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A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand It started as a tiny seed of an idea, but has grown into a flourishing vegetable garden in an unlikely spot – a concrete company car park in Kerikeri. Now that car park is feeding a bunch of families in need, thanks to the work a local tradie who had to ... <a title="A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/a-kerikeri-tradie-turned-a-car-park-into-an-abundant-veggie-plot/" aria-label="Read more about A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot">Read more</a>

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Labour gathers for AGM as it shifts into campaign mode

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he’s confident his party has changed enough since the 2023 election to win next year’s contest. Speaking to RNZ before Labour’s annual general meeting in Auckland on Friday night, Hipkins said the party was shifting from ... <a title="Labour gathers for AGM as it shifts into campaign mode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/labour-gathers-for-agm-as-it-shifts-into-campaign-mode/" aria-label="Read more about Labour gathers for AGM as it shifts into campaign mode">Read more</a>

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Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Parliament’s Justice Committee has recommended the Electoral Amendment Bill be passed by majority, but suggested some amendments. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Parliament’s Justice Committee has released its report into the Electoral Amendment Bill. The select committee recommended the bill be passed by majority, but suggested some amendments. The bill would prevent ... <a title="Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/justice-committee-recommends-passing-electoral-amendment-bill-with-some-amendments/" aria-label="Read more about Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments">Read more</a>

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Principals stunned no tally kept of schools testing positive for asbestos from coloured play sand

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. Supplied The lack of a full and proper tally of how many schools are testing positive for asbestos from coloured play sand has stunned principals and a teachers union. Initially, RNZ was told by the Ministry of Education that no ... <a title="Principals stunned no tally kept of schools testing positive for asbestos from coloured play sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/principals-stunned-no-tally-kept-of-schools-testing-positive-for-asbestos-from-coloured-play-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Principals stunned no tally kept of schools testing positive for asbestos from coloured play sand">Read more</a>

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An acre full of colourful Christmas lights, extravagant animations

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand “It’s dead Christmas,” Carl Yates says. Around him, a graveyard of sleeping elves, reindeer and toy soldiers lay still. ‘twas eerily quiet at Shands Road when RNZ visited. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Tangles of wires wound their way between model carnival rides, above them rows of ... <a title="An acre full of colourful Christmas lights, extravagant animations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/an-acre-full-of-colourful-christmas-lights-extravagant-animations/" aria-label="Read more about An acre full of colourful Christmas lights, extravagant animations">Read more</a>

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Smokefree choking

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="Smokefree choking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/smokefree-choking/" aria-label="Read more about Smokefree choking">Read more</a>

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17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Protesters in the ‘mega strike’ in Hamilton, October 2025. Libby Kirkby-McLeod / RNZ Mental health and public health nurses, allied health workers and policy staff will strike from 1pm to 5pm Hospitals and mental health units remain open, but some clinics and home visits cancelled PSA accuses Health NZ and the ... <a title="17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/17000-healthworkers-strike-for-the-second-time-in-a-month/" aria-label="Read more about 17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month">Read more</a>

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Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Programme co-lead Uwe Morgenstern sampling a spring. Supplied / Earth Sciences New Zealand A world-first study of New Zealand’s aquifers reveals that some wells contain groundwater that is 40,000 years old with scientists warning they’ll be put at risk if too much water is taken. Earth Sciences New Zealand has developed ... <a title="Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/study-discovers-wells-containing-40000-year-old-groundwater-warns-of-taking-too-much-water/" aria-label="Read more about Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water">Read more</a>

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Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The koru on the tail of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 at the site of the Mount Erebus crash. Colin Monteith / Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial Collection The daughter of one of the victims of the Erebus disaster is disgusted that a memorial will be built in Christchurch. It has been ... <a title="Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/erebus-victims-daughter-furious-memorial-will-be-in-christchurch-instead-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland">Read more</a>

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Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Transmission Gully will be closed over the weekend. (File photo) RNZ / Charlie Dreaver The transport network between Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast will be under some pressure this weekend with State Highway 1 Transmission Gully closed to southbound traffic, and Metlink trains being replaced by buses. NZTA would close the ... <a title="Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/wellingtons-transmission-gully-to-close-for-southbound-traffic-over-weekend-while-trains-replaced-by-buses/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses">Read more</a>

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‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses

November 28, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Icehouse Ventures chief executive Robbie Paul. Smoke Photography Ltd Icehouse Ventures says the response to its latest early-stage seed fund has been “phenomenal”, raising a record $70 million to help at least 30 ventures get started. Chief executive Robbie Paul said the market was hot, with new investments continuing to flow ... <a title="‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/phenomenal-response-70m-raised-for-icehouse-ventures-seed-fund-to-help-start-30-businesses/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses">Read more</a>

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New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month

November 27, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The HMNZS Aotearoa. (File photo) Supplied / NZDF New Zealand’s biggest navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made a trip through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The Strait is part of the South China Sea, over which several countries, including China and the Philippines, have contested territorial claims. Reuters reported Chinese forces tracked ... <a title="New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/new-zealands-biggest-navy-ship-made-transit-through-sensitive-taiwan-strait-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month">Read more</a>