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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anita Hart. Police / Supplied Anita Hart, 61, was reported missing on 13 November, after her abandoned car was found on Gillespies Road. “Police, along with multiple Search and Rescue teams, have been extensively searching the area working to locate her, and while this is not the outcome we hoped for, ... <a title="Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman Anita Hart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/body-found-in-search-for-missing-upper-hutt-woman-anita-hart/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman Anita Hart">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Kirk, Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University If people eat food grown with contaminated water, PFAS chemicals can accumulate in their blood. Karola G/Pexels When we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on ... <a title="Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/living-with-pfas-forever-chemicals-can-be-distressing-not-knowing-if-theyre-making-you-sick-is-just-the-start-268981/" aria-label="Read more about Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciaran Doolin, PhD candidate, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-ND Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea ... <a title="NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/nzs-earliest-climate-change-debate-the-150-year-old-feud-over-glacial-retreat-254289/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The All Whites will play their final game of 2025 against unfamiliar opposition in an unfamiliar venue. World No. 85 New Zealand have never played the world No. 23 Ecuador. While the South Americans will feel at home in Sports Illustrated Stadium, after playing there 11 times, the NZ squad will ... <a title="Live: All Whites v Ecuador – international football friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/live-all-whites-v-ecuador-international-football-friendly/" aria-label="Read more about Live: All Whites v Ecuador – international football friendly">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke seen from the field at St Kentigern College in Pakuranga. Supplied A two-storey classroom block at Auckland’s St Kentigern College has caught fire this afternoon, and about 20 firefighters are in attendance. Fire and Emergency said they were called to the school on Pakuranga Road about 1.30pm. A FENZ spokesperson ... <a title="A two-storey classroom block has caught fire at Saint Kentigern College" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/a-two-storey-classroom-block-has-caught-fire-at-saint-kentigern-college/" aria-label="Read more about A two-storey classroom block has caught fire at Saint Kentigern College">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Caps take on the West Indies at McLean Park in Napier for their second ODI. In-form Henry Nicholls has been recalled for the two remaining matches for the series, after Daryl Mitchell was ruled out. Mitchell Santner of the Black Caps during the 1st ODI cricket match. © Photosport ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies – second ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-second-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies – second ODI">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File pic RNZ / Alexa Cook Manawatū Prison has reopened after a bomb threat. The facility was locked down after police received a threatening phone call at 8.40am on Wednesday. The prison’s deputy general manager Shane Petersen said police conducted an extensive search but no bomb was found. “The safety and ... <a title="Manawatū Prison locked down after bomb threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/manawatu-prison-locked-down-after-bomb-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Manawatū Prison locked down after bomb threat">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phillip Baker, ARC Future Fellow and Sydney Horizon Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney Tanya Barrow/Unsplash Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases. And despite the combined advertising ... <a title="The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/the-ultra-processed-foods-problem-is-driven-by-commercial-interests-not-individual-weakness-heres-how-to-fix-it-269401/" aria-label="Read more about The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist The editor of Samoa’s only daily newspaper barred on Monday from accessing the Prime Minister’s press conferences says media freedom in Samoa is under attack. Samoan Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt “temporarily” banned the Samoa Observer from engagements with him and his ministers. In a statement, La’aulialemalietoa said ... <a title="Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/samoa-editor-says-media-freedom-under-attack-in-response-to-pms-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s ban">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The measles virus, the US CDC says measles is very contagious and can be serious, and anyone who is not protected against the virus is at risk. Supplied/ US CDC A new measles case has been detected in the country, with contacts at Auckland Airport. Health New Zealand says rapid immunity ... <a title="New Measles case with contacts to Auckland Airport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/new-measles-case-with-contacts-to-auckland-airport/" aria-label="Read more about New Measles case with contacts to Auckland Airport">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Four power lines companies are deploying drones linked to an artificial intelligence system to spot weak poles and lines. They are linking in to Tapestry, a system created by Google to help maintain power grids and fix networks after natural disasters. Northpower, the Orion Group, Unison Networks and WEL Networks have ... <a title="Drones linked to AI used to help fix power grids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/drones-linked-to-ai-used-to-help-fix-power-grids/" aria-label="Read more about Drones linked to AI used to help fix power grids">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is celebrating the end of emergency housing motels in Rotorua – but Labour says it has just shifted the problem elsewhere. Rotorua became the country’s epicentre for emergency housing. At its peak, there were more than 240 households across 13 ... <a title="Emergency housing motels end in Rotorua – but has it just shifted the problem elsewhere?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/emergency-housing-motels-end-in-rotorua-but-has-it-just-shifted-the-problem-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Emergency housing motels end in Rotorua – but has it just shifted the problem elsewhere?">Read more</a>
