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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Indigenous educators from across the world reconnected with the knowledge of their tūpuna at WIPCE 2025 – guided by Māori kaihautū and two of the original Hōkūleʻa navigators whose first voyage helped revitalise Pacific wayfinding. RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell ‘If you’re on a canoe, you’re in the same space your ancestors ... <a title="‘Portals to the past’: Indigenous educators reconnect with Pacific wayfinding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/portals-to-the-past-indigenous-educators-reconnect-with-pacific-wayfinding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Portals to the past’: Indigenous educators reconnect with Pacific wayfinding">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Monty Knight established his own winery, Okahu Estate, just outside Kaitāia. RNZ/Carol Stiles Kaitāia is reeling from the violent death of a man described as “an absolute legend” in business circles and as a generous, “relentlessly optimistic” advocate for his hometown by his friends. Monty Knight, who turned 80 earlier this ... <a title="Kaitāia reels at violent death of ‘relentlessly optimistic’ businessman Monty Knight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/kaitaia-reels-at-violent-death-of-relentlessly-optimistic-businessman-monty-knight/" aria-label="Read more about Kaitāia reels at violent death of ‘relentlessly optimistic’ businessman Monty Knight">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A white-headed petrel doing a water test to check its swimming and water resistance. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A native bird hospital is concerned about the number of sub-Antarctic seabirds landing sick or hurt in Auckland. BirdCare Aotearoa is a charity based in West Auckland and works to rehabilitate and care ... <a title="‘Not meant to be around here’: Auckland native bird hospital seeing more sub-Antarctic species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/not-meant-to-be-around-here-auckland-native-bird-hospital-seeing-more-sub-antarctic-species/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not meant to be around here’: Auckland native bird hospital seeing more sub-Antarctic species">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Fire and Emergency (FENZ) says it had to deal with three suspicious fires overnight in Dunedin. At 11:30pm on Monday, four crews were called to a vacant commercial building on Harrow street in central Dunedin. About an hour later at 12:23am, emergency services were called to a ... <a title="Three suspicious fires in Dunedin overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/three-suspicious-fires-in-dunedin-overnight/" aria-label="Read more about Three suspicious fires in Dunedin overnight">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 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The coalition government is set to slash the Clean Car Standard. RNZ/Nicky Park The coalition is being warned New Zealand will become a dumping ground for high-emission vehicles as it slashes the Clean Car Standard. The standard – an effective penalty set up to incentivise the uptake of low or no ... <a title="NZ will be ‘dumping ground’ for high emission cars, EV advocate warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/nz-will-be-dumping-ground-for-high-emission-cars-ev-advocate-warns/" aria-label="Read more about NZ will be ‘dumping ground’ for high emission cars, EV advocate warns">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Most New Zealand music fans of a certain age (ie, 50+) will remember Andrew Fagan as the frontman for legendary 1980s punky popsters The Mockers. Back then, he was a wiry whirl of gravity-defying hair, leopard-print leggings, fingerless lace gloves, black nail polish and eye makeup, and dazzling frock coats – ... <a title="Blue light discos, books, boats and UFOs: The swirly world of Andrew Fagan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/blue-light-discos-books-boats-and-ufos-the-swirly-world-of-andrew-fagan/" aria-label="Read more about Blue light discos, books, boats and UFOs: The swirly world of Andrew Fagan">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and FBI Director Kash Patel went for an early morning run on 1 August. AFP / RNZ A “brief dip” in Wellington’s Oriental Bay with FBI Director Kash Patel ended with the Police Commissioner apologising for mistakenly believing a tsunami advisory had been lifted. Patel, the highest-ranking ... <a title="Police Commissioner accidentally takes FBI’s Kash Patel for ‘brief dip’ during active tsunami advisory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/police-commissioner-accidentally-takes-fbis-kash-patel-for-brief-dip-during-active-tsunami-advisory/" aria-label="Read more about Police Commissioner accidentally takes FBI’s Kash Patel for ‘brief dip’ during active tsunami advisory">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ For a government facing blackouts and business closures in an election year, importing gas is an attractive choice. For others, it’s the worst possible option. When the government unveiled its long-awaited energy package earlier this year, the centrepiece was a promise to fast-track the import of overseas natural gas. Ministers ... <a title="The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/the-fuel-of-last-resort-how-imported-gas-became-new-zealands-first-choice/" aria-label="Read more about The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says a major restructure of Fire and Emergency “must be put on hold before lasting damage is done”. RNZ Two unions are going to the Employment Relations Authority to try to stop a major restructure of Fire and Emergency (FENZ). Staff were told last week of ... <a title="Firefighter unions head to Employment Relations Authority over restructure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/firefighter-unions-head-to-employment-relations-authority-over-restructure/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighter unions head to Employment Relations Authority over restructure">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police guard at the scene of the Bucklands beach double homicide fire. RNZ / Finn Blackwell The man accused of murdering a father and son who died in an Auckland house fire can now be named. He is Jaeyoung Jang, from Sunnyhills in East Auckland. The 38-year-old first appeared in the ... <a title="Jaeyoung Jang accused of murdering father and son in Bucklands Beach house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/jaeyoung-jang-accused-of-murdering-father-and-son-in-bucklands-beach-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Jaeyoung Jang accused of murdering father and son in Bucklands Beach house fire">Read more</a>
