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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users’ ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults. In what the company ... <a title="Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/roblox-set-to-start-checking-peoples-ages-but-it-will-need-to-do-more-to-keep-kids-safe-270138/" aria-label="Read more about Roblox set to start checking people’s ages. But it will need to do more to keep kids safe">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 19, 2025.
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The ramp on the Connemara is stuck and preventing passengers from disembarking. Supplied/Nick Simcock The Bluebridge ferry, Connemara, is stuck in Picton after an issue with the ramp has left passengers unable to disembark. The ferry left Wellington shortly after 8am and arrived in Picton just before midday. Passenger Nick Simcock ... <a title="Passengers stuck on Bluebridge ferry due to ramp issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/passengers-stuck-on-bluebridge-ferry-due-to-ramp-issue/" aria-label="Read more about Passengers stuck on Bluebridge ferry due to ramp issue">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s Cook Strait ferry project will cost less than $2 billion, says the Rail Minister. Winston Peters announced in March the government would buy two new Interislander ferries to replace the current ageing fleet. The new ships, which are 200 metres long and 28 metres wide, have 11 decks. Supplied/ ... <a title="New Cook Strait ferries won’t cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/new-cook-strait-ferries-wont-cost-more-than-2b-rail-minister-vows/" aria-label="Read more about New Cook Strait ferries won’t cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ismail Albayrak, Professor of Islam and Catholic Muslim Relations, Australian Catholic University The Mosque at Hergott Springs, photographed around 1884. State Library South Australia From 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still ... <a title="How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/how-australias-first-outback-mosque-was-built-600km-north-of-adelaide-150-years-ago-261853/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Die-hard Metallica fans have been queuing in the rain for hours before Wednesday night’s sold-out concert at Eden Park in Auckland even starts. The city and its hotels are heaving – accommodation is sold out, with the show expected to yield 40,000 visitor nights. Organisers of the band’s only NZ show ... <a title="Pumped up Metallica fans descend on Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/pumped-up-metallica-fans-descend-on-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Pumped up Metallica fans descend on Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anita Hart. Police / Supplied Anita Hart, 61, was reported missing on 13 November, after her abandoned car was found on Gillespies Road. “Police, along with multiple Search and Rescue teams, have been extensively searching the area working to locate her, and while this is not the outcome we hoped for, ... <a title="Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman Anita Hart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/body-found-in-search-for-missing-upper-hutt-woman-anita-hart/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman Anita Hart">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Kirk, Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University If people eat food grown with contaminated water, PFAS chemicals can accumulate in their blood. Karola G/Pexels When we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on ... <a title="Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/living-with-pfas-forever-chemicals-can-be-distressing-not-knowing-if-theyre-making-you-sick-is-just-the-start-268981/" aria-label="Read more about Living with PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be distressing. Not knowing if they’re making you sick is just the start">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciaran Doolin, PhD candidate, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-ND Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea ... <a title="NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/nzs-earliest-climate-change-debate-the-150-year-old-feud-over-glacial-retreat-254289/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The All Whites will play their final game of 2025 against unfamiliar opposition in an unfamiliar venue. World No. 85 New Zealand have never played the world No. 23 Ecuador. While the South Americans will feel at home in Sports Illustrated Stadium, after playing there 11 times, the NZ squad will ... <a title="Live: All Whites v Ecuador – international football friendly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/live-all-whites-v-ecuador-international-football-friendly/" aria-label="Read more about Live: All Whites v Ecuador – international football friendly">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke seen from the field at St Kentigern College in Pakuranga. Supplied A two-storey classroom block at Auckland’s St Kentigern College has caught fire this afternoon, and about 20 firefighters are in attendance. Fire and Emergency said they were called to the school on Pakuranga Road about 1.30pm. A FENZ spokesperson ... <a title="A two-storey classroom block has caught fire at Saint Kentigern College" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/a-two-storey-classroom-block-has-caught-fire-at-saint-kentigern-college/" aria-label="Read more about A two-storey classroom block has caught fire at Saint Kentigern College">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Caps take on the West Indies at McLean Park in Napier for their second ODI. In-form Henry Nicholls has been recalled for the two remaining matches for the series, after Daryl Mitchell was ruled out. Mitchell Santner of the Black Caps during the 1st ODI cricket match. © Photosport ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v West Indies – second ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/live-black-caps-v-west-indies-second-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v West Indies – second ODI">Read more</a>
