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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tenancy Tribunal warned the landlord multiple times. MBIE A Canterbury landlord, who had been warned multiple times that his property was not up to standard, has been ordered to pay $33,000, remove industrial rubbish and repair holes in the roof and walls of a boarding house in Lyttelton. The Tenancy ... <a title="Canterbury landlord ordered to pay $33,000 and repair boarding house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/canterbury-landlord-ordered-to-pay-33000-and-repair-boarding-house/" aria-label="Read more about Canterbury landlord ordered to pay $33,000 and repair boarding house">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Foodstuffs South Island was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court. 123rf.com Foodstuffs South Island has been fined $39,000 for selling recalled hummus. The dip was recalled in 2023 over the possible presence of salmonella. Foodstuffs South Island was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court, after selling 39 units of the recalled ... <a title="Foodstuffs South Island fined for selling recalled hummus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/foodstuffs-south-island-fined-for-selling-recalled-hummus/" aria-label="Read more about Foodstuffs South Island fined for selling recalled hummus">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Six of 20 staff have been stood down since they were identified in a rapid review of Police information security controls. RNZ / REECE BAKER Criminal investigations have begun into three police staff in relation to “misuse and inappropriate content”, RNZ can reveal. RNZ earlier revealed several police staff were under ... <a title="Criminal investigations begin into three police staff over ‘misuse and inappropriate content’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/criminal-investigations-begin-into-three-police-staff-over-misuse-and-inappropriate-content/" aria-label="Read more about Criminal investigations begin into three police staff over ‘misuse and inappropriate content’">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku’alofa. Lord Dalgety, chairman of the Tonga Electoral Commission, announced the results of the nobles election at the Palace Office in the Tongan capital shortly after midday. The two newly elected ... <a title="Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/tonga-election-two-new-lords-as-9-noble-seats-decided/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Silver Fern Kate Heffernan. PHOTOSPORT Analysis – The Silver Ferns will be able to look back on a season like no other, feeling confident they are on the right path ahead of two big years. An international window that started with the shock suspension of coach Dame Noeline Taurua, came to ... <a title="Composed Silver Ferns navigate most difficult season to date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/composed-silver-ferns-navigate-most-difficult-season-to-date/" aria-label="Read more about Composed Silver Ferns navigate most difficult season to date">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The head of Women’s Refuge is disappointed but not at all surprised by the latest data. 123RF Warning: This story contains content some may find disturbing. There are calls for a public awareness and education campaign about domestic violence, after fresh data has revealed its prevalence around the globe. A new ... <a title="Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/report-finds-a-quarter-of-women-abused-by-partner/" aria-label="Read more about Report finds a quarter of women abused by partner">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial view of Blenheim, New Zealand. 123RF Marlborough District Council are warning residents to be cautious of residual smoke after a Blenheim rubbish treatment plant blaze. Fire crews were called to the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road at 2:50pm on Thursday. Over two and a half hours later the ... <a title="Blenheim residents warned to be cautious after rubbish fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/blenheim-residents-warned-to-be-cautious-after-rubbish-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Blenheim residents warned to be cautious after rubbish fire">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kmart signage at the Westfield St Lukes mall. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly It’s been revealed Kmart NZ’s sold tens of thousands of pots of potentially asbestos-laced children’s play sand. The retail giant has sold 67,000 units of coloured children’s sand across the four products. That number doesn’t include suspect products sold ... <a title="Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/kmart-sold-67k-units-of-potentially-asbestos-laced-play-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene. Supplied Police say they believe two incidents – where one man died and another suffered serious injuries – in Waikanae on Wednesday are related. Three men aged 20, 25 and 26 are facing charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a man ... <a title="Two Waikanae incidents, including death, are likely linked, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/two-waikanae-incidents-including-death-are-likely-linked-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Two Waikanae incidents, including death, are likely linked, police say">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Concerned parents and teachers have been bagging up and delivering children’s play sand which could be contaminated with asbestos to designated council centres. The products had been sold in both New Zealand and Australia and subject to multiple safety recalls. At the Auckland Council asbestos lab in Auckland’s Grafton, Kedgley Intermediate ... <a title="Concerned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concerned-parents-and-teachers-drop-off-potenitally-contaminated-coloured-play-sand-at-auckland-council-drop-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Concerned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Lillian Hanly Te Pāti Māori’s youngest MP has broken her silence, following the expulsion of her former colleagues, saying it has felt like “a divorce between two parents.” “My answer to both sides face to face has been that you are all in the wrong.” Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says she’s ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/te-pati-maori-mp-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-breaks-silence-on-mps-expulsion/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke breaks silence on MPs expulsion">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Concerned parents and teachers have been bagging up and delivering children’s play sand which could be contaminated with asbestos to designated council centres. The products had been sold in both New Zealand and Australia and subject to multiple safety recalls. At the Auckland Council asbestos lab in Auckland’s Grafton, Kedgley Intermediate ... <a title="Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/concrned-parents-and-teachers-drop-off-potenitally-contaminated-coloured-play-sand-at-auckland-council-drop-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Concrned parents and teachers drop off potenitally contaminated coloured play sand at Auckland Council drop sites">Read more</a>
