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December 1, 2025
As activist groups around the world observe December 1 — flag-raising “independence” day for West Papua today marking when the Morning Star flag was flown in 1961 for the first time — Kristo Langker reports from the Highlands about how the Indonesian military is raising the stakes. SPECIAL REPORT: By Kristo Langker in Kiwirok, West ... <a title="West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/west-papuan-liberation-fighters-risk-extermination-by-indonesias-high-tech-forces/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan liberation fighters risk ‘extermination’ by Indonesia’s high-tech forces">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s long-awaited rates cap will be a variable target band, and would be enforced by a new regulator. Likely starting with minimum increases of two percent and a maximum of four percent, the cap would take effect from 1 January 2027. It was not clear from the initial written statement ... <a title="Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/watch-christopher-luxon-faces-questions-amid-speculation-over-rates-cap-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions amid speculation over rates cap policy">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former police commissioner Andrew Coster. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The acting head of the Social Investment Agency says its work has not been destabilised by the high-profile absence of its chief executive. Former police commissioner Andrew Coster has been on leave from his role as social investment secretary since the release ... <a title="Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/social-investment-agency-work-continuing-despite-high-profile-absence-of-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Social Investment Agency work continuing despite high-profile absence of boss">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua independence advocate says Indonesia is using its law to silence opposition. In April this year, letters were delivered to government institutions in Sorong West Papua, asking for peaceful dialogue between Indonesia’s ... <a title="Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/four-papuan-activists-jailed-on-treason-charges-nz-advocate-says-abuse-of-law/" aria-label="Read more about Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon pointed to the government’s plan to support a new medical school adding 120 training places each year from 2028. File photo. Reece Baker/RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour’s new GP loan proposal is “a bit confused” and does not address the real workforce shortage in the sector. The ... <a title="Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/labours-gp-plan-a-bit-confused-christopher-luxon-says/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s GP plan ‘a bit confused’, Christopher Luxon says">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The House was in the midst of its fourth evening of urgency on Friday. VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox A late night voting error during a fourth evening of urgency last week forced the government to end urgency sooner than expected. Most Friday evenings at Parliament, not many people are around – ... <a title="The House: Urgency ends early after voting gaffe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/the-house-urgency-ends-early-after-voting-gaffe/" aria-label="Read more about The House: Urgency ends early after voting gaffe">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins shook people’s hands as he walked out of the theatre hand in hand with his fiancé Toni Grace. RNZ / Anneke Smith Analysis – The Labour Party will be chuffed with how its party looks and feels after an energetic annual general meeting in Auckland this weekend. ... <a title="‘We’ve got a shot’: Labour readies for political revival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/weve-got-a-shot-labour-readies-for-political-revival/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve got a shot’: Labour readies for political revival">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
A transition in global emphasis from “nuclear to climate crisis survivors”, plus new geopolitical exposés. REVIEW: By Amit Sarwal of The Australia Today Forty years after the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, award-winning journalist and author David Robie has revisited the ship’s fateful last mission — a journey that became ... <a title="David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow Warrior 40 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/david-robies-eyes-of-fire-rekindles-the-legacy-of-the-rainbow-warrior-40-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie’s Eyes of Fire rekindles the legacy of the Rainbow Warrior 40 years on">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell The origin of the expression “tuckered out” goes back to the east of the United States around the 1830s. After New Englanders began to compare the wrinkled and drawn appearance of overworked and undernourished horses and dogs to the appearance of tucked cloth, it became associated with people being exhausted. Expressions ... <a title="Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights for New Zealand rightwing politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/tucker-carlson-tuckered-out-with-donald-trump-and-israel-insights-for-new-zealand-rightwing-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Tucker Carlson ‘tuckered out’ with Donald Trump and Israel – insights for New Zealand rightwing politics">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins made the announcement at the party’s annual general meeting in central Auckland. Anneke Smith / RNZ The Labour Party would offer doctors and nurse practitioners low-interest loans to set up new practices or buy into existing ones, if elected next year. Leader Chris Hipkins made the announcement ... <a title="Labour announces low-interest loans for family GP practices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/labour-announces-low-interest-loans-for-family-gp-practices/" aria-label="Read more about Labour announces low-interest loans for family GP practices">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People today as Israel faced global condemnation over more “war crimes” against Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. At least 13 people, including two children, were killed and 25 were wounded as Israel launched another incursion into ... <a title="Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/fiji-nz-protesters-kick-off-un-day-of-solidarity-for-palestine-amid-calls-for-sanctions-boycotts-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2025
Asia Pacific Report As New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters prepared for demonstrations across the country today to mark the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, they awoke to news of Israel attacking three countries in the Middle East — Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. This is the 112th consecutive week that the Palestine Solidarity ... <a title="Israel attacks three countries as NZ protesters prepare for UN day of Palestine solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/29/israel-attacks-three-countries-as-nz-protesters-prepare-for-un-day-of-palestine-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Israel attacks three countries as NZ protesters prepare for UN day of Palestine solidarity">Read more</a>
