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Foot on face photo of Kiwi Geordie Beamish up for award

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Geordie Beamish of Team New Zealand avoids the foot of Jean-Simon Desgagnes of Team Canada Emilee Chinn A photo of Geordie Beamish’s dramatic tumble at the World Championships is up for an award. The photo has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2025 World Athletics Photograph of the ... <a title="Foot on face photo of Kiwi Geordie Beamish up for award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/foot-on-face-photo-of-kiwi-geordie-beamish-up-for-award/" aria-label="Read more about Foot on face photo of Kiwi Geordie Beamish up for award">Read more</a>

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‘There’s no excuses from us’: Robertson on All Blacks’ inability to maintain pressure

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Wales v All Blacks Kick-off: 4:10am Sunday 23 November Principality Stadium, Cardiff Live blog updates on RNZ Coach Scott Robertson has said that the feeling in the All Black camp is much the same one day on from their 33-19 loss to England. It was the third loss this ... <a title="‘There’s no excuses from us’: Robertson on All Blacks’ inability to maintain pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/theres-no-excuses-from-us-robertson-on-all-blacks-inability-to-maintain-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There’s no excuses from us’: Robertson on All Blacks’ inability to maintain pressure">Read more</a>

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Rising threshold for police help in mental health callouts

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The controversial four-stage Mental Health Response Change programme started a year ago. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The police are introducing higher thresholds for responding to calls from mental health workers to help deal with unwell patients or those who abscond. It is the third phase of the controversial four-stage Mental Health ... <a title="Rising threshold for police help in mental health callouts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/rising-threshold-for-police-help-in-mental-health-callouts/" aria-label="Read more about Rising threshold for police help in mental health callouts">Read more</a>

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Tongariro National Park tracks re-open following massive wildfire

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The charred landscape of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Supplied/DOC The charred landscape will add to the experience for those walking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the Department of Conservation says. A week-long rāhui was lifted on Monday following the wildfire that ripped through 3000 hectares of the national park. DOC and Fire ... <a title="Tongariro National Park tracks re-open following massive wildfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/tongariro-national-park-tracks-re-open-following-massive-wildfire/" aria-label="Read more about Tongariro National Park tracks re-open following massive wildfire">Read more</a>

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ACC’s use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand There are about 25,000 long-term claimants that have been receiving compensation for a year or more, the most there had ever been. A move by ACC to use artificial intelligence to help decide which long-term claimants should go back to work is being called “shocking”. It comes as the state insurer ... <a title="ACC’s use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/accs-use-of-ai-to-help-decide-who-gets-help-shocks-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about ACC’s use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate">Read more</a>

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What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change – and what they won’t

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Explainer – How will firearms proposals change access to guns in New Zealand? Here’s what you need to know. New Zealand is planning its biggest overhaul of gun regulations in more than 40 years. The proposal announced last week would repeal and replace the 1983 Arms Act in legislation Associate Justice ... <a title="What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change – and what they won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/what-the-governments-firearms-act-reform-proposals-will-change-and-what-they-wont/" aria-label="Read more about What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change – and what they won’t">Read more</a>

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Comvita takeover bid fails

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Comvita products on display. Supplied The takeover bid for honey exporter Comvita has failed after not enough shareholders approved of the offer. The company’s board had vigorously pushed shareholders to vote in favour of a $56 million deal with Florenz, owned by Canterbury businessman Mark Stewart. However, the bid failed to ... <a title="Comvita takeover bid fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/comvita-takeover-bid-fails/" aria-label="Read more about Comvita takeover bid fails">Read more</a>

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Well-known Northland entrepreneur Monty Knight named as alleged murder victim

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Monty Knight was a well-known wine-maker, entrepreneur and local politician in Kaitāia, inducted into the Northland Business Hall of Fame in 2010. RNZ/Carol Stiles The man killed at his home near Kaitāia on Sunday was one of the Far North’s best-known businessmen as well as a former district councillor and mayoral ... <a title="Well-known Northland entrepreneur Monty Knight named as alleged murder victim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/well-known-northland-entrepreneur-monty-knight-named-as-alleged-murder-victim/" aria-label="Read more about Well-known Northland entrepreneur Monty Knight named as alleged murder victim">Read more</a>

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Woman charged with murder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A 57-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Kaitaia. Emergency services were called to an Okahu Road address shortly after midday on Sunday following a report of assault. The man was found critically injured but despite efforts by emergency services, ... <a title="Woman charged with murder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/woman-charged-with-murder-following-death-of-man-in-northlands-kaitaia/" aria-label="Read more about Woman charged with murder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia">Read more</a>

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‘Loss beyond measure’: Three children killed in Sanson house fire identified

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand August, Hugo, and Goldie died in a house fire in Sanson on Saturday. GIVEALITTLE / SUPPLIED The three children killed in a Sanson house fire have been identified on a page set up by the loved ones of their mother. The children have been named as August, Hugo and Goldie, aged ... <a title="‘Loss beyond measure’: Three children killed in Sanson house fire identified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/loss-beyond-measure-three-children-killed-in-sanson-house-fire-identified/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Loss beyond measure’: Three children killed in Sanson house fire identified">Read more</a>

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Two antibiotic-resistant superbugs found at Christchurch Hospital

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Hospital. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Health NZ has confirmed two separate outbreaks of superbugs at Christchurch Hospital. Two different strains of antibiotic antibiotic-resistant enterococci have been identified on one ward. Health NZ Canterbury and West Coast nursing director Dr Sarah Berger said there were “fewer than 10 patients” with the ... <a title="Two antibiotic-resistant superbugs found at Christchurch Hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/two-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs-found-at-christchurch-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Two antibiotic-resistant superbugs found at Christchurch Hospital">Read more</a>

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Woman charged with muder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia

November 17, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A 57-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Kaitaia. Emergency services were called to an Okahu Road address shortly after midday on Sunday following a report of assault. The man was found critically injured but despite efforts by emergency services, ... <a title="Woman charged with muder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/woman-charged-with-muder-following-death-of-man-in-northlands-kaitaia/" aria-label="Read more about Woman charged with muder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia">Read more</a>