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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police cordons have been lifted in the Wellington suburb of Newtown following reports of a suspicious item. A cordon was in place on Riddiford Street near Constable Street on Wednesday evening. Moon Pizza Music and Beer Bar on Riddiford Street was put into lockdown for ... <a title="Wellington bars went into lockdown after ‘suspicious item’ found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/wellington-bars-went-into-lockdown-after-suspicious-item-found/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington bars went into lockdown after ‘suspicious item’ found">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janine Dixon, Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University New data show wages have risen by a bit more than inflation, but overall real wages are still languishing near 2011 levels. Over the year to September, wages rose 3.4% in seasonally adjusted terms. That’s according to the ... <a title="Real wages have grown – just – over the past year. But they’re still down near 2011 levels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/real-wages-have-grown-just-over-the-past-year-but-theyre-still-down-near-2011-levels-270141/" aria-label="Read more about Real wages have grown – just – over the past year. But they’re still down near 2011 levels">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The volleyball players had been competing at Stadium Southland before the crash. File photo. © Photosport Ltd 2021 www.photosport.nz A Queenstown high school volleyball team is recovering from a crash last night that left a dozen people injured in Invercargill. All 12 patients were taken to Southland Hospital as a result ... <a title="High school volleyball team in crash that left 12 injured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/high-school-volleyball-team-in-crash-that-left-12-injured/" aria-label="Read more about High school volleyball team in crash that left 12 injured">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Another two people were taken to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. ST JOHN NZ A person has died in a crash that has closed part of State Highway 73 near Sheffield in Canterbury. The two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection with Deans Road, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday. St John said ... <a title="Person dies in crash on State Highway 73 in Canterbury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/person-dies-in-crash-on-state-highway-73-in-canterbury/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies in crash on State Highway 73 in Canterbury">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government is halting new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria, saying “a precautionary approach” is needed while evidence remains uncertain. In a statement published on Wednesday afternoon, Health Minister Simeon Brown said Cabinet had agreed to the new ... <a title="Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/govt-halts-new-puberty-blockers-prescriptions-for-gender-affirming-care/" aria-label="Read more about Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police have closed off a street in the Wellington suburb of Newtown after a suspicious item was found. Cordons are in place on Riddiford Street near Constable Street. Police said members of the public are advised to avoid the area. – more to come Sign ... <a title="Wellington street closed after ‘suspicious item’ found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/wellington-street-closed-after-suspicious-item-found/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington street closed after ‘suspicious item’ found">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The prevalence for daily smoking had dropped just a fraction from 6.9 to 6.8 percent. Daily smoking numbers have plateaued at 6.8 percent as the country looks down the barrel of its Smokefree 2025 goal. In the year to July 2025, the latest New Zealand Health Survey showed the prevalence for ... <a title="Daily smoking numbers plateau, slight increase in vapers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/daily-smoking-numbers-plateau-slight-increase-in-vapers/" aria-label="Read more about Daily smoking numbers plateau, slight increase in vapers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Moeaia Tuai is on trial accused of controlling two young people, keeping their passports and pay, sexual violation and assault. RNZ / Gill Bonnett The jury in an Auckland slavery trial has been told they have to decide whether a man treated two young people as if they were his property. ... <a title="Jury to decide whether a man treated young people as property" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/jury-to-decide-whether-a-man-treated-young-people-as-property/" aria-label="Read more about Jury to decide whether a man treated young people as property">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A wandering dog in Moerewa in the Far North. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Northland’s roaming dog epidemic has turned a Whangārei grandmother into a prisoner in her own home. Tracy Clarke says she loves walking, but has not ventured even to the corner of her street in three years, after ... <a title="Roaming dogs in Northland: ‘People have had enough’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/roaming-dogs-in-northland-people-have-had-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Roaming dogs in Northland: ‘People have had enough’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Adam Simpson Farmers chasing the high dairy prices seen last season are partly behind the current oversupply now putting them under pressure, according to an economist. The average price fell three percent to US$3678 a tonne at last night’s global dairy trade auction – the 7th consecutive drop and a new ... <a title="Economist warns oversupply of milk is putting dairy farmers under pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/economist-warns-oversupply-of-milk-is-putting-dairy-farmers-under-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Economist warns oversupply of milk is putting dairy farmers under pressure">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chef Joe McLeod. RNZ/Nick Monro A collective of indigenous chefs are using WIPCE as a springboard for cultural connection through kai. The group includes Māori chefs Kārena and Kasey Bird, Joe McLeod and Kia Kanuta, as well as Hawaiian Kealoha Domingo, Native American Crystal Wahpepah and Samoan Henry Onesemo. Nearly 4000 ... <a title="Indigenous chefs connect through kai at WIPCE" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/indigenous-chefs-connect-through-kai-at-wipce/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous chefs connect through kai at WIPCE">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Francis DeVries (21) of New Zealand fights for control against Leonardo Campana (16) of Ecuador in the first half of the International Friendly at Sports Illustrated Stadium. Ira L Black The All Whites have ended the year with a 2-0 loss against Ecuador in New Jersey. In the first ever game ... <a title="All Whites go down 2-0 to Ecuador in New Jersey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/all-whites-go-down-2-0-to-ecuador-in-new-jersey/" aria-label="Read more about All Whites go down 2-0 to Ecuador in New Jersey">Read more</a>
