just-shy-of-a-third-charles-schwab-cup/" aria-label="Read more about NZ golfer Steven Alker falls just shy of a third Charles Schwab Cup">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Warning: This story discusses suicide. Police are revealing more information about the deaths of three children and their father after a house fire being investigated as a murder-suicide. Manawatū Area Commander Inspector Ross Grantham is speaking to media in Palmerston North at 2.30pm. The three children killed on Saturday, were identified ... <a title="Watch: Police discuss murder-suicide of three children and father in Sanson fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/watch-police-discuss-murder-suicide-of-three-children-and-father-in-sanson-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Police discuss murder-suicide of three children and father in Sanson fire">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
RNZ Pacific Samoan Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has returned home after an eight-week absence for medical treatment in New Zealand. La’aulialemalietoa departed Apia for Auckland on a private jet just days after being sworn in as Samoa’s eighth prime minister on September 16. The Samoan government had previously said he was expected to return ... <a title="Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/samoan-pm-back-home-as-journalist-alleges-assault-outside-his-residence/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Coastguard had also aided in the search. NZ Coastguard The Navy has joined the search for a missing fisherman in Northland. A boat with two people on board at Pataua South was reported overdue on Friday night and found adrift the next morning with nobody on it. The body of ... <a title="Navy joins search for missing fisherman in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/navy-joins-search-for-missing-fisherman-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about Navy joins search for missing fisherman in Northland">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Farah Palmer will replace Dr. Deb Robinson on the World Rugby Council. Photosport New Zealand rugby icon Dame Farah Palmer has been appointed to the World Rugby Council as the country’s third representative. A former Black Ferns captain and three-time Rugby World Cup champion, Dame Farah has extensive governance and ... <a title="Kiwi Dame Farah Palmer replaces doctor on World Rugby Council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/kiwi-dame-farah-palmer-replaces-doctor-on-world-rugby-council/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi Dame Farah Palmer replaces doctor on World Rugby Council">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rajinder is on trial at the High Court at Dunedin. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A man is accused of stabbing a former employee more than 40 times in what appears to be an attempted decapitation, a court has heard. The 35-year-old man accused of the murder, who is listed in court ... <a title="‘Attempted decapitation’: Man on trial for murder of former employee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/attempted-decapitation-man-on-trial-for-murder-of-former-employee/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Attempted decapitation’: Man on trial for murder of former employee">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage to Orewa’s Shoreward Gastrobar in September. Supplied Four businesses have been ram-raided or fire-damaged in a small seaside village north of Auckland in the past three months, but police say so far no arrests have been made. Officers launched Operation Governor after a deliberately lit fire at Orewa’s Sunflour Cafe ... <a title="No arrests after businesses damaged in seaside village of Orewa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/no-arrests-after-businesses-damaged-in-seaside-village-of-orewa/" aria-label="Read more about No arrests after businesses damaged in seaside village of Orewa">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mt Eden Corrections Facility (file image). RNZ/Calvin Samuel A man on the run for more than a week has been found and charged with escaping custody. The 42-year-old Mt Eden remand prisoner, who was in handcuffs, got free during a hospital escort on 7 November. He has now been arrested and ... <a title="Remand prisoner found after more than a week on the run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/remand-prisoner-found-after-more-than-a-week-on-the-run/" aria-label="Read more about Remand prisoner found after more than a week on the run">Read more</a>
