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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just ... <a title="Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/auditory-illusions-new-research-discovers-how-our-ears-play-tricks-on-us-269479/" aria-label="Read more about Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A wildfire expert says a proposal to axe wildfire specialist roles could lead to underprepared firefighters being sent to tackle blazes. Staff were told last week of proposed changes designed to slash $50 million from Fire and Emergency’s (FENZ) annual costs. FENZ said the restructure would not ... <a title="Concerns over proposal to axe wildfire specialist roles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concerns-over-proposal-to-axe-wildfire-specialist-roles/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns over proposal to axe wildfire specialist roles">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kevin Hu was a maths teacher at Takapuna Grammar School. SUPPLIED An Auckland secondary school is mourning the loss of a much-loved maths teacher who died following a diving accident in Fiji. Kevin Hu, was the head of calculus at Takapuna Grammar School. In a notice to the school community, the ... <a title="Much-loved teacher at Auckland’s Takapuna Grammar School dies after diving accident in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/much-loved-teacher-at-aucklands-takapuna-grammar-school-dies-after-diving-accident-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Much-loved teacher at Auckland’s Takapuna Grammar School dies after diving accident in Fiji">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has ceded next year’s United Nations climate conference – COP 31 – to Turkey, but has negotiated a fall back that gives Climate Minister Chris Bowen a prominent role. Under the arrangement, Australia has also secured a pre-COP meeting ... <a title="Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-cedes-cop31-but-negotiates-role-for-chris-bowen-and-pacific-countries-270274/" aria-label="Read more about Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic on Dominion Rd in Mt Eden being diverted by police after a serious car crash. Calvin Samuel / RNZ One person has died following a crash in Auckland’s Mt Eden. Traffic was being diverted on Dominion Rd following the single-car crash at 10.18am. Initial reports had suggested one person had ... <a title="Person killed in crash on busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/person-killed-in-crash-on-busy-road-in-aucklands-mt-eden/" aria-label="Read more about Person killed in crash on busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Broken glass and other items can be seen in the gutter. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person who saw a crash between two buses and a car in Auckland’s Glen Innes says he thought a bus was going to crash into nearby shops. Emergency services were at the scene of the ... <a title="Crash between two buses and a car causes ‘chaos’ in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/crash-between-two-buses-and-a-car-causes-chaos-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Crash between two buses and a car causes ‘chaos’ in Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland; Queensland University of Technology Fortune Live Media, CC BY-NC-ND The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion ($A88 billion) revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating ... <a title="As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/as-ai-leader-nvidia-posts-record-results-warren-buffetts-made-a-surprise-bet-on-google-270140/" aria-label="Read more about As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rēkohu-Wharekauri-Chatham Island waka excavation site Supplied/Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Interim radiocarbon dating on a partially excavated waka in Chatham Islands has revealed the waka arrived on the islands in the mid 1400s. A previous report concluded the waka, unearthed by father and son Vincent and Nikau Dix, was ... <a title="Testing finds Chatham Islands’ waka Rēkohu from mid 1400s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/testing-finds-chatham-islands-waka-rekohu-from-mid-1400s/" aria-label="Read more about Testing finds Chatham Islands’ waka Rēkohu from mid 1400s">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford A government bill will stop schools opting out of international maths and reading tests and speed up intervention in failing schools. It will also give a new property agency the power to force schools to spend money on building works. The Education and Training (System Reform) Bill ... <a title="Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/government-bill-prevents-schools-from-opting-out-of-international-maths-reading-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial appliance. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ / SUPPLIED Operators of the country’s largest fire trucks with the longest ladders are going to get a bigger say in a long overdue national strategy. “I have invited specialist aerial frontline firefighters to provide those insights and they are scheduled to start meeting ... <a title="Frontline firefighters to get say in what big fire trucks to buy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/frontline-firefighters-to-get-say-in-what-big-fire-trucks-to-buy/" aria-label="Read more about Frontline firefighters to get say in what big fire trucks to buy">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ashik Ali was sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ A truck driver whose dodgy and unregistered truck fatally ploughed into an Auckland roadworker has been jailed for three years. Ashik Ali was sentenced for manslaughter at the High Court in Auckland over the killing ... <a title="Auckland business owner jailed for three years after unregistered truck killed worker in Remuera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/auckland-business-owner-jailed-for-three-years-after-unregistered-truck-killed-worker-in-remuera/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland business owner jailed for three years after unregistered truck killed worker in Remuera">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This year’s World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) has arrived at what organisers describe as the “perfect time” – with thousands of delegates gathering in Tāmaki Makaurau as Indigenous rights face renewed pressure in Aotearoa and abroad. Held in partnership with mana whenua, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, the week-long hui brings ... <a title="World’s largest indigenous education conference comes at ‘perfect time’, organisers say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/worlds-largest-indigenous-education-conference-comes-at-perfect-time-organisers-say/" aria-label="Read more about World’s largest indigenous education conference comes at ‘perfect time’, organisers say">Read more</a>
