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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Moeaia Tuai’ is on trial in the High Court at Auckland. Gill Bonnett A carpenter says he never saw an alleged slavery victim work at three lodges or a campground. Suli Tuilolo has been giving evidence at Moeaia Tuai’s trial at the High Court at Auckland. Tuai, 63, has pleaded not ... <a title="Slavery trial: Defendant’s diary of beatings read to jury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/slavery-trial-defendants-diary-of-beatings-read-to-jury/" aria-label="Read more about Slavery trial: Defendant’s diary of beatings read to jury">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kmart has withdrawn all its sand-based products. (File photo) Supplied / MBIE A parent fielding concerns from others after testing found asbestos in a range of coloured play sand says they feel like nobody is giving them clear advice on what to do with sand in their homes. Several schools and ... <a title="Parents confused by what to do with potentially contaminated play sand in their homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/parents-confused-by-what-to-do-with-potentially-contaminated-play-sand-in-their-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Parents confused by what to do with potentially contaminated play sand in their homes">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Bishop. Supplied Senior minister Chris Bishop is rejecting criticism over a funding decision shifting Kāinga Ora money to a walking and cycling bridge in his electorate that he campaigned on, which the government cancelled. Bishop – the minister for housing and transport, and Hutt South MP – agreed in March ... <a title="PM backs minister’s ‘pragmatic’ call to spend Kāinga Ora money on local bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/pm-backs-ministers-pragmatic-call-to-spend-kainga-ora-money-on-local-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about PM backs minister’s ‘pragmatic’ call to spend Kāinga Ora money on local bridge">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Family members raised the alarm on Friday night when the pair failed to return to Pataua South, near Whangārei. NZ Coastguard Police are scaling back the search for a man missing off the Northland coast four days after a fishing trip came to a tragic end. Northland police search and rescue ... <a title="Search for missing boatie scaled back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/search-for-missing-boatie-scaled-back/" aria-label="Read more about Search for missing boatie scaled back">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Hospital. RNZ / REECE BAKER Wellington Hospital will have a new $16 million operating theatre by early 2028. Health Minister Simeon Brown said Health New Zealand had approved the funding for what’s known as a hybrid theatre. It allows for both traditional surgery and the use of imaging technology – ... <a title="Wellington Hospital to get new ‘hybrid’ operating theatre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/wellington-hospital-to-get-new-hybrid-operating-theatre/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Hospital to get new ‘hybrid’ operating theatre">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The man was facing a court martial hearing on two counts of strangulation but the prosecution has amended the charges to male assaults female. RNZ / Jonathan Mitchell The prosecution has downgraded charges against a soldier accused of strangling his former partner. The Army corporal, who has interim name suppression, was ... <a title="Prosecution downgrades charges against soldier accused of strangling former partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/prosecution-downgrades-charges-against-soldier-accused-of-strangling-former-partner/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecution downgrades charges against soldier accused of strangling former partner">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver IAN BUNDEY / MPS AGENCY © / PHOTOSPORT Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane says it is likely a decision on their 2026 driver line-up won’t be made until this season ends. In September, Red Bull indicated that a decision on the line-up for both teams for next ... <a title="Decision on Liam Lawson’s F1 future delayed even further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/decision-on-liam-lawsons-f1-future-delayed-even-further/" aria-label="Read more about Decision on Liam Lawson’s F1 future delayed even further">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Two books by distinguished authors have been ruled out of New Zealand’s premier literary prize because their covers were generated with artificial intelligence. Elizabeth Smither’s Angel Train and Stephanie Johnson’s Obligate Carnivore, both of whom received one of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, were removed from contention for the $65,000 Jann ... <a title="Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/top-writers-ruled-out-of-nz-book-awards-due-to-ai-covers/" aria-label="Read more about Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson How shall we speak and act now? For six years, Alternative Jewish Voices has spoken in an aspirational voice. This is intentional. Research shows, the voice that mobilises new political engagement is a voice of moral clarity which invites others to join the work of making a better world. We ground ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/marilyn-garson-how-shall-we-speak-now-since-the-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Weather warnings are in place across the country. Supplied / MetService Heavy rain is causing localised downpours of between 25 and 40mm per hour in Bay of Plenty, west of Ōpōtiki. The bands of rain are moving westwards and did not currently have lightning, but MetService has placed a severe thunderstorm ... <a title="Weather: Heavy rain hits Bay of Plenty, other places warned they will get some too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/weather-heavy-rain-hits-bay-of-plenty-other-places-warned-they-will-get-some-too/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Heavy rain hits Bay of Plenty, other places warned they will get some too">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wesley College is in Paerata, south of Auckland. (File photo) RNZ / Shannon Haunui-Thompson A school’s board has been dissolved after a spate of safety issues at its boarding hostels. Earlier this month, Wesley College, in Paerata south of Auckland, started legal proceedings against the Ministry of Education after the ministry ... <a title="Wesley College’s school board dissolved after safety concerns at its hostels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/wesley-colleges-school-board-dissolved-after-safety-concerns-at-its-hostels/" aria-label="Read more about Wesley College’s school board dissolved after safety concerns at its hostels">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Minister Mark Mitchell sitting beside commissioner Richard Chambers. (File photo) RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police Minister Mark Mitchell has showered the police commissioner Richard Chambers with praise, saying a few “minor infractions” should not detract from his “phenomenal” performance in the job. On Tuesday morning, RNZ revealed Chambers took a ... <a title="‘Minor infractions’: Police Minister showers police commissioner Richard Chambers with praise following swim during tsunami advisory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/minor-infractions-police-minister-showers-police-commissioner-richard-chambers-with-praise-following-swim-during-tsunami-advisory/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Minor infractions’: Police Minister showers police commissioner Richard Chambers with praise following swim during tsunami advisory">Read more</a>
