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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 2000 members of the Professional Firefighters’ Union will strike between 12-1pm. RNZ / Ruth Hill Paid firefighters are walking off the job for one hour again today over their deadlocked contract negotiations with Fire and Emergency. About 2000 members of the Professional Firefighters’ Union will strike between 12-1pm. Fire and ... <a title="Paid firefighters strike after negotiations stall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/paid-firefighters-strike-after-negotiations-stall/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters strike after negotiations stall">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fabian Holland of New Zealand Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year winners Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee have been named among the finalists for New Zealand’s top rugby awards. Second rower Holland, who played 12 of the All Blacks 13 tests this year, is up for All Blacks ... <a title="Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee up for top NZ Rugby awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/fabian-holland-and-braxton-sorensen-mcgee-up-for-top-nz-rugby-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee up for top NZ Rugby awards">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chief Executive Sinan Altug. Supplied / Rakon Chip maker Rakon slashed its half-year loss on the back of increased revenue. Key numbers for half year ended in September compared with a year ago: Net loss $2.95m vs $10.4m loss Revenue $54.2m vs $41.7m Operating loss $4.1m vs $15.8m loss No dividend. ... <a title="Chip maker Rakon narrows half-year loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/chip-maker-rakon-narrows-half-year-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Chip maker Rakon narrows half-year loss">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Falling consumer arrears, employment returning to modest growth and retailers reporting improved activity boosted the index. RNZ/Nick Monro Consumer confidence lifts, although pessimists slightly outweigh the optimists It follows the strong business sentiment on Thursday Households remain cautious on spending on big ticket items Consumer confidence has lifted to its highest ... <a title="Consumer confidence still negative, despite lift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/consumer-confidence-still-negative-despite-lift/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer confidence still negative, despite lift">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lyall Babington was intending to sail Mollie around the world. UK Government A New Zealand skipper died after being pulled into a faulty winch in the UK. British authorities released on Friday the findings of their investigation into 74-year-old Lyall Babington’s death. Babington had set off from New Zealand about three ... <a title="Kiwi skipper dies in sailing accident on round-the-world trip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/kiwi-skipper-dies-in-sailing-accident-on-round-the-world-trip/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi skipper dies in sailing accident on round-the-world trip">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesian authorities have retrieved a total of eight bodies that were buried following a major landslide on its main island of Tahiti. The disaster struck several houses in the town of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast Tahiti, on Wednesday, about 5am local time (Thursday NZT). The final toll ... <a title="Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/tahiti-landslide-no-survivors-all-8-bodies-retrieved/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Cows being milked in a dairy shed in Taranaki RNZ/Sally Round Canterbury grows most of the country’s wheat, barley and oat crops. But persistently low wheat prices coupled with a high milk payout are believed to be driving farmers out of the industry in hunt of the dairy dollar. The Canterbury ... <a title="Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/thirty-two-more-dairy-farms-for-canterbury-some-grain-growers-go-for-milk/" aria-label="Read more about Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sun and swimmers out in Mission Bay, Auckland. RNZ / Jordan Dunn Much of the country will continue to experience warm temperatures over the coming days, but thankfully, a reprieve from the warm nights is coming, MetService says. [embedded content] It was a sweltering day across much of the country on ... <a title="Hot days but reprieve from humid nights coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/hot-days-but-reprieve-from-humid-nights-coming/" aria-label="Read more about Hot days but reprieve from humid nights coming">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An Otatara man thought to be New Zealand’s longest-serving meat worker retired this month after 64 years in the industry. Ken McLeod, 80, started in 1962 when he was only 16 at the now-closed Makarewa Meatworks in Southland. “I was mostly a boner in all those years, and thanks to ... <a title="NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nzs-longest-serving-meat-worker-retires-after-64-years/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Ferns will end the year against their most familiar rival. Photosport Matildas v Football Ferns Friday, 28 November Kick-off 9.30pm Polytec Stadium, Gosford, Australia Live blog updates on RNZ Sport The Football Ferns will end the year against a side brimming with stars and a nation that they have not ... <a title="Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night’s game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/matildas-v-football-ferns-what-you-need-to-know-about-friday-nights-game/" aria-label="Read more about Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night’s game">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Foils skipper Peter Burling. Photosport Black Foils driver Peter Burling is confident he’ll be on board for this weekend’s SailGP grand final in Abu Dhabi. The New Zealanders are second in the standings, but Burling is in doubt after slicing a finger which required hospital attention. Burling missed practice on ... <a title="SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/sailgp-burling-confident-of-competing-in-grand-final-despite-serious-finger-gash/" aria-label="Read more about SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents check clothing donated for them after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on November 27, 2025. AFP / Dale De la Rey A New Zealander living in Hong Kong says the deadly apartment building fires ... <a title="Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/hong-kong-high-rise-fire-similar-renovations-at-kiwis-apartment-building/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building">Read more</a>
