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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital. RNZ / Felix Walton An estimated 7,000 health workers are striking across the country renewing their calls for increased staffing levels and better pay. In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital. Social worker Margaret Colbrough waved ... <a title="Health workers’ strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/health-workers-strike-hundreds-in-auckland-call-for-increased-staffing-better-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Health workers’ strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police audited all breath testing that took place from 1 July 2024 using an algorithm that determined if a second test took place within 90 seconds of the first. RNZ A series of documents reveal how police discovered about 130 staff “falsely or erroneously” recording more than 30,000 breath tests and ... <a title="How police discovered 30,000 ‘falsely or erroneously’ recorded breath tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/how-police-discovered-30000-falsely-or-erroneously-recorded-breath-tests/" aria-label="Read more about How police discovered 30,000 ‘falsely or erroneously’ recorded breath tests">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. TVNZ’s special programme on Tuesday (News Special: You, Me and the Economy; 25 November 2025) included (about two-thirds of the way into the programme) among a number of helpful and unhelpful suggestions, a call for New Zealanders to get onto the compound interest bandwagon, the magic formula of getting rich in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Compound Interest in New Zealand’s last 100 Years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/keith-rankin-analysis-compound-interest-in-new-zealands-last-100-years/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Compound Interest in New Zealand’s last 100 Years">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Lee, Associate Professor in Property and Real Estate, Deakin University For the first time ever, the Australian banking regulator has announced it will impose new debt-to-income limits on housing loans made by banks. Such limits are a common tool used by regulators in other nations – ... <a title="Here’s what new debt-to-income home loan caps mean for banks and borrowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/heres-what-new-debt-to-income-home-loan-caps-mean-for-banks-and-borrowers-270807/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what new debt-to-income home loan caps mean for banks and borrowers">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand FENZ said it was only aware of one command unit breaking down. RNZ/Marika Khabazi The Professional Firefighters’ Union says four trucks broke down or were out of action in Dunedin yesterday. High winds and heat fanned nine fires across Otago and Southland. The union’s Dunedin branch secretary Mike Taylor said a ... <a title="Four fire engines break down or out of action in Dunedin, union says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/four-fire-engines-break-down-or-out-of-action-in-dunedin-union-says/" aria-label="Read more about Four fire engines break down or out of action in Dunedin, union says">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jayleb Che has been missing since 30 September. Supplied / Police Police have suspended their search for a Tokoroa teacher who has been missing for two months. Jayleb-Che Dean, 36, went missing from a swimming spot on Waiotapu Loop Road in Rotorua on 30 September. Earlier this month police ruled out ... <a title="Search for missing Tokoroa teacher suspended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/search-for-missing-tokoroa-teacher-suspended/" aria-label="Read more about Search for missing Tokoroa teacher suspended">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Parts of New Zealand hit 33 degrees this week, and a weekend heat alert is in place for Napier, with Christchurch and Hastings not far behind. If high temperatures seem to be stealing your zzzs, there are things to try, says Dr Karen O’Keefe, who researches the latest sleep science at ... <a title="Too hot to sleep? Take a warm shower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/too-hot-to-sleep-take-a-warm-shower/" aria-label="Read more about Too hot to sleep? Take a warm shower">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poremoremo Prison guard Mark Anthony Mark Anthony Two prison guards have spoken for the first time about a prisoner’s confession that Ross Appelgren was not responsible for the 1985 murder of Darcy Te Hira in the kitchen at Mt Eden Prison. The RNZ podcast Nark hosted by Mike Wesley-Smith has been ... <a title="Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nark-guards-cast-doubt-on-ross-appelgrens-involvement-in-deadly-prison-beating/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 28, 2025.
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Gwenaёlle Chollet, Journalism Student Pets have been allowed on busses at off-peak times in Auckland since 2023. Auckland Transport Some pets will be allowed on public transport at off-peak times in Christchurch and the Waimakariri and Selwyn districts from Monday. Small pets will need to be in a carrier that ... <a title="Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/pets-to-be-allowed-on-public-off-peak-transport-in-christchurch-waimakariri-selwyn/" aria-label="Read more about Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katinka van de Ven, Alcohol and other drug specialist, UNSW Sydney “We must have a drink before the end of the year!” December is a perfect storm for anyone trying to cut back on drinking. Between end-of-year deadlines, work parties, family gatherings and school events, alcohol is ... <a title="8 ways to drink less during the silly season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/8-ways-to-drink-less-during-the-silly-season-270298/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways to drink less during the silly season">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A humpback whale breaches in Bream bay just 50 metres from Michele Adams’ boat. Supplied/Michele Adams Friends fishing in Northland’s Bream Bay were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, when a huge humpback whale leapt from the sea just 50 metres from their boat. Michele Adams, her husband and another couple were ... <a title="Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/humpback-whale-puts-on-amazing-awesome-unforgettable-display-at-bream-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay">Read more</a>
