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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An Otatara man thought to be New Zealand’s longest-serving meat worker retired this month after 64 years in the industry. Ken McLeod, 80, started in 1962 when he was only 16 at the now-closed Makarewa Meatworks in Southland. “I was mostly a boner in all those years, and thanks to ... <a title="NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nzs-longest-serving-meat-worker-retires-after-64-years/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Foils skipper Peter Burling. Photosport Black Foils driver Peter Burling is confident he’ll be on board for this weekend’s SailGP grand final in Abu Dhabi. The New Zealanders are second in the standings, but Burling is in doubt after slicing a finger which required hospital attention. Burling missed practice on ... <a title="SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/sailgp-burling-confident-of-competing-in-grand-final-despite-serious-finger-gash/" aria-label="Read more about SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Ferns will end the year against their most familiar rival. Photosport Matildas v Football Ferns Friday, 28 November Kick-off 9.30pm Polytec Stadium, Gosford, Australia Live blog updates on RNZ Sport The Football Ferns will end the year against a side brimming with stars and a nation that they have not ... <a title="Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night’s game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/matildas-v-football-ferns-what-you-need-to-know-about-friday-nights-game/" aria-label="Read more about Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night’s game">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wei Li, Lecturer, Business School, University of Sydney In October, media reports suggested mining giant BHP had accepted a deal to settle about a third of its spot iron ore sales to Chinese customers in China’s own currency, the renminbi (RMB), rather than US dollars. Those reports ... <a title="China reportedly wants to do more deals in its own currency. Australia’s banks aren’t ready" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/china-reportedly-wants-to-do-more-deals-in-its-own-currency-australias-banks-arent-ready-270671/" aria-label="Read more about China reportedly wants to do more deals in its own currency. Australia’s banks aren’t ready">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Tuckey, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, UniSA Justice & Society, University of South Australia, University of South Australia Carsten Ruthemann/Pexels, CC BY With less than a month until Christmas, end-of-year work parties are now well underway. For many, it’s a chance to celebrate the end ... <a title="How to respond to sexual harassment or assault at a work party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/how-to-respond-to-sexual-harassment-or-assault-at-a-work-party-270174/" aria-label="Read more about How to respond to sexual harassment or assault at a work party">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents check clothing donated for them after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on November 27, 2025. AFP / Dale De la Rey A New Zealander living in Hong Kong says the deadly apartment building fires ... <a title="Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/hong-kong-high-rise-fire-similar-renovations-at-kiwis-apartment-building/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand “If you match a tobacco cigarette in a joint in terms of the same size and smoked in the same way, cannabis results in five times higher levels of carbon monoxide” – physician and academic Richard Beasley. Elsa Olofsson New Zealand was once a world leader in getting people to give ... <a title="Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/why-new-zealand-failed-to-reach-its-smokefree-2025-target/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Six60 perform the first concert at Eden Park. Supplied/Six60 Albert-Eden Local Board’s chairperson says they’re are not opposed to more events at Eden Park after being put in the firing line by businesses. The government is seeking feedback from the public and the council on its plan to increase the number ... <a title="‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/theres-nothing-we-opposed-board-responds-to-outrage-over-eden-park-events/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra Maskot/Getty Images A regional New South Wales public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility, in favour of a home-based service. The ABC reports voluntary patients at Kempsey District Hospital will ... <a title="For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/for-many-people-with-acute-mental-illness-hospital-in-the-home-means-living-well-in-the-community-270458/" aria-label="Read more about For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Wiskich, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Australian National University; CSIRO Martin Damboldt/Pexels, CC BY-NC-ND Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely ... <a title="Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/electric-container-ships-wont-work-but-a-fleet-of-auxiliary-battery-ships-could-clean-up-shipping-266596/" aria-label="Read more about Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anabela Malpique, Senior Lecturer in Literacy, Edith Cowan University Vlad Deep/ Unsplash Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing. This is a huge change for schools when it comes to teaching writing. For students, learning how to write ... <a title="Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/australian-students-spend-more-time-learning-to-write-on-paper-than-computers-does-this-need-to-change-270779/" aria-label="Read more about Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne’s long-awaited Metro Tunnel will open on Sunday November 30. The tunnel will only carry limited services until February 2026, when it will become fully operational. With construction having begun in 2017, this is the ... <a title="Australia’s latest metro is about to open. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/australias-latest-metro-is-about-to-open-heres-how-well-know-if-its-working-270682/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s latest metro is about to open. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s working">Read more</a>
