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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A person was found deceased at an Atkinson Avenue Ōtāhuhu property. 123RF A person has been found dead at an Ōtāhuhu property and police are treating it unexplained. Emergency services were called to Atkinson Avenue at 1.50am after a person was found deceased. Cordons were in place along a section of ... <a title="Death in Ōtāhuhu treated as unexplained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/death-in-otahuhu-treated-as-unexplained/" aria-label="Read more about Death in Ōtāhuhu treated as unexplained">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A retiree though he was signing up to an online platform for trading crypto but he was actually being scammed out of $250,000. 123RF New Zealanders are losing six-figure sums to scammers pretending to offer anything from jobs to cryptocurrency investments and technology support. Financial Services Complaints Ltd, an external dispute ... <a title="Scammers using ‘extremely sophisticated methods’, one retiree lost $250,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/scammers-using-extremely-sophisticated-methods-one-retiree-lost-250000/" aria-label="Read more about Scammers using ‘extremely sophisticated methods’, one retiree lost $250,000">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the affected play sand brands. Supplied / Product Safety NZ Some schools in Canterbury have closed for asbestos testing because a brand of play sand they had been using has been found to contain asbestos. On Saturday, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said four products sold by ... <a title="More types of play sand test positive for asbestos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/more-types-of-play-sand-test-positive-for-asbestos/" aria-label="Read more about More types of play sand test positive for asbestos">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jung Sup Lee and his Ha-il Lee, pictured when he was 4, died in a double-fatal house fire in Auckland last month. Supplied Six weeks after a father and son were murdered in a house fire, the family have spoken for the first time about what happened that night, revealing the ... <a title="‘He’s our hero’: Father killed in Auckland double-fatal house fire died while trying to save his son" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/hes-our-hero-father-killed-in-auckland-double-fatal-house-fire-died-while-trying-to-save-his-son/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He’s our hero’: Father killed in Auckland double-fatal house fire died while trying to save his son">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand High court judge Anne Hinton wants privacy but her family seeks a public hearing. ikiryo/123RF Lawyers for a high court judge say her family’s dispute over a bach should be dealt with in private arbitration rather than public court, in part because of her judicial position. Some of her family members ... <a title="‘Private rather than public resolution’ High court judge wants family dispute dealt with in arbitration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/private-rather-than-public-resolution-high-court-judge-wants-family-dispute-dealt-with-in-arbitration/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Private rather than public resolution’ High court judge wants family dispute dealt with in arbitration">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police at the scene in Hillary Street in the Dunedin suburb of Liberton in January 2024. RNZ / Tess Brunton The trial of the man accused of murdering a newly-married migrant in Dunedin starts on Monday. The body of 27-year-old Gurjit Singh was found at his home in Liberton with stab ... <a title="Gurjit Singh murder trial begins in Dunedin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/gurjit-singh-murder-trial-begins-in-dunedin/" aria-label="Read more about Gurjit Singh murder trial begins in Dunedin">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier plays a during the DP World Tour Championship 2025 at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, November 2025. GIUSEPPE CACACE Wellington golfer Daniel Hillier has failed to gain his PGA Tour card in the final event on the World Tour. Hillier was hoping to join Ryan Fox on ... <a title="Golf: Daniel Hillier misses place on PGA Tour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/golf-daniel-hillier-misses-place-on-pga-tour/" aria-label="Read more about Golf: Daniel Hillier misses place on PGA Tour">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police stand guard outside the fatal house fire. RNZ/Mark Papalii The search for the body of a third child caught in a deadly house fire in Sanson is to resume this morning. Four people died in the fire on Saturday afternoon. The bodies of two children were recovered on Sunday night ... <a title="Search for body of third child after deadly Sanson fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/search-for-body-of-third-child-after-deadly-sanson-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Search for body of third child after deadly Sanson fire">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Caulerpa smothers everything from kelp to shell fish. File photo. Supplied Ngāti Kuta, Patuketa In the more than four years since exotic caulerpa was first discovered in New Zealand waters, it has been a time of uncertainty and frustration for some living in affected areas. Caulerpa is an algae that blankets ... <a title="Caulerpa invasion: ‘Government isn’t taking it as seriously as they need to’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/caulerpa-invasion-government-isnt-taking-it-as-seriously-as-they-need-to/" aria-label="Read more about Caulerpa invasion: ‘Government isn’t taking it as seriously as they need to’">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand US president Donald Trump has cancelled tariffs on several US food imports including beef and kiwifruit. AFP / RNZ Composite An economist says US president Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on tariffs has New Zealand businesses on edge. Trump has cancelled tariffs on several US food imports including beef and kiwifruit. Sense Partners ... <a title="Donald Trump’s tariff ‘flip-flopping’ has NZ businesses on edge, economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/donald-trumps-tariff-flip-flopping-has-nz-businesses-on-edge-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s tariff ‘flip-flopping’ has NZ businesses on edge, economist says">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremy Ward/Photosport The Silver Ferns have lost the second netball test against England in London. They were been beaten by the same score they won by in the first test, 61-58. It was another tight affair from the start with the evenly matched teams trading goals through the first quarter, which ... <a title="Netball: Silver Ferns beaten in second test against England" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/netball-silver-ferns-beaten-in-second-test-against-england/" aria-label="Read more about Netball: Silver Ferns beaten in second test against England">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government rating of 3.9 out of 10 is the lowest since the survey began eight years ago. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Public ratings of government performance have reached another new low in the latest IPSOS Issues Monitor survey. The government rating of 3.9 out of 10 is the lowest since ... <a title="Government performance rating hits new low in survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/government-performance-rating-hits-new-low-in-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Government performance rating hits new low in survey">Read more</a>
