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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The koru on the tail of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 at the site of the Mount Erebus crash. Colin Monteith / Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection The daughter of one of the victims of the Erebus disaster is disgusted that a memorial will be built in Christchurch. It has been ... <a title="Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/erebus-victims-daughter-furious-memorial-will-be-in-christchurch-instead-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Programme co-lead Uwe Morgenstern sampling a spring. Supplied / Earth Sciences New Zealand A world-first study of New Zealand’s aquifers reveals that some wells contain groundwater that is 40,000 years old with scientists warning they’ll be put at risk if too much water is taken. Earth Sciences New Zealand has developed ... <a title="Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/study-discovers-wells-containing-40000-year-old-groundwater-warns-of-taking-too-much-water/" aria-label="Read more about Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Protesters in the ‘mega strike’ in Hamilton, October 2025. Libby Kirkby-McLeod / RNZ Mental health and public health nurses, allied health workers and policy staff will strike from 1pm to 5pm Hospitals and mental health units remain open, but some clinics and home visits cancelled PSA accuses Health NZ and the ... <a title="17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/17000-healthworkers-strike-for-the-second-time-in-a-month/" aria-label="Read more about 17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Transmission Gully will be closed over the weekend. (File photo) RNZ / Charlie Dreaver The transport network between Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast will be under some pressure this weekend with State Highway 1 Transmission Gully closed to southbound traffic, and Metlink trains being replaced by buses. NZTA would close the ... <a title="Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/wellingtons-transmission-gully-to-close-for-southbound-traffic-over-weekend-while-trains-replaced-by-buses/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Icehouse Ventures chief executive Robbie Paul. Smoke Photography Ltd Icehouse Ventures says the response to its latest early-stage seed fund has been “phenomenal”, raising a record $70 million to help at least 30 ventures get started. Chief executive Robbie Paul said the market was hot, with new investments continuing to flow ... <a title="‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/phenomenal-response-70m-raised-for-icehouse-ventures-seed-fund-to-help-start-30-businesses/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-sussan-ley-on-barnabys-defection-and-how-the-environment-law-deal-fell-apart-270801/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Yes, get up and dance! That was business’s clear message ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/grattan-on-friday-when-the-music-stopped-greens-had-out-stepped-flat-footed-liberals-on-environment-deal-269918/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The HMNZS Aotearoa. (File photo) Supplied / NZDF New Zealand’s biggest navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made a trip through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The Strait is part of the South China Sea, over which several countries, including China and the Philippines, have contested territorial claims. Reuters reported Chinese forces tracked ... <a title="New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/new-zealands-biggest-navy-ship-made-transit-through-sensitive-taiwan-strait-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Authorities are warning residents in the Otago town of Palmerston near a pine tree blaze to keep their windows and doors shut due to smoke. The fire started at 2:35pm on Thursday near Goodwood Rd and had been fought by ground crews ... <a title="Residents warned to keep windows shut after series of scrub fires break out in Otago and Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/residents-warned-to-keep-windows-shut-after-series-of-scrub-fires-break-out-in-otago-and-southland/" aria-label="Read more about Residents warned to keep windows shut after series of scrub fires break out in Otago and Southland">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 80 percent of written submissions were against the a proposed trial to halve the number of kerbside collections in Te Atatū, Panmure, Tāmaki, Clendon Park and Weymouth. Supplied / Auckland Council Aucklanders are overwhelmingly against a plan to trial fortnightly rubbish collections. Auckland Council received 5086 submissions on a proposed ... <a title="Aucklanders against plan to trial fortnightly rubbish collections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/aucklanders-against-plan-to-trial-fortnightly-rubbish-collections/" aria-label="Read more about Aucklanders against plan to trial fortnightly rubbish collections">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Dunedin City Council will ask for expressions of interest to set up a housing outreach service in a bid to help address a growing homelessness crisis . The council was originally discussing setting up an in-house service immediately for $270,000, but a new motion opted to ... <a title="Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/dunedin-city-council-will-ask-for-interest-to-set-up-housing-outreach-service/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The scheme would connect about 440 Lake Tarawera properties to the public wastewater network. (File photo) Michal Klajban The construction of a controversial sewerage pipeline near a Rotorua lake is set to head back to court. The Rotokākahi Board of Control (RBOC) was taking the Rotorua Lakes Council to the High ... <a title="Construction of controversial sewerage pipeline near Rotorua lake heads back to court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/construction-of-controversial-sewerage-pipeline-near-rotorua-lake-heads-back-to-court/" aria-label="Read more about Construction of controversial sewerage pipeline near Rotorua lake heads back to court">Read more</a>
