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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>
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November 18, 2025
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer They say the march toward authoritarian rule begins with one simple act: taking control of the narrative and silencing the independent press. Yesterday, Samoa witnessed a step in that direction. Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt, elected by the people to serve them, has already moved to weaken one of democracy’s ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/samoa-observer-the-pms-wish-and-our-promise/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An Air Chathams plane. Supplied Whakatāne Airport says ash from Whakaari/White Island has severely impacted services. Chief executive Mark Read said Air Chathams cancelled morning and afternoon flights in and out of Whakatāne on Tuesday due to the volcanic ash advisory. Air Chathams’ Whakatāne services fly to Auckland, Paraparaumu and Whanganui. ... <a title="Whakaari/White Island volcanic ash forces flight cancellations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/whakaari-white-island-volcanic-ash-forces-flight-cancellations/" aria-label="Read more about Whakaari/White Island volcanic ash forces flight cancellations">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Blacks back Will Jordan dejected following defeat to England. www.photosport.nz Former New Zealand Rugby chief executive David Moffett believes World Rugby’s new Nations Championship will be a flop. The 12 team tournament will be held every two years, with teams competing for points during the existing July and November windows. ... <a title="Nations Championship gets thumbs down from former NZ Rugby boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/nations-championship-gets-thumbs-down-from-former-nz-rugby-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Nations Championship gets thumbs down from former NZ Rugby boss">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on 6 November 2025. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand has been given the ignominious ‘Fossil of the Day’ award at the COP30 global climate summit, for its decision to weaken methane emissions policies. It’s ... <a title="New Zealand awarded dubious ‘Fossil of the Day’ at COP30 climate talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/new-zealand-awarded-dubious-fossil-of-the-day-at-cop30-climate-talks/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand awarded dubious ‘Fossil of the Day’ at COP30 climate talks">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
By Renate Rivers of PMN News Samoa’s Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt has banned the country’s only daily newspaper, the Samoa Observer, from all ministerial press conferences. The move has raised serious concerns among industry stakeholders about media freedom as he faces growing political and legal pressure. La’aulialemalietoa announced the ban on Monday at ... <a title="Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/samoan-pm-bans-nations-only-newspaper-from-government-access/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Workslop masquerades as meaningful, it may appear superficially polished, and yet requires others to interpret, fix, or even redo it. It’s a growing source of frustration in the workplace, Dr Kate Niederhoffer a social psychologist told RNZ’s Afternoons. She is vice president of Texas-based BetterUp Labs and co-authored a study on ... <a title="What is workslop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/what-is-workslop/" aria-label="Read more about What is workslop?">Read more</a>
