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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The aftermath of massive flooding that swept through the Esk Valley during Cyclone Gabrielle. RNZ/ Sally Murphy The man in charge of the emergency response during the deadly Cyclone Gabrielle in Hawke’s Bay has apologised to victims’ families under questioning from their lawyer. A coronial inquiry into the 13 deaths related ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Further Civil Defence apologies to victims’ families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/cyclone-gabrielle-inquest-further-civil-defence-apologies-to-victims-families/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Further Civil Defence apologies to victims’ families">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Staff and students at Wesley College did not not report assaults on junior students, the Education Review Office said in its report. RNZ / Shannon Haunui-Thompson The principal of Wesley College south of Auckland has fired shots at the Education Review Office, saying it has been “deeply disrespectful” to students. The ... <a title="Education Review Office ‘badgered’ students about safety – Wesley College principal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/education-review-office-badgered-students-about-safety-wesley-college-principal/" aria-label="Read more about Education Review Office ‘badgered’ students about safety – Wesley College principal">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi When ANZ announced its record full-year profit, of more than $2.5 billion, chief executive Antonia Watson said it was a good sign for New Zealand. She said banks were a reflection of the economies they operated in, and the result showed New Zealand was turning a corner. ... <a title="‘Really insulting’: Can ANZ really claim its record profit is due to economy improving?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/really-insulting-can-anz-really-claim-its-record-profit-is-due-to-economy-improving/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Really insulting’: Can ANZ really claim its record profit is due to economy improving?">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand South New Brighton School. Google Maps A Christchurch primary school has been plunged into lockdown as armed police search for an offender reported to have a gun. Police said they were called to Rocking Horse Road after a car has collided with two parked vehicles. No one was injured in the ... <a title="Christchurch primary school plunged into lockdown as police search for armed offender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/christchurch-primary-school-plunged-into-lockdown-as-police-search-for-armed-offender/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch primary school plunged into lockdown as police search for armed offender">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Canterbury Primary Principals’ Association has outlined its concerns in a letter to Education Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Primary school principals in Canterbury have written an open letter to the government expressing concern about further revisions to the English and maths curriculum. In the letter to Education Minister ... <a title="Quality of education at risk with curriculum ‘change overload’ say Canterbury primary principals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/quality-of-education-at-risk-with-curriculum-change-overload-say-canterbury-primary-principals/" aria-label="Read more about Quality of education at risk with curriculum ‘change overload’ say Canterbury primary principals">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific nations are at the world’s biggest climate talks making the familiar plea to keep global warming under 1.5C to stay alive, as scientists say the world will now certainly surpass the limit — at least temporarily. At the opening of the ... <a title="COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/cop30-pacific-nations-call-for-world-to-act-as-1-5c-threshold-nears/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Five new councillors, Bo Burns, John Gillon, Sarah Paterson-Hamlin, Victoria Short, and Matt Winiata, have joined mayor Wayne Brown and 20 re-elected councillors. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins An Auckland councillor wants his colleagues to ditch their ratepayer-funded meals. At their first governing body meeting after the local body elections on Tuesday, ... <a title="‘Unnecessary’ for ratepayers to fund meals, newly-elected councillor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/unnecessary-for-ratepayers-to-fund-meals-newly-elected-councillor-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unnecessary’ for ratepayers to fund meals, newly-elected councillor says">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A file photo of an ATV. 123RF A person has died after a crash involving an All-Terrain Vehicle at a property near Palmerston North. Emergency services were called shortly after 8.30am on Monday to the Weber Road address in Waitahora,Tararua District. The person died at the scene, police said. WorkSafe has ... <a title="Person killed in quadbike crash near Palmerston North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/person-killed-in-quadbike-crash-near-palmerston-north/" aria-label="Read more about Person killed in quadbike crash near Palmerston North">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cabinet has signed off on an overhaul of the country’s gun laws that shifts the responsibility of the firearms regulator from the Police Minister to the Firearms Minister. National and ACT agreed to rewrite the Arms Act – in place since the early 1980s – as part of its coalition arrangement. ... <a title="Details of gun law reforms unveiled as Cabinet signs off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/details-of-gun-law-reforms-unveiled-as-cabinet-signs-off/" aria-label="Read more about Details of gun law reforms unveiled as Cabinet signs off">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Alexander Robertson Police are poised to begin testing drivers for drugs with a device that involves a quick swipe of the driver’s tongue. The government on Tuesday announced roadside testing for four types of drugs will begin next month in Wellington, spreading nationwide by mid-2026. It said there would ... <a title="Police poised to roll out new roadside drug test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/police-poised-to-roll-out-new-roadside-drug-test/" aria-label="Read more about Police poised to roll out new roadside drug test">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main Tongariro track is expected to stay shut until at least next week after devastating wildfire. Recent rain is helping hugely to bring the massive Tongariro National Park blaze under control, Fire and Emergency says. Thirty-five crews of Department of Conservation firefighters remain at the site on Tuesday, while drones ... <a title="Tongariro tracks shut until at least next week after devastating wildfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/tongariro-tracks-shut-until-at-least-next-week-after-devastating-wildfire/" aria-label="Read more about Tongariro tracks shut until at least next week after devastating wildfire">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour’s campaign manager Willie Jackson. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Labour is “absolutely” campaigning to get Te Pāti Māori out of Parliament and while that party’s internal ructions are sad for te ao Māori, that is politics. Labour’s campaign manager Willie Jackson said there has been strong interest in campaigning for the ... <a title="Labour ‘absolutely’ comfortable if Te Pāti Māori does not return to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/labour-absolutely-comfortable-if-te-pati-maori-does-not-return-to-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Labour ‘absolutely’ comfortable if Te Pāti Māori does not return to Parliament">Read more</a>
