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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ For a government facing blackouts and business closures in an election year, importing gas is an attractive choice. For others, it’s the worst possible option. When the government unveiled its long-awaited energy package earlier this year, the centrepiece was a promise to fast-track the import of overseas natural gas. Ministers ... <a title="The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/the-fuel-of-last-resort-how-imported-gas-became-new-zealands-first-choice/" aria-label="Read more about The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and FBI Director Kash Patel went for an early morning run on 1 August. AFP / RNZ A “brief dip” in Wellington’s Oriental Bay with FBI Director Kash Patel ended with the Police Commissioner apologising for mistakenly believing a tsunami advisory had been lifted. Patel, the highest-ranking ... <a title="Police Commissioner accidentally takes FBI’s Kash Patel for ‘brief dip’ during active tsunami advisory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/police-commissioner-accidentally-takes-fbis-kash-patel-for-brief-dip-during-active-tsunami-advisory/" aria-label="Read more about Police Commissioner accidentally takes FBI’s Kash Patel for ‘brief dip’ during active tsunami advisory">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility on the International Space Station. This photo was taken before Hēki’s installation, but the Nanoracks External Plaform (which currently houses Hēki) is visible in the lower centre of the image. Supplied / NASA via Paihau-Robinson Space Team The New Zealand experiment to test superstrong magnets in ... <a title="Space magnet research project Hēki extended for three months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/space-magnet-research-project-heki-extended-for-three-months/" aria-label="Read more about Space magnet research project Hēki extended for three months">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Silver Ferns Grace Nweke with England Francesca Williams during game 2 of the Taini Jamison Trophy Marty Melville The Silver Ferns are determined to finish an intense three months of netball, which will be remembered against the backdrop of a turbulent coaching saga, on a high. The England Roses bounced back ... <a title="Silver Ferns want to finish turbulent international window with trophy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/silver-ferns-want-to-finish-turbulent-international-window-with-trophy/" aria-label="Read more about Silver Ferns want to finish turbulent international window with trophy">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tauranga Airport. Google Maps Ash from Whakaari White Island has forced the Tauranga Airport to cancel eight flights. Airport Manager Ray Dumble said the last four flights departing Tauranga on Monday night had been cancelled along with the first four departures on Tuesday morning. The volcano is currently at Alert Level ... <a title="Tauranga Airport cancels flights due to Whakaari White Island ash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/tauranga-airport-cancels-flights-due-to-whakaari-white-island-ash/" aria-label="Read more about Tauranga Airport cancels flights due to Whakaari White Island ash">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nelson MP Rachel Boyack opening the new AGB factory in Tasman. RNZ/Samantha Gee A New Zealand stone fabricator is calling on manufacturers and consumers to end the use of potentially deadly crystalline-silica engineered stone. About 1000 workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline-silica dust ... <a title="Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/bench-top-manufacturer-calls-out-use-of-potentially-deadly-engineered-stone/" aria-label="Read more about Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There have been performance issues and recurring outages with the IT system at Wellington Hospital. RNZ / REECE BAKER The union for senior doctors says an IT system introduced this year at Wellington Hospital is a “constant risk” to patient safety. The system was very slow and crashed all the time, ... <a title="IT system at Wellington Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/it-system-at-wellington-hospital-a-constant-risk-to-patient-safety-says-union/" aria-label="Read more about IT system at Wellington Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Pōwhiri for the start of four-day WIPCE 2025 conference. Tamaira Hook The world’s largest indigenous education conference has kicked off in Auckland, bringing with it thousands of indigenous educators from around the world. About 3000 people were welcomed by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education 2025 ... <a title="World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/worlds-largest-indigenous-education-conference-kicks-off-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain warnings and watches have been set over parts of the country as a warm air mass approaches the country. MetService/Screenshot An active warm air mass will be “rung out like a sponge” over parts of the country this week, bringing heavy rain warnings, humidity and warm nights. MetService issued ... <a title="Heavy rain, humidity and warm nights to hit parts of the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/heavy-rain-humidity-and-warm-nights-to-hit-parts-of-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy rain, humidity and warm nights to hit parts of the country">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”. Once, there had been a contrast, ... <a title="View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/view-from-the-hill-the-liberals-may-fell-sussan-ley-but-she-wont-make-it-easy-for-taylor-and-hastie-269914/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: The Liberals may fell Sussan Ley but she won’t make it easy for Taylor and Hastie">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Linton, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Sydney Schools have been shut in the Australian Capital Territory after children’s play sand was recalled due to asbestos fears. Almost all Canberra primary schools were closed on Monday, with Education Minister Yvette Berry conceding it could take ... <a title="A cancer specialist explains why parents should not be too worried about coloured sand recalls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/a-cancer-specialist-explains-why-parents-should-not-be-too-worried-about-coloured-sand-recalls-269904/" aria-label="Read more about A cancer specialist explains why parents should not be too worried about coloured sand recalls">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University When the Amyl and the Sniffers’ free show at Federation Square was cancelled on Friday night due to safety concerns, the band worked quickly to turn this disappointment around. Using their performance fee, ... <a title="Amyl and the Sniffers’ generosity shows what’s missing for Australia’s live music venues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/amyl-and-the-sniffers-generosity-shows-whats-missing-for-australias-live-music-venues-269899/" aria-label="Read more about Amyl and the Sniffers’ generosity shows what’s missing for Australia’s live music venues">Read more</a>
