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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kmart signage at the Westfield St Lukes mall. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly It’s been revealed Kmart NZ’s sold tens of thousands of pots of potentially asbestos-laced children’s play sand. The retail giant has sold 67,000 units of coloured children’s sand across the four products. That number doesn’t include suspect products sold ... <a title="Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/kmart-sold-67k-units-of-potentially-asbestos-laced-play-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene. Supplied Police say they believe two incidents – where one man died and another suffered serious injuries – in Waikanae on Wednesday are related. Three men aged 20, 25 and 26 are facing charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a man ... <a title="Two Waikanae incidents, including death, are likely linked, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/two-waikanae-incidents-including-death-are-likely-linked-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Two Waikanae incidents, including death, are likely linked, police say">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Concerned parents and teachers have been bagging up and delivering children’s play sand which could be contaminated with asbestos to designated council centres. The products had been sold in both New Zealand and Australia and subject to multiple safety recalls. At the Auckland Council asbestos lab in Auckland’s Grafton, Kedgley Intermediate ... <a title="Concerned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concerned-parents-and-teachers-drop-off-potenitally-contaminated-coloured-play-sand-at-auckland-council-drop-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Concerned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Lillian Hanly Te Pāti Māori’s youngest MP has broken her silence, following the expulsion of her former colleagues, saying it has felt like “a divorce between two parents.” “My answer to both sides face to face has been that you are all in the wrong.” Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says she’s ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/te-pati-maori-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-breaks-silence-on-mps-expulsion/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Concerned parents and teachers have been bagging up and delivering children’s play sand which could be contaminated with asbestos to designated council centres. The products had been sold in both New Zealand and Australia and subject to multiple safety recalls. At the Auckland Council asbestos lab in Auckland’s Grafton, Kedgley Intermediate ... <a title="Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concrned-parents-and-teachers-drop-off-potenitally-contaminated-coloured-play-sand-at-auckland-council-drop-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The crashed closed part of SH6. RNZ / Patrice Allen A crash south of Hokitika on the West Coast has left eight people injured, four seriously. The multi-vehicle crash happened on State Highway 6 near Donoghues Road in Ross, shortly after 1pm on Thursday. St John says two people in a ... <a title="Eight injured in crash south of Hokitika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/eight-injured-in-crash-south-of-hokitika/" aria-label="Read more about Eight injured in crash south of Hokitika">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington City Council has voted to do a review of the Golden Mile project. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The new Wellington City Council have voted to do a review of the contentious Golden Mile project. Council officers are now predicting the project, which was budgeted to cost $139 million, could cost ... <a title="Wellington City Council votes to review Golden Mile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/wellington-city-council-votes-to-review-golden-mile/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington City Council votes to review Golden Mile">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The plane landed safely, Air New Zealand said. RNZ / Dan Cook An engineering issue on a Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Nelson has forced the plane to return to Auckland. Fire and Emergency said they were called to the airport shortly after 3pm on Thursday, after being told ... <a title="Air NZ flight to Nelson forced to return to Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/air-nz-flight-to-nelson-forced-to-return-to-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ flight to Nelson forced to return to Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure general manager Tony Avery. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Queenstown Lakes District Council has received two abatement notices following a series of failures at Wānaka’s wastewater treatment plant. Heavy rain hit last month while the Project Pure Wastewater Plant was being upgraded and working at reduced ... <a title="Queenstown Lakes District Council issued abatement notices after wastewater consent breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/queenstown-lakes-district-council-issued-abatement-notices-after-wastewater-consent-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Queenstown Lakes District Council issued abatement notices after wastewater consent breach">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Feral cats will be added to Predator Free 2050’s hitlist, a sharp change of policy announced by Conservation Minister Tama Potaka. Describing feral cats as “stone cold killers”, Potaka told RNZ they would “join their buddies, stoats, ferrets, weasels – mustelids, rats and possums” on the official list for eradication. The ... <a title="‘Stone cold killer’ feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 strategy, Conservation Minister announces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/stone-cold-killer-feral-cats-added-to-predator-free-2050-strategy-conservation-minister-announces/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stone cold killer’ feral cats added to Predator Free 2050 strategy, Conservation Minister announces">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Butter prices have been a hot topic of conversation this year. RNZ / screenshots The price of butter fell 7.6 percent at Wednesday’s Global Dairy Auction , but what will this mean for the price consumers are paying at the supermarket? In July, the price of butter had increased about 50 ... <a title="Butter prices are falling at global auction, so why not in shops too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/butter-prices-are-falling-at-global-auction-so-why-not-in-shops-too/" aria-label="Read more about Butter prices are falling at global auction, so why not in shops too?">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Jacob Goldenberg and his company, Total Health Dentistry in Ponsonby, face 21 charges. RNZ / Liu Chen An Auckland dentist accused of treating patients while his license was suspended can now be named. Dr Jacob Goldenberg and his company, Total Health Dentistry in Ponsonby, face 21 charges under the Health ... <a title="Dentist accused of treating patients while license suspended named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/dentist-accused-of-treating-patients-while-license-suspended-named/" aria-label="Read more about Dentist accused of treating patients while license suspended named">Read more</a>
