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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes ... <a title="Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/why-israeli-soldiers-and-their-leaders-may-be-increasingly-at-risk-of-arrest-overseas-269697/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University The Matildas, Australia’s women’s soccer side, have become one of the nation’s most beloved teams, filling stadiums, breaking TV records and driving unprecedented growth at grassroots level. Federal government data reveals 21,000 additional women and girls have ... <a title="The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-matildas-keep-soaring-but-the-league-and-players-beneath-them-are-being-left-behind-270148/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Slade, Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History, School of Culture and Communications, The University of Melbourne Photographer: Christian Capurro © the artist, Geelong Gallery. On Saturday, I saw a man genuflecting at the traffic lights on Smith Street, in Melbourne’s suburb of Collingwood. It was ... <a title="Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/richard-lewers-i-only-talk-to-god-when-i-want-something-a-potent-exploration-of-faith-and-suffering-270059/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Lillian Hanly Te Pāti Māori’s youngest MP has broken her silence, following the expulsion of her former colleagues, saying it has felt like “a divorce between two parents.” “My answer to both sides face to face has been that you are all in the wrong.” Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says she’s ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/te-pati-maori-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-breaks-silence-on-mps-expulsion/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The crashed closed part of SH6. RNZ / Patrice Allen A crash south of Hokitika on the West Coast has left eight people injured, four seriously. The multi-vehicle crash happened on State Highway 6 near Donoghues Road in Ross, shortly after 1pm on Thursday. St John says two people in a ... <a title="Eight injured in crash south of Hokitika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/eight-injured-in-crash-south-of-hokitika/" aria-label="Read more about Eight injured in crash south of Hokitika">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Concerned parents and teachers have been bagging up and delivering children’s play sand which could be contaminated with asbestos to designated council centres. The products had been sold in both New Zealand and Australia and subject to multiple safety recalls. At the Auckland Council asbestos lab in Auckland’s Grafton, Kedgley Intermediate ... <a title="Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concrned-parents-and-teachers-drop-off-potenitally-contaminated-coloured-play-sand-at-auckland-council-drop-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Sai Aung/Getty Images New Zealand’s mainstay drug law turned 50 this year – yet we still don’t have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social harms different drugs pose. When the Misuse of ... <a title="A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-new-index-challenges-common-beliefs-about-drug-use-and-harm-in-nz-269174/" aria-label="Read more about A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure general manager Tony Avery. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Queenstown Lakes District Council has received two abatement notices following a series of failures at Wānaka’s wastewater treatment plant. Heavy rain hit last month while the Project Pure Wastewater Plant was being upgraded and working at reduced ... <a title="Queenstown Lakes District Council issued abatement notices after wastewater consent breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/queenstown-lakes-district-council-issued-abatement-notices-after-wastewater-consent-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Queenstown Lakes District Council issued abatement notices after wastewater consent breach">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The plane landed safely, Air New Zealand said. RNZ / Dan Cook An engineering issue on a Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Nelson has forced the plane to return to Auckland. Fire and Emergency said they were called to the airport shortly after 3pm on Thursday, after being told ... <a title="Air NZ flight to Nelson forced to return to Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/air-nz-flight-to-nelson-forced-to-return-to-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ flight to Nelson forced to return to Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington City Council has voted to do a review of the Golden Mile project. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The new Wellington City Council have voted to do a review of the contentious Golden Mile project. Council officers are now predicting the project, which was budgeted to cost $139 million, could cost ... <a title="Wellington City Council votes to review Golden Mile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/wellington-city-council-votes-to-review-golden-mile/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington City Council votes to review Golden Mile">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Feral cats will be added to Predator Free 2050’s hitlist, a sharp change of policy announced by Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. Describing feral cats as “stone cold killers”, Potaka told RNZ they would “join their buddies, stoats, ferrets, weasels – mustelids, rats and possums” on the official list for eradication. The ... <a title="‘Stone cold killer’ feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 strategy, Conservation Minister announces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/stone-cold-killer-feral-cats-added-to-predator-free-2050-strategy-conservation-minister-announces/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stone cold killer’ feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 strategy, Conservation Minister announces">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations. Under a compromise struck with ... <a title="Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-has-dropped-its-bid-to-host-the-cop31-climate-talks-heres-what-happened-and-whats-next-270257/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next">Read more</a>
