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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ earlier revealed about 120 staff were under investigation throughout the country after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were “falsely or erroneously recorded”. RNZ A “small number” of police officers who either falsely or erroneously recorded alcohol breath tests have been stood down for additional misconduct – but police won’t say what ... <a title="Breath test investigation: ‘Small number’ of police officers stood down for additional misconduct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/breath-test-investigation-small-number-of-police-officers-stood-down-for-additional-misconduct/" aria-label="Read more about Breath test investigation: ‘Small number’ of police officers stood down for additional misconduct">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic on Dominion Rd in Mt Eden being diverted by police after a serious car crash. Calvin Samuel / RNZ Part of a busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden is closed following a serious crash. Police said traffic was being divereted on Dominion Rd following a single-car crash at 10.18am. The ... <a title="Serious crash closes busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/serious-crash-closes-busy-road-in-aucklands-mt-eden/" aria-label="Read more about Serious crash closes busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship “breakfast” policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another “treaty” of little import. Duncan Graham reports. COMMENTARY: By Duncan Graham Under-reported in the Australian and New Zealand media, Indonesia has been gripped by protests this year, some of them violent. ... <a title="Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/canberra-pandering-to-prabowo-while-ignoring-unrest-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Authority conducted an independent investigation into the matter and found the officer demonstrated poor judgement and decision making, but did not act dishonestly. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Police say they accept the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s (IPCA) findings after an off-duty officer used the police database to access a driver’s ... <a title="Off-duty police officer uses database to contact driver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/off-duty-police-officer-uses-database-to-contact-driver/" aria-label="Read more about Off-duty police officer uses database to contact driver">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene. Supplied A Waikanae resident has described hearing raised voices and what sounded like gunshots before a man died in Waikanae on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to a property on Kakariki Grove just before 3.30pm on Wednesday. Police confirmed a homicide investigation was underway after a ... <a title="Homicide investigation launched, resident describes hearing gunshots in neighbourhood on Kāpiti Coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/homicide-investigation-launched-resident-describes-hearing-gunshots-in-neighbourhood-on-kapiti-coast/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide investigation launched, resident describes hearing gunshots in neighbourhood on Kāpiti Coast">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Back in the early days of home video, one of the first beneficiaries was a documentary – or “rockumentary”, if you will – called This is Spinal Tap. It did very little business at all until it came out on video This fake coverage of a fake rock band created its ... <a title="Spinal Tap II: Reboot of 80s cult classic falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/spinal-tap-ii-reboot-of-80s-cult-classic-falls-short/" aria-label="Read more about Spinal Tap II: Reboot of 80s cult classic falls short">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jochen Kaempf, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences (Oceanography), Flinders University An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight months, this harmful algal bloom is the longest and one of the most environmentally devastating events ever ... <a title="Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australias-algal-bloom-catastrophe-has-left-more-than-87-000-animals-dead-what-will-happen-this-summer-269609/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial appliance. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ / SUPPLIED Operators of the country’s largest fire trucks with the longest ladders are going to get a bigger say in a long overdue national strategy. “I have invited specialist aerial frontline firefighters to provide those insights and they are scheduled to start meeting ... <a title="Frontline firefighers to get say in what big fire trucks to buy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/frontline-firefighers-to-get-say-in-what-big-fire-trucks-to-buy/" aria-label="Read more about Frontline firefighers to get say in what big fire trucks to buy">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand AFT Pharmaceuticals expected second half sales and earnings to be greater than the first half. OKSANA KAZYKINA/123RF Drug maker AFT Pharmaceuticals has reported a strong first-half result with revenue up a third over the year earlier. The company best known for its Maxigesic pain medication made a first net half profit ... <a title="AFT Pharmaceuticals’ revenue up a third on last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/aft-pharmaceuticals-revenue-up-a-third-on-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about AFT Pharmaceuticals’ revenue up a third on last year">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynley Wallis, Professor, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University Imagine you’re in south-east Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura – population 133. You’re in a dusty four wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location ... <a title="Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/perfectly-preserved-rock-art-site-reveals-1-700-years-of-aboriginal-string-craft-270079/" aria-label="Read more about Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Robin Martin A man has been charged with murder after a death in the New Plymouth CBD. Emergency services were alerted to a fight on St Aubyn Street shortly before 7pm on Wednesday and found a man with critical injuries. CPR was performed but he died at the scene. The police ... <a title="Man charged with murder after death in New Plymouth CBD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/man-charged-with-murder-after-death-in-new-plymouth-cbd/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder after death in New Plymouth CBD">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A 32-year-old Swiss national has been charged with careless driving causing death after a fatal crash near Sheffield in Canterbury’s Selwyn district on Wednesday. The person died in the crash that closed part of State Highway 73, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday. The two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection with Deans ... <a title="Swiss man charged after fatal crash in North Canterbury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/swiss-man-charged-after-fatal-crash-in-north-canterbury/" aria-label="Read more about Swiss man charged after fatal crash in North Canterbury">Read more</a>
