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November 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. (File photo) RNZ MP Tākuta Ferris, who was expelled from Te Pāti Māori this week alongside Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, says the pair never tried to take over as co-leaders. Ferris said, in the eyes of Te Tai Tonga, he was still apart of ... <a title="Morning Report: MP Tākuta Ferris denies plotting Te Pāti Māori coup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/morning-report-mp-takuta-ferris-denies-plotting-te-pati-maori-coup/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report: MP Tākuta Ferris denies plotting Te Pāti Māori coup">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ It will be difficult for the government to justify some of its changes to road tolling, lobby group Transporting New Zealand says. The government this week introduced a bill to expand charges for road users, including allowing Corridor Tolling; tolling on parts of an existing road to fund a new ... <a title="Road tolling changes will be tough ‘for users to swallow’, freight companies say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/road-tolling-changes-will-be-tough-for-users-to-swallow-freight-companies-say/" aria-label="Read more about Road tolling changes will be tough ‘for users to swallow’, freight companies say">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. (File photo) RNZ Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says he’s had no response from the party’s National Council over his calls for an urgent meeting. Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi were kicked out of the party earlier this week. He told ... <a title="Morning Report live: Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris calls for meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/14/morning-report-live-expelled-te-pati-maori-mp-takuta-ferris-calls-for-meeting/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris calls for meeting">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese talks to journalist Chris Hedges about her new report that examines how 60+ countries are complicit in Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity demonstrated to the world in a “livestreamed atrocity”. INTERVIEW: The Chris Hedges Report After two years of genocide, it is no longer possible to ... <a title="The 60+ UN member states complicit with the Gaza genocide – why their role will haunt them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/the-60-un-member-states-complicit-with-the-gaza-genocide-why-their-role-will-haunt-them/" aria-label="Read more about The 60+ UN member states complicit with the Gaza genocide – why their role will haunt them">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has heralded the Cook Islands delay on a decision over whether seabed mining can go ahead until at least 2032 as “evidence of the growing opposition” to the destructive industry in the Pacific. Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee said the decision was “a win for the moana and the Pacific Peoples” ... <a title="Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands delay, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/growing-local-opposition-to-seabed-mining-decision-has-forced-cook-islands-delay-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands delay, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão has paid tribute to the “courageous and determined” contribution of Australian journalist Robert Domm to the struggle of the Timorese people in gaining independence from Indonesia. He died last Friday. Domm was remembered for meeting in secret with the then Timorese resistance leader Gusmão in ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/timor-lestes-xanana-gusmao-pays-tribute-to-journalist-robert-domm-over-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris. RNZ/Lillian Hanly A meeting yesterday between ousted Te Pāti Māori MPs and their former colleagues was a chance to “sit down together, spend some time, have a cup of tea” and talk through recent events, says Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris. The newly independent ... <a title="Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says expulsion ‘a joke’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/ousted-te-pati-maori-mp-takuta-ferris-says-expulsion-a-joke/" aria-label="Read more about Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says expulsion ‘a joke’">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Regulation David Seymour. RNZ The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed with the backing of the coalition parties. National and New Zealand First agreed to pass the bill into law as part of their coalition agreements with ACT. The bill has faced fierce pushback from the public, with more than ... <a title="Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/controversial-regulatory-standards-bill-passes-third-reading/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou’s first visit to New Caledonia is marked by marathon political talks and growing concerns about the French Pacific territory’s deteriorating economic situation. Moutchou arrived on Monday on a visit scheduled to last until tomorrow. With a backdrop of political uncertainty ... <a title="French Overseas Minister holds marathon political talks in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/french-overseas-minister-holds-marathon-political-talks-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about French Overseas Minister holds marathon political talks in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins The first task for MPs when the House meets at 2pm on a sitting day is an hour-long barrage of questions at the government in what is usually a lively exchange, but on Thursday’s Question Time had an extra question directed at an MP outside of the executive. Up ... <a title="Question Time directs rare query to non-ministerial MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/question-time-directs-rare-query-to-non-ministerial-mp/" aria-label="Read more about Question Time directs rare query to non-ministerial MP">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Tom Furley Some schools are defying the government’s removal of their Treaty of Waitangi obligations. Their boards have published public statements affirming their commitment to the treaty. It followed the government’s surprise decision last week to remove a legal requirement to give effect to the treaty by means including ... <a title="Some schools defy government move on Te Tiriti o Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/some-schools-defy-government-move-on-te-tiriti-o-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Some schools defy government move on Te Tiriti o Waitangi">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand David Seymour says strikes in the final week of Term 3 prompted many to begin their holidays early. RNZ / Mark Papalii Associate Education Minister David Seymour is blaming teacher strikes for a drop in school attendance in the final week of Term 3. In a statement, he said the term ... <a title="David Seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/david-seymour-blames-teacher-strikes-for-drop-in-school-attendance-in-last-week-of-term/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term">Read more</a>
