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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>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand “If you match a tobacco cigarette in a joint in terms of the same size and smoked in the same way, cannabis results in five times higher levels of carbon monoxide” – physician and academic Richard Beasley. Elsa Olofsson New Zealand was once a world leader in getting people to give ... <a title="Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/why-new-zealand-failed-to-reach-its-smokefree-2025-target/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Six60 perform the first concert at Eden Park. Supplied/Six60 Albert-Eden Local Board’s chairperson says they’re are not opposed to more events at Eden Park after being put in the firing line by businesses. The government is seeking feedback from the public and the council on its plan to increase the number ... <a title="‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/theres-nothing-we-opposed-board-responds-to-outrage-over-eden-park-events/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The tino rangatiratanga haki (flag) outside Parliament on the day of the Treaty Principles Bill introduction. RNZ / Emma Andrews Campaigners have rejected statements from the Education Minister that schools are being pressured to reaffirm their commitment to Te Tiriti. As of 27 November, more than 1300 schools have publicly reaffirmed ... <a title="Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/advocate-rejects-mps-claims-schools-were-pressured-to-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti/" aria-label="Read more about Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ryan Fox of New Zealand in action during the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, 2025. AAP / Photosport New Zealand golfers have made a solid start to the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane, with one near the top of the leaderboard and another hitting a hole ... <a title="Ryan Fox starts well in Brisbane while Kobori aces hole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/ryan-fox-starts-well-in-brisbane-while-kobori-aces-hole/" aria-label="Read more about Ryan Fox starts well in Brisbane while Kobori aces hole">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Finn Delany will captain the Tall Blacks against Australia in the first round of world cup qualification. Jeremy Ward/Photosport Boomers v Tall Blacks Friday, 28 November Tip-off 9.30pm MyState Bank Arena, Hobart, Tasmania Live blog updates on RNZ Sport The road to the 2027 FIBA World Cup starts for the Tall ... <a title="Tall Blacks, Boomers tip off world cup qualification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/tall-blacks-boomers-tip-off-world-cup-qualification/" aria-label="Read more about Tall Blacks, Boomers tip off world cup qualification">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Seven fire crews and heavy machinery will be heading to a vegetation fire near the Otago town of Palmerston that burnt through the night. The fire started at around 2.30pm on Thursday and was fought by ground crews and four helicopters. A ... <a title="Firefighters battle fires in Otago, Southland overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/firefighters-battle-fires-in-otago-southland-overnight/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle fires in Otago, Southland overnight">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson. MPS AGENCY / PHOTOSPORT The clock is ticking for Liam Lawson to show he has what it takes to stay in Formula 1. Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies said a decision on the driver line-ups for 2026 will be made next week. There are two ... <a title="F1: Liam Lawson still waiting as team-mate has seat confirmed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/f1-liam-lawson-still-waiting-as-team-mate-has-seat-confirmed/" aria-label="Read more about F1: Liam Lawson still waiting as team-mate has seat confirmed">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / RNZ Painfully slow recruitment processes within public hospitals are masking the true scale of the dire workforce shortages in the health system, frontline workers warn. PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Health NZ data, obtained by the PSA under the Official Information Act, showed it was ... <a title="‘Hidden’ workforce shortages in hospitals add to frontline pressures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/hidden-workforce-shortages-in-hospitals-add-to-frontline-pressures/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hidden’ workforce shortages in hospitals add to frontline pressures">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Karel Šroubek does not want to be deported back to the Czech Republic. (File photo) Carmen Bird Photography Šroubek, also known as Jan Antolik, is still in New Zealand seven years after then Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway ordered his deportation He used a false passport, smuggled in drugs and has been ... <a title="Why convicted drug smuggler Karel Šroubek still hasn’t been deported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/why-convicted-drug-smuggler-karel-sroubek-still-hasnt-been-deported/" aria-label="Read more about Why convicted drug smuggler Karel Šroubek still hasn’t been deported">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 100 critically-endangered Mahoenui giant weta have been released into the Rotokare Sanctuary in Taranaki this week as part of efforts to preserve the taonga species. Supplied / Adrian Cleary About 100 critically endangered Mahoenui giant wētā have been released into the Rotokare Sanctuary in Taranaki this week as part of ... <a title="100 critically endangered Mahoenui giant wētā released into Taranaki’s Rotokare Sanctuary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/100-critically-endangered-mahoenui-giant-weta-released-into-taranakis-rotokare-sanctuary/" aria-label="Read more about 100 critically endangered Mahoenui giant wētā released into Taranaki’s Rotokare Sanctuary">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A team of volunteers have been working together to build the float, here are some of them. L-R: Adam Poloha, Ben Mai, Daphne Benitez, David Scott, Ben Bell, Tim Brian, Whiti Rameka Ke-Xin Li Since 1933, Auckland’s Santa Parade on Queen Street has been a destination for festive crowds with its ... <a title="New nativity float for Auckland Santa Parade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/new-nativity-float-for-auckland-santa-parade/" aria-label="Read more about New nativity float for Auckland Santa Parade">Read more</a>