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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A new system to ensure cellphones get through in emergencies is being opened up to community groups. RNZ A new billion-dollar-plus system to better ensure cellphones get through in emergencies is being opened up to a raft of community groups. About 25,000 frontline responders are already using the Public Safety Network’s ... <a title="Emergency mobile phone coverage system rolled out to community groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/emergency-mobile-phone-coverage-system-rolled-out-to-community-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Emergency mobile phone coverage system rolled out to community groups">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins made the announcement at the party’s annual general meeting in central Auckland. Anneke Smith / RNZ The Labour Party would offer doctors and nurse practitioners low-interest loans to set up new practices or buy into existing ones, if elected next year. Leader Chris Hipkins made the announcement ... <a title="Labour announces low-interest loans for family GP practices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/labour-announces-low-interest-loans-for-family-gp-practices/" aria-label="Read more about Labour announces low-interest loans for family GP practices">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lifeguards will start patrolling Tauranga waters a week early. Cody Keepa for Surf Life Saving NZ Lifeguards will start patrolling Tauranga waters a week early, due to a spike in serious accidents. Surf Life Saving warns that the warm weather has created a perfect storm of hidden hazards, such as rips. ... <a title="Tauranga lifeguards start summer patrols early after spike in serious accidents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/tauranga-lifeguards-start-summer-patrols-early-after-spike-in-serious-accidents/" aria-label="Read more about Tauranga lifeguards start summer patrols early after spike in serious accidents">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A record number of Christmas Boxes have been packed this year with around 2500 volunteers packing more than 35,000 boxes for the charity initiative. Each Christmas Box has $70 worth of food and can feed a family of four to six. Head of Community Response Rebecca So’e said Christmas was supposed ... <a title="Over 35,000 Christmas Boxes packed this year as Kiwis struggle with cost of living" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/over-35000-christmas-boxes-packed-this-year-as-kiwis-struggle-with-cost-of-living/" aria-label="Read more about Over 35,000 Christmas Boxes packed this year as Kiwis struggle with cost of living">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The number of teenagers who vape on a daily basis has dropped to 7.1 percent, down from “peak vape” of 10.1 percent in 2022. 123RF A survey of more than 30,000 of New Zealand’s Year 10 students has indicated that the perception of vaping is changing. The number of teenagers who ... <a title="Youth vaping rates halve within two years, ‘negligible’ number smoking – survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/youth-vaping-rates-halve-within-two-years-negligible-number-smoking-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Youth vaping rates halve within two years, ‘negligible’ number smoking – survey">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison entrance. Google Maps Two new high security units are set to be built at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison adding an additional 316 beds. Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell said the construction would begin next month and finish up by early 2027. He said the new units would expand ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison to get two high security units, adding 316 beds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/hawkes-bay-regional-prison-to-get-two-high-security-units-adding-316-beds/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison to get two high security units, adding 316 beds">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said the 20-year-old allegedly threw the gun into some bushes before leaving in a vehicle with another person. RNZ / REECE BAKER Police have arrested a man after a gun was fired near a popular swimming hole in Thames, Coromandel. Police were called to the scene on Kauaeranga Valley Road ... <a title="Man arrested after gunshot fired near Thames swimming hole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/man-arrested-after-gunshot-fired-near-thames-swimming-hole/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested after gunshot fired near Thames swimming hole">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Robinson was quickest of 56 skiers in the first run on Copper Mountain. photosport New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has ignited her season with a dominant win in the women’s giant slalom at the World Cup in Colorado. Robinson was quickest of 56 skiers in the first run on Copper Mountain ... <a title="NZ skier Alice Robinson wins giant slalom at Alpine Ski World Cup in Colorado" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/nz-skier-alice-robinson-wins-giant-slalom-at-alpine-ski-world-cup-in-colorado/" aria-label="Read more about NZ skier Alice Robinson wins giant slalom at Alpine Ski World Cup in Colorado">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ACC said it would use individual advisors instead of a panel, like it did in other clinical cases. RNZ/Marika Khabazi ACC has disbanded its toxicology panel that firefighters take their cancer claims to. The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) says the corporation did not tell it about this, but it ... <a title="ACC disbands firefighters’ toxicology panel which assesses cancer claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/acc-disbands-firefighters-toxicology-panel-which-assesses-cancer-claims/" aria-label="Read more about ACC disbands firefighters’ toxicology panel which assesses cancer claims">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Santa in one of the Auckland parade’s previous years. Supplied Auckland’s annual Santa Parade is expected to draw 150,000 people into the city centre to see dozens of floats make their way down Queen Street. The parade begins at one 1pm on Sunday on the corner of Mayoral Drive and Cook ... <a title="Auckland’s Santa Parade expected to draw crowd of 150,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/aucklands-santa-parade-expected-to-draw-crowd-of-150000/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s Santa Parade expected to draw crowd of 150,000">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Dyeming said two years on he is fully functional back at work, but yet at full fitness away from the job. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham KiwiRail to pay about $250,000 in fines and reparation over worker’s 10-metre fall WorkSafe finds ‘fundamental failures’ in KiwiRail’s introduction of new communications poles Worker says ... <a title="KiwiRail fined more than $200,000 after worker injured in preventable fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/kiwirail-fined-more-than-200000-after-worker-injured-in-preventable-fall/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiRail fined more than $200,000 after worker injured in preventable fall">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Disruptions will likely continue though as airlines deal with a backlog of flights. 123RF Airbus A320 software updates have been completed on all New Zealand based Jetstar aircraft, while some of Air New Zealand’s fleet remain grounded with further flight cancellations possible. About 6000 Airbus A320 aircraft around the world are ... <a title="Jetstar Airbus A320 jets resume flying, some Air NZ jets still grounded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/30/jetstar-airbus-a320-jets-resume-flying-some-air-nz-jets-still-grounded/" aria-label="Read more about Jetstar Airbus A320 jets resume flying, some Air NZ jets still grounded">Read more</a>
