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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A paper road running adjacent to a farm near Hurunui. (File photo) Herenga a Nuku Across New Zealand there are 55,000 kilometres of paper roads, a term which may not be familar to many. While these roads won’t appear on Google Maps and aren’t maintained in the same way as the ... <a title="NZ is full of paper roads, but what are they and how can you find them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/nz-is-full-of-paper-roads-but-what-are-they-and-how-can-you-find-them/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is full of paper roads, but what are they and how can you find them?">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tina Ngata. Supplied/Sarah Sparks Māori leaders have told the UN Committee on Eliminating Racial Discrimination (CERD) that racism against Māori has escalated under the current government. New Zealand is signed up to the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). This requires the government to ... <a title="New Zealand’s track record of racial equality under review at the UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/new-zealands-track-record-of-racial-equality-under-review-at-the-un/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s track record of racial equality under review at the UN">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Three police staff investigated in relation to “misuse and inappropriate content” have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Last week, police confirmed 20 police staff were being investigated, three of whom were facing criminal investigations. In total, six staff had been stood down. On Wednesday, Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers told ... <a title="Police continuing to investigate 17 over ‘misuse and inappropriate content’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/police-continuing-to-investigate-17-over-misuse-and-inappropriate-content/" aria-label="Read more about Police continuing to investigate 17 over ‘misuse and inappropriate content’">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has serious injuries after an incident in West Auckland’s Henderson. In a statement, police said officers were called to Edsel Street, in the main town centre, at 2.40pm on Tuesday afternoon. The man was found with injuries and has been taken to Auckland City Hospital ... <a title="Auckland man taken to hospital with serious injuries, police trying to find offender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/auckland-man-taken-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries-police-trying-to-find-offender/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland man taken to hospital with serious injuries, police trying to find offender">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sumeer Thapa no longer works at Lazeez Mediterranean Grill. Google Maps A Christchurch chef who sexually harassed four teenage workers has been fired, with his former boss saying he would’ve done so sooner had it not been for a “misunderstanding”. Sumeer Thapa was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday ... <a title="Christchurch chef Sumeer Thapa who sexually harassed teen colleagues sacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/christchurch-chef-sumeer-thapa-who-sexually-harassed-teen-colleagues-sacked/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch chef Sumeer Thapa who sexually harassed teen colleagues sacked">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Reserve Bank RBNZ delivers expected 25 basis point rate to 2.25 percent It says patchy economic recovery justifies cut RBNZ expects inflation to ease towards 2 pct target next year Door left open for possible further cut Monetary committee voted 5-1 for a cut against hold The Reserve Bank ... <a title="Official cash rate cut to 2.25 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/official-cash-rate-cut-to-2-25-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Official cash rate cut to 2.25 percent">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Eveline Harvey It’s billed as the biggest shake-up to councils in 30 years, but a lot of questions about how the government’s regional council “reset” will work and what will happen remain unanswered. The government on Tuesday announced plans to replace regional councillors with boards made up of mayors ... <a title="Regional councils demise: The plans, timeline and thorny issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/regional-councils-demise-the-plans-timeline-and-thorny-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Regional councils demise: The plans, timeline and thorny issues">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremy Robertson. Supplied/ NZ Police Six weeks after a woman was killed in Pahīatua, police are continuing to search for her son who is wanted in connection with her death. Karen Gilbert-Palmer, 74, was found dead at a home in Arthur Street on 15 October by a friend who had been ... <a title="Pahīatua homicide: Police continue hunt for Jeremy Robertson six weeks after mother’s death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/pahiatua-homicide-police-continue-hunt-for-jeremy-robertson-six-weeks-after-mothers-death/" aria-label="Read more about Pahīatua homicide: Police continue hunt for Jeremy Robertson six weeks after mother’s death">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate to its lowest level in three years. RNZ Just minutes after the Reserve Bank revealed it would cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.25 percent, advertised home loan rates started to drop. The Co-Operative Bank said it ... <a title="First banks move after OCR cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/first-banks-move-after-ocr-cut/" aria-label="Read more about First banks move after OCR cut">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox. Matthew Harris / PHOTOSPORT The holiday is over for Ryan Fox and the Kiwi golfer is gearing up for what he hopes will be an even better 2026. Fox completed his second full season on the PGA Tour with two victories and a top 40 finish ... <a title="Golf: Ryan Fox sets lofty goals for himself in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/golf-ryan-fox-sets-lofty-goals-for-himself-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Golf: Ryan Fox sets lofty goals for himself in 2026">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston. Marika Khabazi Newly released advice shows officials urged the government against its welfare crackdown on 18-and-19-year-olds, warning it could actually increase the risk of long-term benefit dependency. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) also said the tightened eligibility could incentivise teenage ... <a title="Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/ministers-were-warned-against-teen-welfare-crackdown-documents-reveal/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington mayor Andrew Little RNZ / Mark Papalii The mayor of Wellington says the coalition’s proposed restructure of local government is a “pretty serious attack” on the Crown’s treaty obligations. The coalition wants mayors of city and district councils to take over the duties of regional councillors, in what would be ... <a title="Regional council revamp ‘pretty serious attack’ on Treaty rights – Andrew Little" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/regional-council-revamp-pretty-serious-attack-on-treaty-rights-andrew-little/" aria-label="Read more about Regional council revamp ‘pretty serious attack’ on Treaty rights – Andrew Little">Read more</a>
