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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic in the area is heavy. (File photo) RNZ / Alexander Robertson One person has been critically injured in a three-vehicle crash on a busy Auckland road. Emergency services were still at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Epsom’s Gillies Ave and Owens Rd. A police spokesperson said ... <a title="Person critically injured in three-vehicle crash on busy Auckland road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/person-critically-injured-in-three-vehicle-crash-on-busy-auckland-road/" aria-label="Read more about Person critically injured in three-vehicle crash on busy Auckland road">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Henga – Bethells Beach. 123rf A person has been hospitalised after getting into trouble in the waters at Auckland’s Bethells Beach this afternoon. Surf Life Saving said a group got into trouble in the water, and all made it back to shore, except for one person who had to be ... <a title="One in hospital after rescue at Bethells Beach, Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/one-in-hospital-after-rescue-at-bethells-beach-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about One in hospital after rescue at Bethells Beach, Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. Follow all the action as five-test Ashes series between arch rivals Australia and England gets underway. The first test will be played in front of a sold out crowd at ... <a title="The Ashes cricket live: Australia v England first test, day one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/the-ashes-cricket-live-australia-v-england-first-test-day-one/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes cricket live: Australia v England first test, day one">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Jetstar has confirmed the use of portable power banks on all of its New Zealand flights will be banned from 15 December, as Air New Zealand looks into the matter also. All Qantas Group flights, which included Jetstar would introduce the measures next month that would prohibit ... <a title="Jetstar flights to ban use of portable power banks on all flights, Air New Zealand looking into it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/jetstar-flights-to-ban-use-of-portable-power-banks-on-all-flights-air-new-zealand-looking-into-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jetstar flights to ban use of portable power banks on all flights, Air New Zealand looking into it">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main was sentenced at the Wellington District Court on Friday. (File photo) RNZ / Richard Tindiller A Kāpiti Coast man has been jailed for possessing more than 30,000 objectionable photos and videos, including what Customs says is “some of the worst child sexual abuse content known to law enforcement globally.” ... <a title="Kāpiti Coast man jailed for nine years for possessing ‘some of the worst content known’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/kapiti-coast-man-jailed-for-nine-years-for-possessing-some-of-the-worst-content-known/" aria-label="Read more about Kāpiti Coast man jailed for nine years for possessing ‘some of the worst content known’">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Climate Change Minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government has quietly rejected Climate Change Commission advice to set a much more ambitious ‘net negative’ long-term target for carbon emissions. Instead, it will retain the original 2050 goal of net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived gases. That’s despite ... <a title="Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious ‘net negative’ emissions goal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/government-quietly-rejects-advice-to-set-more-ambitious-net-negative-emissions-goal/" aria-label="Read more about Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious ‘net negative’ emissions goal">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii As the end of the year approaches, the government’s overhaul of the school system seems to have gone into overdrive and so has opposition to its changes. In the past month, every major national organisation representing teachers and principals has spoken out against some aspect of reforms ... <a title="Education overhaul: Everything that changed in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/education-overhaul-everything-that-changed-in-2025-and-whats-in-store-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Education overhaul: Everything that changed in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire crews worked until the early hours of this morning to extinguish a fire at Blenheim’s Resource Recovery Centre. Supplied / Marlborough District Council A Blenheim dump will be closed for some time after being badly damaged by fire. Six crews battled the blaze for hours at the Marlborough District Council’s ... <a title="Fire damage closes Blenheim dump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/fire-damage-closes-blenheim-dump/" aria-label="Read more about Fire damage closes Blenheim dump">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The motorway is closed in both directions. NZTA Waka Kotahi A truck crash is blocking lanes in both directions on Auckland’s Northern Motorway near the Orewa offramp. Motorists are advised to expect delays following the state highway one crash, which occured around midday. One lane northbound and one lane southbound have ... <a title="Truck crash blocks lanes in both directions on Auckland motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/truck-crash-blocks-lanes-in-both-directions-on-auckland-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Truck crash blocks lanes in both directions on Auckland motorway">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Just after midday Christchurch was at 28.7C, the hottest place in Aotearoa. rafaelbenari/123RF While there was wet weather in parts of the country on Friday, forecasters say things should clear up for most at the weekend. But that does not necessarily mean it will be warm, despite summer’s approach. Just after ... <a title="Weather: Christchurch leads the way as summer arrives early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/weather-christchurch-leads-the-way-as-summer-arrives-early/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Christchurch leads the way as summer arrives early">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two schools and a medical centre in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati are in lockdown as police hunt for a person of interest in the town. Katikati College posted on its social media shortly before 1pm that it’s been asked by police to go into ... <a title="Katikati schools, medical centre in lockdown as police hunt for person of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/katikati-schools-medical-centre-in-lockdown-as-police-hunt-for-person-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Katikati schools, medical centre in lockdown as police hunt for person of interest">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Students leave flowers and paper cranes on Kevin Hu’s desk at Takapuna Grammar School in Auckland. Supplied The death of a beloved Auckland maths teacher has sent shock waves through the Chinese community. Students and parents paid tribute to Kevin Hu, head of calculus at Takapuna Grammar School, who died in ... <a title="Community mourns death of beloved Takapuna Grammar School teacher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/community-mourns-death-of-beloved-takapuna-grammar-school-teacher/" aria-label="Read more about Community mourns death of beloved Takapuna Grammar School teacher">Read more</a>
