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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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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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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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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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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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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>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services were at the scene in Invercargill. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A dozen people are injured in Invercargill, after a crash involving three vehicles, including a van. St John says one person in a serious condition and another in a moderate condition have been taken to Southland Hospital. Ten more ... <a title="Twelve injured in three-vehicle Invercargill crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/twelve-injured-in-three-vehicle-invercargill-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Twelve injured in three-vehicle Invercargill crash">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The wife of a Dunedin man stabbed to death has revealed she rejected a proposal from the man accused of his murder. Gurjit Singh was found dead on the lawn of his home in January last year after being stabbed more than 40 times. A 35-year-old man, ... <a title="Wife of murdered man had rejected accused killer’s profile from marriage bureau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/wife-of-murdered-man-had-rejected-accused-killers-profile-from-marriage-bureau/" aria-label="Read more about Wife of murdered man had rejected accused killer’s profile from marriage bureau">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The court martial is being held at Burnham Military Camp. RNZ/Nathan McKinnon The complainant in a court martial of a solider accused of assaulting his former partner has been honest and upfront, even offering damaging information about herself, the prosecution says. The army corporal, who has interim name suppression, is facing ... <a title="Army court martial: Victim did not try to hide her actions, says prosecution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/army-court-martial-victim-did-not-try-to-hide-her-actions-says-prosecution/" aria-label="Read more about Army court martial: Victim did not try to hide her actions, says prosecution">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The historic waka hourua Hōkūleʻa returns to Tāmaki Makaurau after 40 years. Tamaira Hook / WIPCE Hōkūleʻa, the Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe that helped spark a revival of Pacific navigation, returned back to Tāmaki Makaurau after 40 years. Hōkūleʻa and her sister vessel Hikianalia were welcomed into Ōkahu Bay by Ngāti ... <a title="Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei welcomes historic waka Hōkūle’a to Tāmaki Makaurau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/ngati-whatua-orakei-welcomes-historic-waka-hokulea-to-tamaki-makaurau/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei welcomes historic waka Hōkūle’a to Tāmaki Makaurau">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The recalled sand products. Supplied The changing way people shop and the sheer volume of products is making product safety harder to police, says Consumer NZ. It says the recall of coloured sand products over asbestos fears shows product safety rules for kids toys and craft materials are not fit for ... <a title="Sand recall: Product safety ‘entering a completely different landscape’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/sand-recall-product-safety-entering-a-completely-different-landscape/" aria-label="Read more about Sand recall: Product safety ‘entering a completely different landscape’">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Master Carver Rei Mihaere receieves his tohū for service to the community. Sarah Sparks Master carver Rei Mihaere has been awarded the prestigious Hamilton Kirikiriroa Civic Award for over 40 years of service to his community, marae and education. Mihaere was honoured with a ceremony at the Hamilton Gardens on Monday ... <a title="Master carver Rei Mihaere honoured with Hamilton Kirikiriroa Civic Award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/master-carver-rei-mihaere-honoured-with-hamilton-kirikiriroa-civic-award/" aria-label="Read more about Master carver Rei Mihaere honoured with Hamilton Kirikiriroa Civic Award">Read more</a>
