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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been rescued after their plane landed in the water at the Bay of Islands this morning. Police said they received a mayday call at around 10.10am that a light plane had landed in the bay. A private boat picked up the two people on ... <a title="Two rescued after plane’s water landing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/two-rescued-after-planes-water-landing/" aria-label="Read more about Two rescued after plane’s water landing">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Anihana Pomana. Supplied / Police Police say a body has been found in the search for Te Anihana Pomana, who has been missing since August. Te Anihana Pomana, also known as Ani Anderson, went missing on 21 August after leaving Sky City hotel in the early hours of the morning. ... <a title="Body found in search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/body-found-in-search-for-missing-woman-te-anihana-pomana/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The fires spread over an area of almost 200 hectares. RNZ / Nate McKinnon No charges will be laid against the owner of a burn pile that sparked large fires and destroyed four homes in Kaikōura last month. Fire and Emergency says the fires were caused by embers from the burn ... <a title="No charges to be laid following burn pile that sparked large Kaikōura fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/no-charges-to-be-laid-following-burn-pile-that-sparked-large-kaikoura-fires/" aria-label="Read more about No charges to be laid following burn pile that sparked large Kaikōura fires">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Airmass and wind forecast for Friday 28 November in the North Island. MetService Warm and muggy conditions are making a comeback this week as maximum temperatures swing back to the 20s for most and approaching 30°C in some areas. MetService has forecasted a series of weather systems to move through, two ... <a title="Rise in temperatures and unsettled showers expected for most of the country this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/rise-in-temperatures-and-unsettled-showers-expected-for-most-of-the-country-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Rise in temperatures and unsettled showers expected for most of the country this week">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. Supplied A rainbow sand art toy sold at various discount stores nation-wide is the latest coloured sand product to be recalled over concerns about asbestos. MBIE confirmed this afternoon that the product was being recalled because some samples had tested ... <a title="Another coloured sand product recalled over asbestos concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/another-coloured-sand-product-recalled-over-asbestos-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Another coloured sand product recalled over asbestos concerns">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Search and rescue teams have found the body of a man believed to be missing. Google Maps Police have found a body they believe to be a man who went missing in the water at a Christchurch lake. Search and rescue teams had been searching the area at Lake Rua in ... <a title="Body found in search for man missing at Christchurch lake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/body-found-in-search-for-man-missing-at-christchurch-lake/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in search for man missing at Christchurch lake">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Caleb Moefa’auo. RNZ/Felix Walton Mt Eden prison was under significant pressure at the time Caleb Moefa’auo died in custody, a court has heard. Caleb Moefa’auo, 26, died in 2022 after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly after being pepper-sprayed by an officer. Phase two of the inquest into his death began in ... <a title="Mt Eden Prison under significant pressure at time of pepper spray death, staffer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/mt-eden-prison-under-significant-pressure-at-time-of-pepper-spray-death-staffer-says/" aria-label="Read more about Mt Eden Prison under significant pressure at time of pepper spray death, staffer says">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Grant Arkell, pictured in 2020. RNZ / Dan Cook The man who first trained former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker among other boxing greats, Grant Arkell, has passed away aged 77. Arkell was one of the most respected boxing trainers in New Zealand and opened the Papatoetoe Boxing Gym in 1990, ... <a title="Joseph Parker’s first trainer, Grant Arkell, dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/joseph-parkers-first-trainer-grant-arkell-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Joseph Parker’s first trainer, Grant Arkell, dies">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington will be the first location to implement the new roadside drug testing with the rest of the country to follow by mid-2026 NZ Police / Supplied As New Zealand gets set to rollout roadside drug testing, an Australian expert says it’s a scattergun approach that doesn’t reliably pick up impairment. ... <a title="Roadside drug testing ‘nearly worthless’, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/roadside-drug-testing-nearly-worthless-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Roadside drug testing ‘nearly worthless’, expert says">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The figures reported in this article have been corrected. More than 1.2 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found. The amount is equivalent to 237 kilograms of waste per person. Nearly a third of the waste comes from households, ... <a title="1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/1-2-million-tonnes-of-food-wasted-in-new-zealand-every-year-report/" aria-label="Read more about 1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year – report">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sabitra Bhandari of the Phoenix Masanori Udagawa / PHOTOSPORT While expectations are always high, the Phoenix women would be delighted with the position they find themselves in the A-League. Bev Priestman’s side scored their first win of the season on Sunday, beating Melbourne Victory for the first time with a 1-0 ... <a title="Football: Phoenix set to take off after positive start to A-League" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/football-phoenix-set-to-take-off-after-positive-start-to-a-league/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Phoenix set to take off after positive start to A-League">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand No Duff Charitable Trust’s Aaron Wood. RNZ / Kate Pereyra Garcia A veterans’ charity says there is growing concern about the lack of mental health and transitional support within the Defence Force. This comes as a former infantry soldier is accusing the New Zealand Defence Force of failing to get him ... <a title="Veterans’ charity say transitional support for those leaving Defence Force is lacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/veterans-charity-say-transitional-support-for-those-leaving-defence-force-is-lacking/" aria-label="Read more about Veterans’ charity say transitional support for those leaving Defence Force is lacking">Read more</a>
