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What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand A finger-sized camera with a resolution that wouldn’t hold a candle to your average smartphone is selling out at official stockists in New Zealand. The Chamera — a nostalgic collaboration with Reto that nods to Kodak’s first single-use cameras of the ’80s — comes in seven colours (plus one “secret edition”) ... <a title="What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/whats-all-the-buzz-about-this-retro-keychain-camera/" aria-label="Read more about What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?">Read more</a>

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15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke coming out of the Pike River Mine. Credit: NZ Police Pike River families are still waiting to hear if police will lay criminal charges, as a result of the disaster that left 29 men dead 15 years ago. Bernie Monk, whose son Michael died in the mine, said it was ... <a title="15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/15-years-on-pike-river-families-still-pushing-for-criminal-charges/" aria-label="Read more about 15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges">Read more</a>

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Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Valentine has been one of those affected by Kāeo’s water drama. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A resident of a Far North town says it was “about time” the water watchdog stepped in, after being under a boil notice for more than 10 years. Kāeo’s water supply has been under ... <a title="Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/taumata-arowai-intervention-over-kaeo-water-supply-was-about-time/" aria-label="Read more about Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’">Read more</a>

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Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/ UCOL Secondary schools will have to work a lot closer with polytechnics and employers to realise the government’s goals for its new “vocational subjects”, say ... <a title="Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/good-vocational-pathways-capped-and-trapped-tradie-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers">Read more</a>

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Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Jesse Ryder goes on the attack for the CD Stags in 2022. Photosport Following his departure from the international cricket scene, former Black Cap Jesse Ryder will make a comeback for the T20 Black Clash. Daniel Vettori’s Team Cricket takes on Kieran Read’s Team Rugby at Tauranga’s Bay Oval on the ... <a title="Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/jesse-ryder-makes-comeback-for-t20-black-clash/" aria-label="Read more about Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash">Read more</a>

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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand should be a rich country, but instead inequality is growing and the middle class are on the way out, British YouTuber, economist and trader Gary Stevenson says. He told 30 with Guyon Espiner the divide between the middle class and the rich had been growing since 2011. “I started ... <a title="30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/30-with-guyon-espiner-economist-gary-stevenson-on-why-new-zealand-should-tax-the-rich/" aria-label="Read more about 30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich">Read more</a>

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Christmas without food and presents? More families struggling, expected to go without

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland mother of three says it makes her sad to see her children accepting there could be no presents this Christmas. Anau Fangupo’s two teenagers have come to understand their parents cannot afford gifts – but her 12-year-old still hopes for a surprise. “This year they’re not asking for a ... <a title="Christmas without food and presents? More families struggling, expected to go without" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/christmas-without-food-and-presents-more-families-struggling-expected-to-go-without/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas without food and presents? More families struggling, expected to go without">Read more</a>

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Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The art medium of “acrylic paint and glitter on canvas shoe” doesn’t easily fit with the hardened stereotype of a New Zealand prisoner. But that is what artist and prisoner Edward Newman created for the exhibition Worn, a showcase of more than 50 transformed canvas pairs of shoes on display at ... <a title="Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/prisoners-design-dozens-of-pairs-of-canvas-shoes/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes">Read more</a>

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Former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura. RNZ / REECE BAKER Two members of the police’s senior leadership team, including former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura, visited Jevon McSkimming while he faced charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. McSkimming pleaded guilty earlier this month A report by the Independent ... <a title="Former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/former-deputy-police-commissioner-tania-kura-visited-jevon-mcskimming-after-charges-laid/" aria-label="Read more about Former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid">Read more</a>

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Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand An explosion at the Pike River Mine killed 29 men in 2010.. Supplied / Pike River Recovery Agency Unions are calling on the government to support a corporate manslaughter law on the anniversary of the Pike River Mine disaster. Fifteen years have passed since an explosion ripped through the remote mine ... <a title="Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/calls-for-corporate-manslaughter-law-15-years-after-pike-river-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy">Read more</a>

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New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s backflip on emission targets earned it ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the COP30 summit in Brazil. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand has tumbled in an international climate-change league table, with authors now ranking it as “low-performing”. The country fell three places to 44th in the Climate Change Performance ... <a title="New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/new-zealand-slumps-again-in-climate-change-league-table/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table">Read more</a>

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All heart: Michael Campbell’s massive achievement, 20 years on

November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Michael Campbell is looking fit and healthy, and he’s feeling it too. At least, he’s feeling an awful lot better than he was earlier this year, after undergoing heart surgery. “I had atrial fibrillation, which means my heart was racing out of rhythm,” the 56-year-old said from his home ... <a title="All heart: Michael Campbell’s massive achievement, 20 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/all-heart-michael-campbells-massive-achievement-20-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about All heart: Michael Campbell’s massive achievement, 20 years on">Read more</a>