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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP Business groups says a Supreme Court decision that Uber drivers are employees rather than contractors could collapse the gig economy. It comes after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to shut down Uber’s appeal against an Employment Court ruling in 2022 that drivers using the app were employees of Uber. BusinessNZ ... <a title="Uber drivers’ Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/uber-drivers-supreme-court-decision-could-collapse-gig-economy-business-groups-say/" aria-label="Read more about Uber drivers’ Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand IKEA has released details of some of the prices it will charge in New Zealand. RNZ / Marika Khabazi IKEA has released details of some of the prices it will charge in New Zealand – but how much of a threat will it be to other local homeware retailers? It says ... <a title="What IKEA’s opening will mean for local homeware retailers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/what-ikeas-opening-will-mean-for-local-homeware-retailers/" aria-label="Read more about What IKEA’s opening will mean for local homeware retailers">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The coalition government is set to slash the Clean Car Standard. RNZ/Nicky Park The coalition is being warned New Zealand will become a dumping ground for high-emission vehicles as it slashes the Clean Car Standard. The standard – an effective penalty set up to incentivise the uptake of low or no ... <a title="NZ will be ‘dumping ground’ for high emission cars, EV advocate warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/nz-will-be-dumping-ground-for-high-emission-cars-ev-advocate-warns/" aria-label="Read more about NZ will be ‘dumping ground’ for high emission cars, EV advocate warns">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Most New Zealand music fans of a certain age (ie, 50+) will remember Andrew Fagan as the frontman for legendary 1980s punky popsters The Mockers. Back then, he was a wiry whirl of gravity-defying hair, leopard-print leggings, fingerless lace gloves, black nail polish and eye makeup, and dazzling frock coats – ... <a title="Blue light discos, books, boats and UFOs: The swirly world of Andrew Fagan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/blue-light-discos-books-boats-and-ufos-the-swirly-world-of-andrew-fagan/" aria-label="Read more about Blue light discos, books, boats and UFOs: The swirly world of Andrew Fagan">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 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 PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says a major restructure of Fire and Emergency “must be put on hold before lasting damage is done”. RNZ Two unions are going to the Employment Relations Authority to try to stop a major restructure of Fire and Emergency (FENZ). Staff were told last week of ... <a title="Firefighter unions head to Employment Relations Authority over restructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/firefighter-unions-head-to-employment-relations-authority-over-restructure/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighter unions head to Employment Relations Authority over restructure">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police guard at the scene of the Bucklands beach double homicide fire. RNZ / Finn Blackwell The man accused of murdering a father and son who died in an Auckland house fire can now be named. He is Jaeyoung Jang, from Sunnyhills in East Auckland. The 38-year-old first appeared in the ... <a title="Jaeyoung Jang accused of murdering father and son in Bucklands Beach house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/jaeyoung-jang-accused-of-murdering-father-and-son-in-bucklands-beach-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Jaeyoung Jang accused of murdering father and son in Bucklands Beach house fire">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>
