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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf It’s tough for shoppers buying meat and dairy at the checkout but strong dairy payouts and higher returns for sheep and beef farmers are fuelling the early days of economic recovery. The latest look at the state of regional economies by consultancy Infometrics confirms the recovery is underway but is ... <a title="Economic recovery a tale of two islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/economic-recovery-a-tale-of-two-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Economic recovery a tale of two islands">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This time of year we’re forced into even more small talk situations than normal, as Christmas events are added to the calendar with family, friends and end-of-year office mixers. Robert Poynton reckons feeling awkward about breaking ice and making chit-chat is totally normal. The University of Oxford associate fellow helps leaders ... <a title="Work Christmas parties are coming – how to smash small talk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/work-christmas-parties-are-coming-how-to-smash-small-talk/" aria-label="Read more about Work Christmas parties are coming – how to smash small talk">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The third quarter ASB Investor Confidence Survey indicates a clear divergence of strategies between investors over 60 and those under 30 years of age. RNZ Investor confidence is improving, with a clear divergence of strategies between investors over 60 and those under 30 years of age. The third quarter ASB Investor ... <a title="The difference in investing strategies between over-60s and under-30s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-difference-in-investing-strategies-between-over-60s-and-under-30s/" aria-label="Read more about The difference in investing strategies between over-60s and under-30s">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Māori business leaders are feeling upbeat about their performance. RNZ Māori business leaders are feeling upbeat about performance, driven by a stronger primary sector. The latest edition of accounting firm BDO’s Pūrongo Pakihi Māori, the Māori Business Sector Report, showed nearly two thirds of Māori business leaders were positive about current ... <a title="Māori business leaders feeling upbeat about performance after primary sector strengthens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/maori-business-leaders-feeling-upbeat-about-performance-after-primary-sector-strengthens/" aria-label="Read more about Māori business leaders feeling upbeat about performance after primary sector strengthens">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Adam Simpson Farmers chasing the high dairy prices seen last season are partly behind the current oversupply now putting them under pressure, according to an economist. The average price fell three percent to US$3678 a tonne at last night’s global dairy trade auction – the 7th consecutive drop and a new ... <a title="Economist warns oversupply of milk is putting dairy farmers under pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/economist-warns-oversupply-of-milk-is-putting-dairy-farmers-under-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Economist warns oversupply of milk is putting dairy farmers under pressure">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Four power lines companies are deploying drones linked to an artificial intelligence system to spot weak poles and lines. They are linking in to Tapestry, a system created by Google to help maintain power grids and fix networks after natural disasters. Northpower, the Orion Group, Unison Networks and WEL Networks have ... <a title="Drones linked to AI used to help fix power grids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/drones-linked-to-ai-used-to-help-fix-power-grids/" aria-label="Read more about Drones linked to AI used to help fix power grids">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Napier Port. Supplied / Napier Port Napier Port has had a strong profit increase on higher cargo volumes. Key numbers for the year ended September compared with a year ago: Net profit $30.9m vs $24.8m Underlying profit $28.3m vs $20.7m (excludes one-off unusual items) Revenue $157.7m vs $141.3m Container vols 250k ... <a title="Napier Port benefiting from ‘breadth and depth’ of Cyclone Gabrielle recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/napier-port-benefiting-from-breadth-and-depth-of-cyclone-gabrielle-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Napier Port benefiting from ‘breadth and depth’ of Cyclone Gabrielle recovery">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kzenon Radius’s net profit has more than tripled in line with expectations. The aged residential care provider made $6.3 million in the six months ended September compared with $2m the year earlier. Chief executive Andrew Peskett said occupancy levels were maintained at high levels, averaging 95 percent for the half year. ... <a title="Radius hails occupancy rates as net profit triples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/radius-hails-occupancy-rates-as-net-profit-triples/" aria-label="Read more about Radius hails occupancy rates as net profit triples">Read more</a>
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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>
