ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 14, 2026.
Pacific MPs across political spectrum pledge to work hard for ‘our communities’
By Justin Latif, RNZ Pacific news editor A senior Green MP says Pasifika voters have rewarded those with a track record of dealing with their issues. Teanau Tuiono, a Cook Islander, will return to Parliament on the list after the Green Party achieved another record high in the polls. He said the Green’s message had
RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson announces early departure from organisation
RNZ Digital reporters RNZ CEO Paul Thompson is to leave the organisation on Monday, six weeks early, after controversy over a financial blowout at the public broadcaster. Thompson, RNZ’s CEO for 13 years and a former president of the global Public Media Alliance, was due to leave on December 31. In a statement this morning,
Why the Microsoft 365 outage is different and why it takes so long to restore email services
When one email service goes down, others don’t stop trying to send emails to users of the affected service. The result is snarled traffic that takes time to clear up.
Oceans and forests have absorbed roughly half our carbon emissions for decades, slowing climate change – but can they keep it up?
A method for measuring the world’s crucial carbon sinks finds that the ocean’s so-far-increasing ability to help might taper off in the future.
The Microsoft outage is an urgent wake-up call for greater digital resilience
The infrastructure of the internet is more fragile than we’d like it to be.
Early changes linked to ovarian cancer may leave a trace in the blood – new study
An experimental test picked up a signal in stored blood samples from people with tiny patches of abnormal cells in their fallopian tubes.
Cathy Come Home at 60: many of the housing issues the film exposed still exist today
The 1966 film sparked huge debate about the UK’s housing crisis.
To get Americans to care about climate change, just call it climate change
Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ used at COP31 might seem to escalate urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.
In a world of anti-environment backlash, Andy Burnham walks a line between popular and green
Andy Burnham’s consumer focus might cut fossil fuel use in the long-term, if policies force prices of climate friendly options down.
How to Rob a Bank asks whether a motive can ever justify a crime
Take from the rich and give to the poor. But the rich can still punish the poor. So who really prospers?
Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury looks beyond the sex to the art – with mixed results
A new survey at Tate Britain attempts to bring the focus back to the duo’s work.
South Africa’s diabetes crisis calls for people at risk to be identified earlier
One of the biggest dangers of diabetes is that people can live with high glucose levels for many years without any symptoms.
Allegheny County has more license plate readers than any other Pa. county. Here’s what’s at stake
Pennsylvania lawmakers are moving to rein in license plate readers. A criminal justice scholar explains where their proposals fall between public safety and privacy.
Republican gerrymandering worked pretty well in Texas and Florida, even if it backfired in North Carolina and Ohio
With massive Democratic majorities poised to enter the 120th Congress, did Republican attempts to gerrymander actually end up costing them some seats in the US House? The answer is complicated.
UK defence minister favours backchannels with Russia – a diplomacy expert explains why that would be fraught with danger
Backchannels can be a useful diplomatic tool, but only when handled with care.
MAHA suffered heavy losses in the 2026 midterms, but the movement is far from dead
Much of the MAHA agenda is popular among the general public, across the political spectrum, and the frustrations that helped forge the movement have not gone away.
Debate in New York City over city-run groceries is not just about food, but something bigger
Many shoppers don’t realize how much of a role the government already plays in grocery markets, because it’s usually not visible.
Could you survive without Microsoft? Inside the costs of digital dependence
Digital choices have huge environmental costs but these are rarely counted up.
Tove Jansson’s illustrations for The Hobbit capture the ‘ecstatic truth’ of childhood
The recent release of The Hobbit: Illustrated by Tove Jansson marks the first time that a full edition of her Tolkien illustrations has appeared in English.
Fjord: 2026 Cannes winner fails to engage with the complexity of Norway’s real child welfare controversies
As an immigrant family-separation drama, Fjord is let down by its fundamental lack of curiosity about the dynamics of the scenario.