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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poremoremo Prison guard Mark Anthony Mark Anthony Two prison guards have spoken for the first time about a prisoner’s confession that Ross Appelgren was not responsible for the 1985 murder of Darcy Te Hira in the kitchen at Mt Eden Prison. The RNZ podcast Nark hosted by Mike Wesley-Smith has been ... <a title="Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nark-guards-cast-doubt-on-ross-appelgrens-involvement-in-deadly-prison-beating/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Gwenaёlle Chollet, Journalism Student Pets have been allowed on busses at off-peak times in Auckland since 2023. Auckland Transport Some pets will be allowed on public transport at off-peak times in Christchurch and the Waimakariri and Selwyn districts from Monday. Small pets will need to be in a carrier that ... <a title="Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/pets-to-be-allowed-on-public-off-peak-transport-in-christchurch-waimakariri-selwyn/" aria-label="Read more about Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A humpback whale breaches in Bream bay just 50 metres from Michele Adams’ boat. Supplied/Michele Adams Friends fishing in Northland’s Bream Bay were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, when a huge humpback whale leapt from the sea just 50 metres from their boat. Michele Adams, her husband and another couple were ... <a title="Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/humpback-whale-puts-on-amazing-awesome-unforgettable-display-at-bream-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mountain guide Thomas Vialletet died on Aoraki Mt Cook. Supplied The wife of a guide who died while climbing Aoraki Mt Cook says his death has left an ache in the hearts of those who knew him. Wānaka-based guide Thomas Vialletet and American lawyer Kellam Conover were roped together climbing from ... <a title="Wānaka guide Thomas Vialletet, who died on Mt Cook, ‘left a mark on everyone’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/wanaka-guide-thomas-vialletet-who-died-on-mt-cook-left-a-mark-on-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Wānaka guide Thomas Vialletet, who died on Mt Cook, ‘left a mark on everyone’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to a property on Sapphire Place in Chartwell, at about 11.50pm on Thursday to reports a man had been shot. RNZ / Patrice Allen Waikato police are seeking information from the public after an alleged shooting left a man with serious injuries. Police were called to a property ... <a title="Police seeking information, CCTV after alleged shooting in Chartwell, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/police-seeking-information-cctv-after-alleged-shooting-in-chartwell-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Police seeking information, CCTV after alleged shooting in Chartwell, Waikato">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Twenty search warrants were carried out across the Auckland region on Thursday. LDR / Stuff / Stephen Forbes Police have made further arrests in attempts to dismantle an international organised crime syndicate smuggling Class A drugs through Auckland Airport. Twenty search warrants were carried out across the Auckland region on Thursday ... <a title="Gang president arrested in Auckland Airport drug sting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/gang-president-arrested-in-auckland-airport-drug-sting/" aria-label="Read more about Gang president arrested in Auckland Airport drug sting">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mike King. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A year after criticising the government’s rushed procurement process for the Gumboot Friday mental health initiative, the auditor-general now says the contract is being managed properly and in line with good practice. The public spending watchdog on Friday released its response to Labour MP Ingrid ... <a title="I Am Hope’s ministry contract for Gumboot Friday gets thumbs-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/i-am-hopes-ministry-contract-for-gumboot-friday-gets-thumbs-up/" aria-label="Read more about I Am Hope’s ministry contract for Gumboot Friday gets thumbs-up">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The US Embassy in Wellington. Wikimedia Commons US diplomats have yet to raise the matter of migration with New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) after being directed to do so by the Trump administration. A New York Times report on Wednesday said US embassies in Europe, Canada, Australia ... <a title="US diplomats yet to warn NZ about immigration, as Trump demanded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/us-diplomats-yet-to-warn-nz-about-immigration-as-trump-demanded/" aria-label="Read more about US diplomats yet to warn NZ about immigration, as Trump demanded">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Warehouse is owned by The Warehouse Group. SUPPLIED The Warehouse Group’s shareholders have peppered the board and executives with pointed questions and criticism about several years of under-performance at this morning’s annual meeting. Outgoing chair Dame Joan Withers said the past few years had been difficult for shareholders, but a ... <a title="Warehouse Group shareholders bombard execs with criticism over under-performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/warehouse-group-shareholders-bombard-execs-with-criticism-over-under-performance/" aria-label="Read more about Warehouse Group shareholders bombard execs with criticism over under-performance">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s incredibly hard putting on any music festival at the moment, but this year Reuben Bonner also took on the “mighty challenge” of closing down K Road for The Others Way. A lot of people had to give their go-ahead for Auckland’s beloved boutique music festival to block off Karangahape Road ... <a title="The music festival shutting down K’ Road this weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/the-music-festival-shutting-down-k-road-this-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about The music festival shutting down K’ Road this weekend">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to reports of a man armed with a blade from a pair of hedge trimmers, who had trapped a woman and her baby in a Wellington bus-stop. Supplied A man who saw police officers taser an armed man who had trapped a woman and her baby in a ... <a title="Man wielding hedge trimmer blade who trapped woman, baby was ‘violent and not rational’ – witness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/man-wielding-hedge-trimmer-blade-who-trapped-woman-baby-was-violent-and-not-rational-witness/" aria-label="Read more about Man wielding hedge trimmer blade who trapped woman, baby was ‘violent and not rational’ – witness">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police and Customs are set to reveal the latest in a crackdown on staff helping import drugs at Auckland International Airport. Operation Matata has been focused on a transnational organised crime syndicate working with local gangs who are alleged to have imported significant quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine into New Zealand. ... <a title="Watch live: Latest announced in crackdown on airport staff importing drugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/watch-live-latest-announced-in-crackdown-on-airport-staff-importing-drugs/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Latest announced in crackdown on airport staff importing drugs">Read more</a>
