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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility on the International Space Station. This photo was taken before Hēki’s installation, but the Nanoracks External Plaform (which currently houses Hēki) is visible in the lower centre of the image. Supplied / NASA via Paihau-Robinson Space Team The New Zealand experiment to test superstrong magnets in ... <a title="Space magnet research project Hēki extended for three months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/space-magnet-research-project-heki-extended-for-three-months/" aria-label="Read more about Space magnet research project Hēki extended for three months">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Silver Ferns Grace Nweke with England Francesca Williams during game 2 of the Taini Jamison Trophy Marty Melville The Silver Ferns are determined to finish an intense three months of netball, which will be remembered against the backdrop of a turbulent coaching saga, on a high. The England Roses bounced back ... <a title="Silver Ferns want to finish turbulent international window with trophy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/silver-ferns-want-to-finish-turbulent-international-window-with-trophy/" aria-label="Read more about Silver Ferns want to finish turbulent international window with trophy">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tauranga Airport. Google Maps Ash from Whakaari White Island has forced the Tauranga Airport to cancel eight flights. Airport Manager Ray Dumble said the last four flights departing Tauranga on Monday night had been cancelled along with the first four departures on Tuesday morning. The volcano is currently at Alert Level ... <a title="Tauranga Airport cancels flights due to Whakaari White Island ash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/tauranga-airport-cancels-flights-due-to-whakaari-white-island-ash/" aria-label="Read more about Tauranga Airport cancels flights due to Whakaari White Island ash">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nelson MP Rachel Boyack opening the new AGB factory in Tasman. RNZ/Samantha Gee A New Zealand stone fabricator is calling on manufacturers and consumers to end the use of potentially deadly crystalline-silica engineered stone. About 1000 workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline-silica dust ... <a title="Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/bench-top-manufacturer-calls-out-use-of-potentially-deadly-engineered-stone/" aria-label="Read more about Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There have been performance issues and recurring outages with the IT system at Wellington Hospital. RNZ / REECE BAKER The union for senior doctors says an IT system introduced this year at Wellington Hospital is a “constant risk” to patient safety. The system was very slow and crashed all the time, ... <a title="IT system at Wellington Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/it-system-at-wellington-hospital-a-constant-risk-to-patient-safety-says-union/" aria-label="Read more about IT system at Wellington Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Pōwhiri for the start of four-day WIPCE 2025 conference. Tamaira Hook The world’s largest indigenous education conference has kicked off in Auckland, bringing with it thousands of indigenous educators from around the world. About 3000 people were welcomed by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education 2025 ... <a title="World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/worlds-largest-indigenous-education-conference-kicks-off-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain warnings and watches have been set over parts of the country as a warm air mass approaches the country. MetService/Screenshot An active warm air mass will be “rung out like a sponge” over parts of the country this week, bringing heavy rain warnings, humidity and warm nights. MetService issued ... <a title="Heavy rain, humidity and warm nights to hit parts of the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/heavy-rain-humidity-and-warm-nights-to-hit-parts-of-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy rain, humidity and warm nights to hit parts of the country">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Shaan Te Kani Hundreds of people will this week commemorate the loss, arrest and deportation of their ancestors in a siege that took place 160 years ago on Waerenga-A-Hika near Gisborne. Over five days, the pā was flattened, 71 Māori living at the pā and 11 government soldiers were killed and ... <a title="Hundreds to commemorate loss of ancestors on Waerenga-A-Hika 160 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/hundreds-to-commemorate-loss-of-ancestors-on-waerenga-a-hika-160-years-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds to commemorate loss of ancestors on Waerenga-A-Hika 160 years ago">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand He was sentenced to three years in prison. RNZ A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for using false identities and forged documents to obtains visas and residence in New Zealand. Immigration NZ said the man, aged 50, and his 44-year-old partner arrived using the identities of Hungarian ... <a title="Man jailed after using fake identities to gain NZ residence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/man-jailed-after-using-fake-identities-to-gain-nz-residence/" aria-label="Read more about Man jailed after using fake identities to gain NZ residence">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The accused soldier denies strangling his former partner who was also in the Defense Force at the time. RNZ / Jonathan Mitchell A soldier is accused of strangling another soldier on two occasions in 2019. The Army corporal is facing court martial after pleading not guilty to two charges of assaulting ... <a title="Soldier facing court martial following accusations of strangling former partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/soldier-facing-court-martial-following-accusations-of-strangling-former-partner/" aria-label="Read more about Soldier facing court martial following accusations of strangling former partner">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There have been performance issues and recurring outages with the IT system at Wellington Hospital. RNZ / REECE BAKER The union for senior doctors says an IT system introduced this year at Wellington Hospital is a “constant risk” to patient safety. The system was very slow and crashed all the time, ... <a title="IT system at Wellngton Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/it-system-at-wellngton-hospital-a-constant-risk-to-patient-safety-says-union/" aria-label="Read more about IT system at Wellngton Hospital a ‘constant risk’ to patient safety, says union">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale Christian community is small, isolated place in Haupiri, West Coast. Jean Edwards The Ministry of Education is reviewing Gloriavale Christian School’s response to officials’ concerns as it weighs up the school’s future. Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid wrote to the private school last month advising she was considering cancelling its ... <a title="Ministry of Education closer to making decision on Gloriavale Christian School’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/ministry-of-education-closer-to-making-decision-on-gloriavale-christian-schools-future/" aria-label="Read more about Ministry of Education closer to making decision on Gloriavale Christian School’s future">Read more</a>
