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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Amid anemic consumer spending, some businesses are turning to novel ways of selling goods in mystery packages to boost sales. Colloquially called “blind boxes”, the packages hide the contents so that consumers don’t know exactly what they’re buying. It’s a concept with origins that can be traced back to Asia, with ... <a title="Buying blind: Mystery packages tempting shoppers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/buying-blind-mystery-packages-tempting-shoppers/" aria-label="Read more about Buying blind: Mystery packages tempting shoppers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Auckland hotels are sold out tonight as Metallica rocks Eden Park and the world’s largest indigenous education conference continues. But a hotel association is warning that doesn’t mean the industry is suddenly thriving. The city’s cultural and events agency, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, said 40,000 visitor nights were expected from Metallica ... <a title="‘One good week’ not enough to sustain Auckland accommodation sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/one-good-week-not-enough-to-sustain-auckland-accommodation-sector/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One good week’ not enough to sustain Auckland accommodation sector">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/ UCOL Secondary schools will have to work a lot closer with polytechnics and employers to realise the government’s goals for its new “vocational subjects”, say ... <a title="Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/good-vocational-pathways-capped-and-trapped-tradie-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jomon Perumayan Joseph was caught with a stun gun on the dashboard of his Uber vehicle. NZME A Supreme Court decision to reject Uber’s appeal against an Employment Court decision that found four of its drivers were employees, not contractors, may raise tricky tax questions, one tax expert says. Deloitte tax ... <a title="What will the Uber decision mean for drivers’ tax bills?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/what-will-the-uber-decision-mean-for-drivers-tax-bills/" aria-label="Read more about What will the Uber decision mean for drivers’ tax bills?">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>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Serko handles corporate travel management and expenses, and operates the Booking.com for Business platform. Unsplash Travel software company Serko posted a bigger bottom-line half-year loss driven by one-offs, but its income surged, thanks to its partnership with US giant Booking.com. Key numbers for the six months ended September compared with a ... <a title="Serko sees strong revenue growth, while posting increased loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/serko-sees-strong-revenue-growth-while-posting-increased-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Serko sees strong revenue growth, while posting increased loss">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The airline says no formal notice of a strike has been received. Kai Schwoerer Air New Zealand says it has been made aware by E tū union that staff have voted to take industrial action. “We are aware that cabin crew represented by E tū union have voted to take industrial ... <a title="Air New Zealand says cabin crew considering strike action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/air-new-zealand-says-cabin-crew-considering-strike-action/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand says cabin crew considering strike action">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sanford’s net profit for the year ended September was $63.7 million. Supplied / Sanford Seafood company Sanford has made a record full-year profit driven by the strong performance of its aquacultural business. Net profit for the year ended September was $63.7 million, or more than three times the year earlier’s $19.7m. ... <a title="Seafood company Sanford’s full-year net profit $63.7 million, more than triple previous year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/seafood-company-sanfords-full-year-net-profit-63-7-million-more-than-triple-previous-year/" aria-label="Read more about Seafood company Sanford’s full-year net profit $63.7 million, more than triple previous year">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Instant coffee prices have spiked this year. creative commons – pixabay – moritz320 The cost of food continues to climb, with Stats NZ figures showing some of the sharpest increases in staples like cheese, eggs and milk. But few items rose as sharply in price as instant coffee – up 25.5 ... <a title="When will instant coffee be affordable again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/when-will-instant-coffee-be-affordable-again/" aria-label="Read more about When will instant coffee be affordable again?">Read more</a>
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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 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>
