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Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Hoggard. RNZ / Angus Dreaver A decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls is the straw that broke the camel’s back for animals rights activsts. In the past few months, associate agriculture minister Andrew Hoggard, responsible for animal welfare, has drawn intense criticism from animal ... <a title="Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/minister-andrew-hoggard-assures-pm-hes-following-cabinet-rules-after-complaint/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint">Read more</a>

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Police tried to take licence off Ashik Ali twice before dodgy truck killed roadworker

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Ashik Ali was sentenced to three years’ jail for manslaughter. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Police wanted a trucker, who was jailed for three years for manslaughter on Thursday, to lose his operating licence years before his dodgy truck rolled backwards, fatally hitting a roadworker. Twice moves were made to take ... <a title="Police tried to take licence off Ashik Ali twice before dodgy truck killed roadworker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/police-tried-to-take-licence-off-ashik-ali-twice-before-dodgy-truck-killed-roadworker/" aria-label="Read more about Police tried to take licence off Ashik Ali twice before dodgy truck killed roadworker">Read more</a>

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Search resumes for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Cape Reinga looking south to Tapotupotu and Spirits Bay. RNZ / Lois Williams Police are continuing to search for a fisherman who was swept off the rocks at Tapotupotu Bay, near Cape Reinga. Emergency services were called after report of the man being swept away while fishing in a remote location ... <a title="Search resumes for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/search-resumes-for-fisherman-missing-at-tapotupotu-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Search resumes for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay">Read more</a>

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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s advice to National and Labour: Be more like me

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Wayne Brown. Jessica Hopkins / RNZ Newly re-elected Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says his second term will be focused on boosting the region’s economic growth, making the CBD more inviting and securing a city deal. And he thinks he has the leverage to get the most for the city out of ... <a title="Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s advice to National and Labour: Be more like me" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/auckland-mayor-wayne-browns-advice-to-national-and-labour-be-more-like-me/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s advice to National and Labour: Be more like me">Read more</a>

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Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says an iwi has called for the party’s President, John tamihere, to step down at a Te Tai Tokerau hui at the weekend. Te Tai Tokerau was calling on Te Pāti Māori to reinstatement their MP Kapa-Kingi, and ... <a title="Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/iwi-calling-for-te-pati-maori-president-john-tamihere-to-step-down-ousted-mp-mariameno-kapa-kingi-says/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says">Read more</a>

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What NZ would look like if we didn’t have enough psychologists?

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand There are hundreds of people who take their life each year, but there are thousands more who contemplate it, get help and recover. But new data released to RNZ’s Nine to Noon shows psychologists and psychiatrists are “leaving in droves”, indicating that there won’t be enough to support the worsening mental ... <a title="What NZ would look like if we didn’t have enough psychologists?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/what-nz-would-look-like-if-we-didnt-have-enough-psychologists/" aria-label="Read more about What NZ would look like if we didn’t have enough psychologists?">Read more</a>

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Kiwis to open Rugby League World Cup against Australia

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The Kiwis celebrate Phoenix Crossland of the Kiwis try (C) during New Zealand Kiwis v Tonga XIII, round 3 of the Pacific Championships at Eden Park. Photosport The Kiwis have been drawn with defending champions Australia for next year’s Rugby League World Cup. They are in a four-team Group A along ... <a title="Kiwis to open Rugby League World Cup against Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/kiwis-to-open-rugby-league-world-cup-against-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis to open Rugby League World Cup against Australia">Read more</a>

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Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother’s day in 2023 Supplied This story discusses suicide. Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading to live with her because he hated his accommodation. A woman whose adult son was discharged from a mental health unit ... <a title="Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/woman-says-son-pleaded-to-leave-boarding-house-days-before-death/" aria-label="Read more about Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death">Read more</a>

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‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly That came from a hui called for by Te Rūnanga Nui Ā Ngāpuhi where more than 200 people packed into Kohewhata Marae in Kaikohe to speak with Kapa-Kingi face-to-face and decide on their response to her and Tākuta Ferris’ expulsion from the party this month. ... <a title="‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/we-want-it-to-end-hui-on-te-pati-maori-schism/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism">Read more</a>

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F1: Apologies all round after Liam Lawson mistake and McLaren disqualification

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson of New Zealand RUDY CAREZZEVOLI / AFP Liam Lawson apologised to his team after he squandered valuable F1 points at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. A first-corner clash forced the young Kiwi into the pits and out of the points. Lawson started the race sixth on the grid after ... <a title="F1: Apologies all round after Liam Lawson mistake and McLaren disqualification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/f1-apologies-all-round-after-liam-lawson-mistake-and-mclaren-disqualification/" aria-label="Read more about F1: Apologies all round after Liam Lawson mistake and McLaren disqualification">Read more</a>

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‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland councillor Julie Fairey says her fellow councillors who are women – particularly women of colour – often receive more abuse than their male counterparts. ******* Auckland councillor Julie Fairey has become accustomed to abusive comments – but she was still shocked by what she saw on social media after she ... <a title="‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/it-just-seems-cruel-councillor-shocked-by-comments-after-cycling-accident/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident">Read more</a>

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Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress

November 24, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother’s day in 2023 Supplied Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading to live with her because he hated his accommodation. A woman whose adult son was discharged from a mental health unit into an Auckland boarding ... <a title="Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/woman-says-son-pleaded-to-leave-boarding-house-in-distress/" aria-label="Read more about Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress">Read more</a>