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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand have been found to contain asbestos. Supplied / MBIE The nationwide recall of coloured play sands has widened again, after testing found asbestos in multiple Kmart Magic Sand products, prompting warnings that parents, schools and early ... <a title="‘Stop using them immediately’: Asbestos found in Kmart Magic Sand as recall expands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/stop-using-them-immediately-asbestos-found-in-kmart-magic-sand-as-recall-expands/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop using them immediately’: Asbestos found in Kmart Magic Sand as recall expands">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Bob Howarth6 November 1944-13 November 2025 OBITUARY: By Robert Luke Iroga, editor and publisher of Solomon Business Magazine In June 2000, I travelled to Port Moresby for a journalism training course that changed my life in ways I did not expect. The workshop was about new technology—how to send large photo files by email, something ... <a title="Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words can barely capture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/tribute-to-bob-howarth-he-touched-the-pacific-in-ways-words-can-barely-capture/" aria-label="Read more about Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words can barely capture">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters picket in Woolston, Christchurch, last month. RNZ/Louis Dunham Paid firefighters are heading back to the bargaining table next week after calling off a strike scheduled for Friday at the last minute. The one hour strike, which would have taken place at 12pm, was part of a series of planned strikes ... <a title="Paid firefighters to head back to bargaining table next week, two strikes still scheduled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/paid-firefighters-to-head-back-to-bargaining-table-next-week-two-strikes-still-scheduled/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters to head back to bargaining table next week, two strikes still scheduled">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muireann Quigley, Professor, Law, Medicine and Technology, University of Birmingham LBeddoe/Shutterstock.com In clinical trials around the world, a surprising treatment is showing promise for people with terminal illnesses: psychedelic therapy. For many, the hardest part of dying isn’t physical pain but the fear, anxiety and sense of ... <a title="Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/psychedelics-might-help-terminal-patients-find-peace-265915/" aria-label="Read more about Psychedelics might help terminal patients find peace">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Cushion, Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University The Prescott memo was leaked to the Daily Telegraph. Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The BBC has long weathered accusations of bias. So why did the latest scandal lead to the resignations of the BBC’s director general and ... <a title="BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/bbc-bias-the-prescott-memo-falls-well-short-of-the-standards-of-impartiality-it-demands-269576/" aria-label="Read more about BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Happer, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Glasgow University Media Group, University of Glasgow ImageFlow/Shutterstock That trust in media is declining throughout the world is almost an unquestioned truth today. But researchers have found it hard to clearly demonstrate how we went from an era of high ... <a title="What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/what-a-decade-of-research-reveals-about-why-people-dont-trust-media-in-the-digital-age-264222/" aria-label="Read more about What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tuai, aged 63, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of dealing in slaves. RNZ / Gill Bonnett The wife of a man accused of slavery has denied her husband took money from two young people and threatened them with being deported if they didn’t “follow the rules”. Senia Tuai denied ... <a title="Wife of man accused of slavery and sexual assault denies allegations, charges against him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/wife-of-man-accused-of-slavery-and-sexual-assault-denies-allegations-charges-against-him/" aria-label="Read more about Wife of man accused of slavery and sexual assault denies allegations, charges against him">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii Police can no longer be relied on to self-monitor and reform is needed, an organisation working to end sexual violence says. The call follows this week’s damning report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority which found serious misconduct at the ... <a title="Police need reform, external monitor, organisation working to end sexual violence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/police-need-reform-external-monitor-organisation-working-to-end-sexual-violence-says/" aria-label="Read more about Police need reform, external monitor, organisation working to end sexual violence says">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Stephen Jones. www.photosport.nz Moana Pasifika Assistant Coach Stephen Jones has been granted an early release from his contract to take up a role in England. The former Wales and British and Irish Lions first-five departs two seasons into his contract at Moana, where he arrived after four seasons as an assistant ... <a title="Moana Pasifika grant assistant coach Stephen Jones early release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/moana-pasifika-grant-assistant-coach-stephen-jones-early-release/" aria-label="Read more about Moana Pasifika grant assistant coach Stephen Jones early release">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand All Whites v Colombia. Graphic: Liam K. Swiggs PHOTOSPORT All Whites v Colombia (International friendly) Kick-off: 1pm Sunday 16 November Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Live blog updates on RNZ Sport The All Whites are stateside for two big international friendly fixtures as they prepare for next year’s return trip ... <a title="All Whites v Colombia: What you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/all-whites-v-colombia-what-you-need-to-know/" aria-label="Read more about All Whites v Colombia: What you need to know">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand LATU’s farm manager Mike Reilly. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life An uptick in the take-up of veterinary and agriculture studies has seen Massey University expand its Large Animal Teaching Unit (LATU) in recent years. The country’s only veterinary school currently has a cohort of about 650 students across the five-year programme. ... <a title="Country Life: Massey University’s teaching farm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/country-life-massey-universitys-teaching-farm/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Massey University’s teaching farm">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to beach at about 7.30pm Friday. RNZ / Alexander Robertson One person has died after a four-wheel drive rolled on Tokerau Beach in the Far North. Police were called to beach at about 7.30pm Friday. It was initially indicated that at least one person was critically injured, and ... <a title="Person dies after 4WD rolls on Tokerau Beach, Far North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/person-dies-after-4wd-rolls-on-tokerau-beach-far-north/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after 4WD rolls on Tokerau Beach, Far North">Read more</a>
