Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 25 November 2025

The Post is reporting the government is set to announce local government reforms which would mean dissolving regional councils; A report by The New Zealand Initiative says As will soon overtake Bs as the most common university grade - and not in a good way; A health charity has gone public with concerns it knows nothing about a fundraising event planning to take donations in its name; A west-Auckland volunteer BMX club has had its canteen destroyed in a fire that appears to have been deliberately lit yesterday afternoon.