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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Bishop says Luxon is doing a “wonderful job” as Prime Minister. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Senior National MP and minister Chris Bishop has categorically denied plotting a leadership challenge, insisting that Christopher Luxon remains the best person to be prime minister. Speculation surrounding the prospect of a coup has intensified ... <a title="Chris Bishop says he’s not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/chris-bishop-says-hes-not-plotting-to-roll-christopher-luxon/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Bishop says he’s not plotting to roll Christopher Luxon">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington. Wellington City Council Wellington City Council could save tens of millions of dollars through cost-cutting, such as reducing staff, according to a new report. In August, the then-new council chief executive Matt Prosser commissioned independent analysis from Deloitte of the council’s processes, as well as finding opportunities to improve performance ... <a title="Deloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/deloitte-report-suggests-wellington-city-council-has-330-more-staff-than-it-should/" aria-label="Read more about Deloitte report suggests Wellington City Council has 330 more staff than it should">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government has ended the contract for the MMA Vision early. Maritime NZ The government has sunk plans to station an open ocean tug in the Cook Strait long term saying the costs outweigh the benefits. For years local government leaders on either side of the North and South Island had ... <a title="Government to end Cook Strait open ocean tug contract early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/government-to-end-cook-strait-open-ocean-tug-contract-early/" aria-label="Read more about Government to end Cook Strait open ocean tug contract early">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Insight/Dan Cook Lawyers for a judge accused of disrupting a New Zealand First event want clarity over the legal test which will apply at her judicial conduct hearing. A judicial conduct panel is looking into the behaviour of Acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken. She is accused of interrupting a ... <a title="Judge accused of heckling Winston Peters wants clarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/judge-accused-of-heckling-winston-peters-wants-clarity/" aria-label="Read more about Judge accused of heckling Winston Peters wants clarity">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An example of the military style uniform the youth in the pilot will be required to wear. RNZ / Rachel Helyer-Donaldson Oranga Tamariki says it learnt a lot from the coalition’s boot camp trial, but documents seen by RNZ show many of those lessons were identifed more than a decade ago ... <a title="Lessons from boot camp trial, Oranga Tamariki says, but earlier reviews showed same themes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/lessons-from-boot-camp-trial-oranga-tamariki-says-but-earlier-reviews-showed-same-themes/" aria-label="Read more about Lessons from boot camp trial, Oranga Tamariki says, but earlier reviews showed same themes">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 40 opposition politicians, community leaders, and organisations have launched an open letter calling to bin a proposed homelessness ban in Auckland CBD. Among the signatories are the Citizens Advice Bureau, the Mental Health Foundation, and the Social Workers’ Association. It comes after the government signalled it’s considering pushing forward ... <a title="Opposition MPs, community groups call for proposed Auckland homelessness ban to be binned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/opposition-mps-community-groups-call-for-proposed-auckland-homelessness-ban-to-be-binned/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition MPs, community groups call for proposed Auckland homelessness ban to be binned">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The prime minister’s statements are doing little to hose down opposition claims his KiwiSaver policy is likely linked to a rise in the retirement age. Unveiled on Sunday, National’s first substantive policy for next year’s election campaign would ... <a title="What do opposition parties think of National’s KiwiSaver policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/what-do-opposition-parties-think-of-nationals-kiwisaver-policy/" aria-label="Read more about What do opposition parties think of National’s KiwiSaver policy?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has defended his decision to ban the Samoa Observer in response to a joint letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF). In a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga yesterday, the office of the Prime Minister acknowledged ... <a title="PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/pm-hits-back-at-pina-and-pff-over-samoa-observer-ethics-ban/" aria-label="Read more about PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is speaking to media in Auckland. It comes after he was forced to give reassurance the coalition government was “stable” following a public stoush between ACT Party leader David Seymour and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Last week, Peters vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill ... <a title="Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media after NZ First, ACT stoush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/watch-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-speaks-to-media-after-nz-first-act-stoush/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media after NZ First, ACT stoush">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as usual claimed it was responding to a ceasefire violation by Hamas, but of course there’s absolutely no evidence for this to be found. AP reports that ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/caitlin-johnstone-you-dont-hate-the-mass-media-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Social Investment Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government has announced the first organisations to receive funding from the Social Investment Agency. Ministers in August announced the priority for the fund was to support children whose parents are in prison or have been in the care system, and children ... <a title="First recipients of social investment funding revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/first-recipients-of-social-investment-funding-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about First recipients of social investment funding revealed">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All three-storey homes, and any alterations costing $100,000 or more, will be required to get a home warranty under indemnity changes under the Building Act. Architects, engineers and other building design professionals will be required to have indemnity insurance, and fines for Licensed Building Practitioners will also be doubled. In August, ... <a title="Watch live: New ‘home warranty’ rules protecting homeowners announced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/watch-live-new-home-warranty-rules-protecting-homeowners-announced/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: New ‘home warranty’ rules protecting homeowners announced">Read more</a>
