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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Shaan Te Kani Hundreds of people will this week commemorate the loss, arrest and deportation of their ancestors in a siege that took place 160 years ago on Waerenga-A-Hika near Gisborne. Over five days, the pā was flattened, 71 Māori living at the pā and 11 government soldiers were killed and ... <a title="Hundreds to commemorate loss of ancestors on Waerenga-A-Hika 160 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/hundreds-to-commemorate-loss-of-ancestors-on-waerenga-a-hika-160-years-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds to commemorate loss of ancestors on Waerenga-A-Hika 160 years ago">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand He was sentenced to three years in prison. RNZ A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for using false identities and forged documents to obtains visas and residence in New Zealand. Immigration NZ said the man, aged 50, and his 44-year-old partner arrived using the identities of Hungarian ... <a title="Man jailed after using fake identities to gain NZ residence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/man-jailed-after-using-fake-identities-to-gain-nz-residence/" aria-label="Read more about Man jailed after using fake identities to gain NZ residence">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Iampolski, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research RMIT, RMIT University kevin laminto/Unsplash On Friday, thousands packed into Melbourne’s Federation Square for a free Amyl and the Sniffers show. Within minutes, fences buckled, the perimeter was breached, and the gig was cancelled over crowd crush fears. It ... <a title="Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/civic-squares-as-contested-spaces-what-history-and-urban-planning-can-tell-us-about-fed-square-269920/" aria-label="Read more about Civic squares as contested spaces: what history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danilo Urzedo, Research fellow, The University of Western Australia Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems. But despite this, international climate policies ... <a title="Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/finally-indigenous-peoples-have-an-influential-voice-at-cop30-theyre-speaking-loud-and-clear-269403/" aria-label="Read more about Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear.">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / Better Images of AI, CC BY Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber ... <a title="An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/an-ai-lab-says-chinese-backed-bots-are-running-cyber-espionage-attacks-experts-have-questions-269815/" aria-label="Read more about An AI lab says Chinese-backed bots are running cyber espionage attacks. Experts have questions">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 Wellngton Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/it-system-at-wellngton-hospital-a-constant-risk-to-patient-safety-says-union/" aria-label="Read more about IT system at Wellngton Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The accused soldier denies strangling his former partner who was also in the Defense Force at the time. RNZ / Jonathan Mitchell A soldier is accused of strangling another soldier on two occasions in 2019. The Army corporal is facing court martial after pleading not guilty to two charges of assaulting ... <a title="Soldier facing court martial following accusations of strangling former partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/soldier-facing-court-martial-following-accusations-of-strangling-former-partner/" aria-label="Read more about Soldier facing court martial following accusations of strangling former partner">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ/Marika Khabazi An Auckland woman has been jailed for more than three years after she made false claims for more than $120,000 in Covid-19 relief. Kahureremoa Fleur Mantell was sentenced in the Manukau District Court after she was found guilty of 33 dishonesty charges. She pretended to run a ... <a title="Kahureremoa Fleur Mantell jailed for more than $120k in false Covid-19 relief claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/kahureremoa-fleur-mantell-jailed-for-more-than-120k-in-false-covid-19-relief-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Kahureremoa Fleur Mantell jailed for more than $120k in false Covid-19 relief claims">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale Christian community is small, isolated place in Haupiri, West Coast. Jean Edwards The Ministry of Education is reviewing Gloriavale Christian School’s response to officials’ concerns as it weighs up the school’s future. Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid wrote to the private school last month advising she was considering cancelling its ... <a title="Ministry of Education closer to making decision on Gloriavale Christian School’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/ministry-of-education-closer-to-making-decision-on-gloriavale-christian-schools-future/" aria-label="Read more about Ministry of Education closer to making decision on Gloriavale Christian School’s future">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University The UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put ... <a title="Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces a pivotal UN Security Council vote. Can it get across the line?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/trumps-gaza-peace-plan-faces-a-pivotal-un-security-council-vote-can-it-get-across-the-line-269894/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s Gaza peace plan faces a pivotal UN Security Council vote. Can it get across the line?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed changes at FENZ would be the biggest in 8 years. RNZ / Alexander Robertson The union for volunteer firefighters says a restructure at Fire and Emergency (FENZ) poses a “tremendous human cost”. FENZ is proposing to cut at least 140 non-firefighter jobs and scrap its regional structure in its ... <a title="FENZ restructure poses ‘tremendous human cost, union says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/fenz-restructure-poses-tremendous-human-cost-union-says/" aria-label="Read more about FENZ restructure poses ‘tremendous human cost, union says">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government is tinkering with the Clean Car Standard – again – saying most importers are unable to meet the targets under the scheme as it currently stands. It will also fully review the scheme, with recommendations to Cabinet due by June 2026. The government last year watered down the standard ... <a title="Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon at post-cab conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/watch-live-pm-christopher-luxon-at-post-cab-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon at post-cab conference">Read more</a>
