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Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands delay, says Greenpeace

November 13, 2025

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has heralded the Cook Islands delay on a decision over whether seabed mining can go ahead until at least 2032 as “evidence of the growing opposition” to the destructive industry in the Pacific. Greenpeace Aotearoa campaigner Juressa Lee said the decision was “a win for the moana and the Pacific Peoples” ... <a title="Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands delay, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/growing-local-opposition-to-seabed-mining-decision-has-forced-cook-islands-delay-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands delay, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>

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Massey University’s vet school officially opens $160 million revamp

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The $70 million Ngā Huia building is the final part of a $160m upgrade to vet school facilities. RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham The final stage of a $160 million revamp to New Zealand’s only vet training school is complete. At Massey University’s Palmerston North campus on Thursday new building Ngā Huia officially opened ... <a title="Massey University’s vet school officially opens $160 million revamp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/massey-universitys-vet-school-officially-opens-160-million-revamp/" aria-label="Read more about Massey University’s vet school officially opens $160 million revamp">Read more</a>

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Major highway closed after crash injures several people

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER At least four people have been injured in a two-vehicle crash that has shut a major highway north of New Plymouth. Emergency services are at the scene on Devon Road (SH3) Sentry Hill. The road is closed and drivers are asked to avoid the area. Diversions are ... <a title="Major highway closed after crash injures several people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/major-highway-closed-after-crash-injures-several-people/" aria-label="Read more about Major highway closed after crash injures several people">Read more</a>

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‘It’s all gone already to pay off debts’: Oyster farmers react to compensation deal

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Mahurangi oyster farmers have struck a $1 million compensation deal. Nick Monro They are purveyors of some of the world’s most sought-after culinary delicacies, but Mahurangi’s oyster farmers have been reduced to eating beans on toast most days, their hair going grey, and their nerves shot. Last month the farmers were ... <a title="‘It’s all gone already to pay off debts’: Oyster farmers react to compensation deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/its-all-gone-already-to-pay-off-debts-oyster-farmers-react-to-compensation-deal/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s all gone already to pay off debts’: Oyster farmers react to compensation deal">Read more</a>

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Seaview residents warned sewage plant stench will return following ‘error’

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant. RNZ / Krystal Gibbens Wellington Water is warning Seaview residents that due to an “error” by the operators of its Seaview sewage plant, locals should expect bad smells in the area. The Seaview Wastewater Treatment Plant is notorious in the community for causing bad odours, which some ... <a title="Seaview residents warned sewage plant stench will return following ‘error’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/seaview-residents-warned-sewage-plant-stench-will-return-following-error/" aria-label="Read more about Seaview residents warned sewage plant stench will return following ‘error’">Read more</a>

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Serious crash on SH3 New Plymouth

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Police say people have been seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in New Plymouth. Emergency services are at the scene on Devon Road (SH3) Sentry Hill. The road is closed and drivers are ask to avoid the area. Diversions are in place. – Published by EveningReport.nz and ... <a title="Serious crash on SH3 New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/serious-crash-on-sh3-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Serious crash on SH3 New Plymouth">Read more</a>

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Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escort

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Escaped prisoner Paul Rehua. NZ Police Police are searching for a man who escaped custody while on a hospital escort in Auckland last week. A warrant to arrest 42-year-old Paul Kyle Peekay Rehua has been issued by police, who believe he is in the wider Waitematā area. Mt Eden Corrections Facility ... <a title="Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/police-name-prisoner-who-escaped-hospital-escort/" aria-label="Read more about Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escort">Read more</a>

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Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle

November 13, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Timor-Leste Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão has paid tribute to the “courageous and determined” contribution of Australian journalist Robert Domm to the struggle of the Timorese people in gaining independence from Indonesia. He died last Friday. Domm was remembered for meeting in secret with the then Timorese resistance leader Gusmão in ... <a title="Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/timor-lestes-xanana-gusmao-pays-tribute-to-journalist-robert-domm-over-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Timor-Leste’s Xanana Gusmão pays tribute to journalist Robert Domm over independence struggle">Read more</a>

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Wellington Phoenix player takes mental health break

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Phoenix midfielder Macey Fraser challenges for the ball against Melbourne City in 2023. Photosport / Masanori Udagawa Wellington Phoenix midfielder Macey Fraser has been granted a leave of absence to address her mental health. Fraser re-joined the Phoenix on a three-year contract in September, but has yet to play for the ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix player takes mental health break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/wellington-phoenix-player-takes-mental-health-break/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix player takes mental health break">Read more</a>

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Non-existent trust contracted to set up charter school

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister David Seymour initially told reporters on Thursday the trust did exist RNZ / Mark Papalii Associate Education Minister David Seymour says contracting a non-existent trust to set up a charter school was “a bit of a screw up”. But he said the sport-focused charter school would still go ... <a title="Non-existent trust contracted to set up charter school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/non-existent-trust-contracted-to-set-up-charter-school/" aria-label="Read more about Non-existent trust contracted to set up charter school">Read more</a>

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Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escourt

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Escaped prisoner Paul Rehua. NZ Police Police are searching for a man who escaped custody while on a hospital escort in Auckland last week. A warrant to arrest 42-year-old Paul Kyle Peekay Rehua has been issued by police, who believe he is in the wider Waitematā area. Mt Eden Corrections Facility ... <a title="Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escourt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/police-name-prisoner-who-escaped-hospital-escourt/" aria-label="Read more about Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escourt">Read more</a>

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‘Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target

November 13, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Bill Hare has called the government’s climbdown on methane emissions dangerous and embarrassing. Supplied/The Australia Institute New Zealand’s climbdown on its methane emissions target and an agricultural emissions tax is dangerous and embarrassing, an international climate science and policy expert says. Speaking from the COP30 global climate summit in Brazil, ... <a title="‘Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/embarrassing-international-climate-expert-at-cop30-scorns-nzs-methane-target/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target">Read more</a>