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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Educational Colours Rainbow Sand has been recalled. Supplied / Product Safety NZ The Ministry of Education has alerted schools and early learning centres to stop using coloured play sand contaminated with asbestos. It comes after tremolite, a naturally occurring asbestos, was found in rainbow sand sold by two brands, Education Colours ... <a title="Schools, early learning centres urged to stop using asbestos-contaminated sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/schools-early-learning-centres-urged-to-stop-using-asbestos-contaminated-sand/" aria-label="Read more about Schools, early learning centres urged to stop using asbestos-contaminated sand">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The union said members will not strike for an hour on Friday as planned. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Paid firefighters have called off their latest strike, saying new information has surfaced that will be key to pay talks. The Professional Firefighters Union and Fire and Emergency (FENZ) have been in a ... <a title="Paid firefighters call off latest strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/paid-firefighters-call-off-latest-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Paid firefighters call off latest strike">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand David McEwen is due to be sentenced on 14 January. Screenshot / YouTube Former Auckland financial advisor David McEwen has pleaded guilty to all charges for breaching a banning order imposed by the financial markets regulator. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) previously issued warnings about financial products and related advice provided ... <a title="Former financial advisor David McEwen pleads guilty to criminal charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/former-financial-advisor-david-mcewen-pleads-guilty-to-criminal-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Former financial advisor David McEwen pleads guilty to criminal charges">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The ombudsman said it’s important to know the consequences of making a false statement on an insurance claim. 123rf The insurance ombudsman is urging customers not to embellish claims for flood damage. The Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO Scheme), which reviews insurance complaints, said with more frequent flooding events, ... <a title="Ombudsman warns customers not to falsify flood insurance claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/ombudsman-warns-customers-not-to-falsify-flood-insurance-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Ombudsman warns customers not to falsify flood insurance claims">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson. Javier Jimenez / PHOTOSPORT New Zealand motorsport fans have a chance to sit alongside Formula 1 star Liam Lawson on a race circuit. The Racing Bulls driver will return to Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell in December to provide hot laps for charity. Three hot ... <a title="Liam Lawson to give Kiwi fans a thrill ride" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/liam-lawson-to-give-kiwi-fans-a-thrill-ride/" aria-label="Read more about Liam Lawson to give Kiwi fans a thrill ride">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand David Seymour says strikes in the final week of Term 3 prompted many to begin their holidays early. RNZ / Mark Papalii Associate Education Minister David Seymour is blaming teacher strikes for a drop in school attendance in the final week of Term 3. In a statement, he said the term ... <a title="David Seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/david-seymour-blames-teacher-strikes-for-drop-in-school-attendance-in-last-week-of-term/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene on the night of 30 October. Supplied/ Mike Dixon An 18-year-old Palmerston North man has been arrested and charged with arson, following a large fire in the old Fitzherbert bar in central Palmerston North. Police were called to the blaze on the evening of 30 October. Huge flames and ... <a title="Teenager charged, more arrests likely after fire at old Palmerston North pub The Fitz" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/teenager-charged-more-arrests-likely-after-fire-at-old-palmerston-north-pub-the-fitz/" aria-label="Read more about Teenager charged, more arrests likely after fire at old Palmerston North pub The Fitz">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand © Copyright Andrew Cornaga 2020 / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd Black Caps v West Indies – fifth T20 First ball: 1.15pm University Oval, Dunedin Live blog updates on RNZ Sport Black Caps seamer Jacob Duffy expects the T20 series against the West Indies to end on a fitting note in Dunedin ... <a title="Black Caps eye T20 series win against big-hitting Windies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/black-caps-eye-t20-series-win-against-big-hitting-windies/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps eye T20 series win against big-hitting Windies">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Erin Routliffe of New Zealand celebrates with partner Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada after winning the 2025 US Open doubles title. MATTHEW STOCKMAN / AFP Their partnership may have come to an end but Erin Routliffe said she has a friend for life in Gaby Dabrowski. The pair announced their split earlier ... <a title="Erin Routliffe-Gaby Dabrowski split a business decision, but ‘I’ll have a friend for life’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/erin-routliffe-gaby-dabrowski-split-a-business-decision-but-ill-have-a-friend-for-life/" aria-label="Read more about Erin Routliffe-Gaby Dabrowski split a business decision, but ‘I’ll have a friend for life’">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nathan Boulter appearing in court in 2011. NZPA / David Rowland Thirteen years after being sentenced to kidnapping his ex-partner, holding her hostage for 38 hours on Great Barrier Island Nathan Boulter stood in front of a judge in the High Court. This time he was pleading guilty to murdering a ... <a title="How a violent, possessive stalker became a killer: The story of Nathan Boulter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/how-a-violent-possessive-stalker-became-a-killer-the-story-of-nathan-boulter/" aria-label="Read more about How a violent, possessive stalker became a killer: The story of Nathan Boulter">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A group of Japanese junior high school students from Kakogawa City ringing the Peace Bell in 2023. Auckland Council / supplied An Auckland local board chair is astonished a one-tonne bronze bell was stolen from the Japanese Garden in Henderson, Auckland. The Peace Bell was gifted to former Mayor Sir Bob ... <a title="One-tonne Peace Bell stolen from Henderson’s Japanese Garden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/one-tonne-peace-bell-stolen-from-hendersons-japanese-garden/" aria-label="Read more about One-tonne Peace Bell stolen from Henderson’s Japanese Garden">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A spokesperson for Lotto said it aimed to pay most prizes claimed within seven working days. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Helen Button had never won anything significant from Lotto in the past. So when she took her Lotto ticket to her local New World and discovered she had won $1469 on ... <a title="She’s won Lotto, so where is her money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/13/shes-won-lotto-so-where-is-her-money/" aria-label="Read more about She’s won Lotto, so where is her money?">Read more</a>
