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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand National leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The prime minister’s statements are doing little to hose down opposition claims his KiwiSaver policy is likely linked to a rise in the retirement age. Unveiled on Sunday, National’s first substantive policy for next year’s election campaign would ... <a title="What do opposition parties think of National’s KiwiSaver policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/what-do-opposition-parties-think-of-nationals-kiwisaver-policy/" aria-label="Read more about What do opposition parties think of National’s KiwiSaver policy?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the tens of thousands of names added to a petition to fix the health system have disappeared. RNZ / Giles Dexter Part of a massive petition calling for an urgent fix for the health system never made it to Wellington, where the petition was presented last week. A plea ... <a title="Health petition missing hundreds of signatures from South Westland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/health-petition-missing-hundreds-of-signatures-from-south-westland/" aria-label="Read more about Health petition missing hundreds of signatures from South Westland">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Earlier this month, police were called to the flats after a shot was discharged towards a man. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Another person has been arrested in the Pukehinau Flats shooting investigation, after police stopped the man for speeding. Earlier this month, police were called to the flats after a shot ... <a title="Another arrest in Pukehinau Flats shooting investigation after man stopped for speeding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/another-arrest-in-pukehinau-flats-shooting-investigation-after-man-stopped-for-speeding/" aria-label="Read more about Another arrest in Pukehinau Flats shooting investigation after man stopped for speeding">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. Supplied A rainbow sand art toy sold at various discount stores nation-wide is the latest coloured sand product to be recalled over concerns about asbestos. MBIE confirmed this afternoon that the product was being recalled because some samples had tested ... <a title="More coloured sand products recalled over asbestos concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/more-coloured-sand-products-recalled-over-asbestos-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about More coloured sand products recalled over asbestos concerns">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Caleb Moefa’auo’s mum, Justin Lauese. RNZ/Finn Blackwell The mother of a man who died after being pepper sprayed in Mt Eden Prison says they have lingering questions about what happened. Corrections officers have gone under the microscope before the Coroner’s court today after the death of 26-year-old Caleb Moefa’auo. He went ... <a title="Caleb Moefa’auo died after being pepper sprayed in prison, his mother wants answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/caleb-moefaauo-died-after-being-pepper-sprayed-in-prison-his-mother-wants-answers/" aria-label="Read more about Caleb Moefa’auo died after being pepper sprayed in prison, his mother wants answers">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has defended his decision to ban the Samoa Observer in response to a joint letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF). In a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga yesterday, the office of the Prime Minister acknowledged ... <a title="PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/pm-hits-back-at-pina-and-pff-over-samoa-observer-ethics-ban/" aria-label="Read more about PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A sperm whale offshore can accumulate just as many ‘forever chemicals’ as an inshore Maui dolphin, new data suggests. AFP / FRANCO BANFI Surprisingly spread-out levels of ‘forever chemicals’ have been found in many kinds of whales in New Zealand waters. Man-made PFAS chemicals are common in consumer products and impact ... <a title="‘Forever chemicals’ in New Zealand whales and dolphins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/forever-chemicals-in-new-zealand-whales-and-dolphins/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever chemicals’ in New Zealand whales and dolphins">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wyndham Street in central Auckland. Google Maps A major street in central Auckland was closed for almost three hours today after a window fell from a multi-storey building. Two fire trucks were called to Wyndham Street shortly after 1.30pm when a window fell from an upper floor. Fire and Emergency and ... <a title="Glass window falls from central Auckland building" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/glass-window-falls-from-central-auckland-building/" aria-label="Read more about Glass window falls from central Auckland building">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are looking for a man and woman. RNZ / REECE BAKER Southland police are still looking for two people involved in what they describe as a particularly vicious and unprovoked assault. On November 15th a man was lured from his Edendale home by a woman seeking help with a flat ... <a title="Police still looking for two people involved in unprovoked Southland assault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/police-still-looking-for-two-people-involved-in-unprovoked-southland-assault/" aria-label="Read more about Police still looking for two people involved in unprovoked Southland assault">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Emergency services are responding to a two vehicle crash that’s closed a section of State Highway 65 in Tasman. The crash near Shenandoah happened about 2.30pm. Five people have been injured, including two seriously. Another person has moderate injuries and two others have minor injuries. Motorists are ... <a title="Five injured in Tasman crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/five-injured-in-tasman-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Five injured in Tasman crash">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ST JOHN NZ A worker has been critically injured in a machinery accident at a kiwifruit packhouse near Ōpōtiki. Fire, police, ambulance and a rescue helicopter were at the scene at the Riverlock Packhouse in Ōtara, just outside the town. St John said the patient had been airlifted to Waikato Hospital. ... <a title="Worker critically injured at kiwifruit packhouse near Ōpōtiki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/worker-critically-injured-at-kiwifruit-packhouse-near-opotiki/" aria-label="Read more about Worker critically injured at kiwifruit packhouse near Ōpōtiki">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is speaking to media in Auckland. It comes after he was forced to give reassurance the coalition government was “stable” following a public stoush between ACT Party leader David Seymour and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Last week, Peters vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill ... <a title="Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media after NZ First, ACT stoush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/watch-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-speaks-to-media-after-nz-first-act-stoush/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media after NZ First, ACT stoush">Read more</a>
