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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A public hospital doctor is owed $1.27 million in annual leave while many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take. RNZ asked Health NZ to provide the highest 20 annual leave balances owed to senior doctors to the end of September. It ... <a title="Hospital doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/hospital-doctor-owed-1-27m-in-annual-leave/" aria-label="Read more about Hospital doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand People in New Zealand with family in Sri Lanka are describing the widespread devastation caused by severe flooding from Cyclone Ditwah. The extreme weather system has destroyed homes, leaving thousands displaced A state of emergency has also been declared. There are also reports that entire villages have been washed away in ... <a title="Sri Lanka flooding: ‘Entire lives swept away in a single night’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/sri-lanka-flooding-entire-lives-swept-away-in-a-single-night/" aria-label="Read more about Sri Lanka flooding: ‘Entire lives swept away in a single night’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kate Aynsley’s gun likely went off by accident as she either fell or fumbled in steep, slippery terrain. Supplied / NZ Hunting and Wildlife Magazine The death of a Dunedin woman who shot herself while deer hunting in an Otago forest was a terrible accident, a coroner has ruled. Kate Aynsley, ... <a title="Dunedin woman fatally shot herself in head while deer hunting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/dunedin-woman-fatally-shot-herself-in-head-while-deer-hunting/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin woman fatally shot herself in head while deer hunting">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins shook people’s hands as he walked out of the theatre hand in hand with his fiancé Toni Grace. RNZ / Anneke Smith Analysis – The Labour Party will be chuffed with how its party looks and feels after an energetic annual general meeting in Auckland this weekend. ... <a title="‘We’ve got a shot’: Labour readies for political revival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/weve-got-a-shot-labour-readies-for-political-revival/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve got a shot’: Labour readies for political revival">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand For generations, researchers have been convinced autism was a “male issue” and simply haven’t bothered to look out for signs of it in women, says British neuroscientist Gina Rippon. We now know that autism presents differently in females, who often mask the traits so they can fit in. In her new ... <a title="How autistic girls and women get shortchanged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/how-autistic-girls-and-women-get-shortchanged/" aria-label="Read more about How autistic girls and women get shortchanged">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paula Beilby (fourth from left) with her whānau outside the High Court at Hamilton. Belinda Feek/NZME/Supplied A woman whose brother was killed by a group of Mongrel Mob members says she feels revictimised, after a judge stopped her from reading out all her pre-approved victim impact statement. Paula Beilby was not ... <a title="Mitchell Te Kani’s sister told off after reading pre-approved victim impact statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/mitchell-te-kanis-sister-told-off-after-reading-pre-approved-victim-impact-statement/" aria-label="Read more about Mitchell Te Kani’s sister told off after reading pre-approved victim impact statement">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Raglan woman Te Hina Rehua-Whare, 27, was in the wrong, but refused to back off the one-lane Wainui Rd bridge. Google Maps/Supplied A Raglan woman orchestrated a horrific attack on a group of local teenagers, after a righteous road-rage interaction on the seaside town’s one-lane bridge. While Te Hina Rehua-Whare may ... <a title="Raglan road-rage couple sentenced over brutal attack on teens after bridge stand-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/raglan-road-rage-couple-sentenced-over-brutal-attack-on-teens-after-bridge-stand-off/" aria-label="Read more about Raglan road-rage couple sentenced over brutal attack on teens after bridge stand-off">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Orthopaedic spine surgeon Dr Rowan Schouten performs a back proceedure. Supplied/Dr Rowan Schouten Season-ending and sometimes career-threatening, a serious stress fracture can lead athletes from around the world to call on a Christchurch-based surgeon to get them back playing. Referrals from some of cricket’s biggest names and a successful track record ... <a title="Kiwi surgeon Dr Rowan Schouten behind international cricketers’ returns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/kiwi-surgeon-dr-rowan-schouten-behind-international-cricketers-returns/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi surgeon Dr Rowan Schouten behind international cricketers’ returns">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Tan / 123rf Although the volume of the overflow was small, it had the potential to reach an unnamed tributary of the Waiwhakaiho River. Supplied / NPDC New Plymouth residents are warned to not swim at Waiwhakaiho River and Bell Block Beach, after an overflow of the council’s wastewater system. ... <a title="Wastewater overflow prompts warning for Waiwhakaiho River, Bell Block Beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/wastewater-overflow-prompts-warning-for-waiwhakaiho-river-bell-block-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Wastewater overflow prompts warning for Waiwhakaiho River, Bell Block Beach">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mia Goth as Elizabeth in Frankenstein. Ken Woroner/Netflix The British Fashion Council has named a New Zealander Kiwi Kate Hawley as its inaugural Costume Designer of the Year. The Fashion Awards will take place in the United Kingdom on 1 December, where Hawley has flown from Wellington to attend. Hawley has ... <a title="Kiwi Kate Hawley crowned inaugural Costume Designer of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/kiwi-kate-hawley-crowned-inaugural-costume-designer-of-the-year/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi Kate Hawley crowned inaugural Costume Designer of the Year">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Rain-soaked Auckland FC captain Francis De Vries gestures during his side’s loss to Newcastle Jets. Photosport Auckland’s unbeaten run in this year’s A-League season has ended with a 2-1 loss to Newcastle Jets in farcical conditions at Go Media Stadium. A huge downpour with 20 minutes to go saw players frequently ... <a title="Puddle ball: Auckland FC lose unbeaten A-League tag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/puddle-ball-auckland-fc-lose-unbeaten-a-league-tag/" aria-label="Read more about Puddle ball: Auckland FC lose unbeaten A-League tag">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One new measles case in Wellington. Supplied/ US CDC Health New Zealand has confirmed one new case of measles in Wellington, which it says is linked to an earlier case. This brings the number of known measles cases to 22 since 8 October 2025, with 21 no longer infectious. New locations ... <a title="One new measles case identified in Wellington, bringing total to 22" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/one-new-measles-case-identified-in-wellington-bringing-total-to-22/" aria-label="Read more about One new measles case identified in Wellington, bringing total to 22">Read more</a>
