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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Centre for Ageing Better/Unsplash For years, scientists have known that moving our bodies can sharpen our minds. Physical activity boosts blood flow to the brain, enhances neuroplasticity and reduces ... <a title="Exercising in mid and later life can reduce dementia risk – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/exercising-in-mid-and-later-life-can-reduce-dementia-risk-new-study-270074/" aria-label="Read more about Exercising in mid and later life can reduce dementia risk – new study">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 1700 years of Aboriginal string craft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/perfectly-preserved-rock-art-site-reveals-1700-years-of-aboriginal-string-craft-270079/" aria-label="Read more about Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1700 years of Aboriginal string craft">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wattie’s tomatoes from Hawke’s Bay. RNZ/Monique Steele The hunt for the cheapest fruit and vegetables by both supermarkets and shoppers is putting pressure on locally produced crops in New Zealand. Over the past few months, well-known brand Wattie’s New Zealand of Hawke’s Bay made a series of cuts to local production, ... <a title="Cheap fruit and vegetable imports put pressure on New Zealand production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/cheap-fruit-and-vegetable-imports-put-pressure-on-new-zealand-production/" aria-label="Read more about Cheap fruit and vegetable imports put pressure on New Zealand production">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Silver Ferns take on England for their final test in Manchester to decide the series. It is the Silver Ferns 12th test in the space of two months. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. The ... <a title="Live: Silver Ferns v England" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/live-silver-ferns-v-england/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Silver Ferns v England">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 the street was flooded with police. Emergency services were called to a property on Kakariki Grove just before 3.30pm on Wednesday. A neighbour told RNZ police were still at a house ... <a title="Resident describes hearing gunshots in neighbourhood on Kāpiti Coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/resident-describes-hearing-gunshots-in-neighbourhood-on-kapiti-coast/" aria-label="Read more about Resident describes hearing gunshots in neighbourhood on Kāpiti Coast">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP A New Zealand dental surgeon says a 40-year study shows water fluoridation doesn’t hinder brain development. Researchers in the US surveyed tens-of-thousands of people on maths and language skills from teenagerhood until the age of 60. “The discussion has been that fluoridation of domestic water supply has been associated with ... <a title="Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development, 40-year study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/water-fluoridation-does-not-hinder-brain-development-40-year-study-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Water fluoridation does not hinder brain development, 40-year study finds">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cathartic head-banging and fist-raising made for a spiritual experience at Auckland’s Eden Park on Wednesday night when heavy metal titans Metallica made their long-awaited return to Aotearoa. More than 55,000 fans filled the stadium to worship the thrash pioneers on their M72 world tour, featuring goth rockers Evanescence and skate-core punks ... <a title="Review: Metallica fans finally get their spiritual experience at Eden Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/review-metallica-fans-finally-get-their-spiritual-experience-at-eden-park/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Metallica fans finally get their spiritual experience at Eden Park">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate health minister Casey Costello says getting through longer term smokers was the most challenging part of the process. RNZ Smoking is on the decline in New Zealand, but the Ministry of Health’s most recent health survey shows the government is unlikely to meet its SmokeFree 2025 target. New Zealand was ... <a title="Morning Report live: Casey Costello faces questions over smoking rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/morning-report-live-casey-costello-faces-questions-over-smoking-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: Casey Costello faces questions over smoking rates">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The second-generation owners of the Eastbourne Fruit Supply are shutting up shop next June, after 65 years of operation. RNZ / MARK PAPALII A developer taking over the site of an iconic Wellington fruit shop has unveiled his plans to transform the building into luxury apartments. The second-generation owners of the ... <a title="Developer unveils plans for luxury apartments at site of Eastbourne fruit shop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/developer-unveils-plans-for-luxury-apartments-at-site-of-eastbourne-fruit-shop/" aria-label="Read more about Developer unveils plans for luxury apartments at site of Eastbourne fruit shop">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Hogg, Professor and Director of ACCESS-NRI, Australian National University Arash Hedieh/Unspalsh Over the past week we’ve witnessed the many political discussions that go with the territory of a COP – or, more verbosely, the “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ... <a title="Behind every COP is a global data project that predicts Earth’s future. Here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/behind-every-cop-is-a-global-data-project-that-predicts-earths-future-heres-how-it-works-269893/" aria-label="Read more about Behind every COP is a global data project that predicts Earth’s future. Here’s how it works">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University These are troubled times for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In July 2024, Starmer’s government swept to power on the back on a landslide win. Labour won 411/650 seats in the parliament, and had a commanding ... <a title="Is the UK headed for a new prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/is-the-uk-headed-for-a-new-prime-minister-269698/" aria-label="Read more about Is the UK headed for a new prime minister?">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, and summer’s approaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australias-algal-bloom-catastrophe-has-left-more-than-87-000-animals-dead-and-summers-approaching-269609/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead, and summer’s approaching">Read more</a>
