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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A power pole and lines are blocking State Highway 36 near Tauranga after a crash. A car hit the power pole between Taumata Road and Oropi Road Friday afternoon. Police say the driver was not serious injuried. The highway will be blocked until at least 6pm and ... <a title="SH36 blocked after car hits power pole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/sh36-blocked-after-car-hits-power-pole/" aria-label="Read more about SH36 blocked after car hits power pole">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital. RNZ / Felix Walton An estimated 7,000 health workers are striking across the country renewing their calls for increased staffing levels and better pay. In Auckland, hundreds of striking workers picketed outside the central hospital. Social worker Margaret Colbrough waved ... <a title="Health workers’ strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/health-workers-strike-hundreds-in-auckland-call-for-increased-staffing-better-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Health workers’ strike: Hundreds in Auckland call for increased staffing, better pay">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police audited all breath testing that took place from 1 July 2024 using an algorithm that determined if a second test took place within 90 seconds of the first. RNZ A series of documents reveal how police discovered about 130 staff “falsely or erroneously” recording more than 30,000 breath tests and ... <a title="How police discovered 30,000 ‘falsely or erroneously’ recorded breath tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/how-police-discovered-30000-falsely-or-erroneously-recorded-breath-tests/" aria-label="Read more about How police discovered 30,000 ‘falsely or erroneously’ recorded breath tests">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jayleb Che has been missing since 30 September. Supplied / Police Police have suspended their search for a Tokoroa teacher who has been missing for two months. Jayleb-Che Dean, 36, went missing from a swimming spot on Waiotapu Loop Road in Rotorua on 30 September. Earlier this month police ruled out ... <a title="Search for missing Tokoroa teacher suspended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/search-for-missing-tokoroa-teacher-suspended/" aria-label="Read more about Search for missing Tokoroa teacher suspended">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand FENZ said it was only aware of one command unit breaking down. RNZ/Marika Khabazi The Professional Firefighters’ Union says four trucks broke down or were out of action in Dunedin yesterday. High winds and heat fanned nine fires across Otago and Southland. The union’s Dunedin branch secretary Mike Taylor said a ... <a title="Four fire engines break down or out of action in Dunedin, union says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/four-fire-engines-break-down-or-out-of-action-in-dunedin-union-says/" aria-label="Read more about Four fire engines break down or out of action in Dunedin, union says">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Parts of New Zealand hit 33 degrees this week, and a weekend heat alert is in place for Napier, with Christchurch and Hastings not far behind. If high temperatures seem to be stealing your zzzs, there are things to try, says Dr Karen O’Keefe, who researches the latest sleep science at ... <a title="Too hot to sleep? Take a warm shower" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/too-hot-to-sleep-take-a-warm-shower/" aria-label="Read more about Too hot to sleep? Take a warm shower">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Poremoremo Prison guard Mark Anthony Mark Anthony Two prison guards have spoken for the first time about a prisoner’s confession that Ross Appelgren was not responsible for the 1985 murder of Darcy Te Hira in the kitchen at Mt Eden Prison. The RNZ podcast Nark hosted by Mike Wesley-Smith has been ... <a title="Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/nark-guards-cast-doubt-on-ross-appelgrens-involvement-in-deadly-prison-beating/" aria-label="Read more about Nark: Guards cast doubt on Ross Appelgren’s involvement in deadly prison beating">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Gwenaёlle Chollet, Journalism Student Pets have been allowed on busses at off-peak times in Auckland since 2023. Auckland Transport Some pets will be allowed on public transport at off-peak times in Christchurch and the Waimakariri and Selwyn districts from Monday. Small pets will need to be in a carrier that ... <a title="Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/pets-to-be-allowed-on-public-off-peak-transport-in-christchurch-waimakariri-selwyn/" aria-label="Read more about Pets to be allowed on public off-peak transport in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Selwyn">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A humpback whale breaches in Bream bay just 50 metres from Michele Adams’ boat. Supplied/Michele Adams Friends fishing in Northland’s Bream Bay were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, when a huge humpback whale leapt from the sea just 50 metres from their boat. Michele Adams, her husband and another couple were ... <a title="Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/humpback-whale-puts-on-amazing-awesome-unforgettable-display-at-bream-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whale puts on ‘amazing, awesome, unforgettable’ display at Bream Bay">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mountain guide Thomas Vialletet died on Aoraki Mt Cook. Supplied The wife of a guide who died while climbing Aoraki Mt Cook says his death has left an ache in the hearts of those who knew him. Wānaka-based guide Thomas Vialletet and American lawyer Kellam Conover were roped together climbing from ... <a title="Wānaka guide Thomas Vialletet, who died on Mt Cook, ‘left a mark on everyone’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/wanaka-guide-thomas-vialletet-who-died-on-mt-cook-left-a-mark-on-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Wānaka guide Thomas Vialletet, who died on Mt Cook, ‘left a mark on everyone’">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to a property on Sapphire Place in Chartwell, at about 11.50pm on Thursday to reports a man had been shot. RNZ / Patrice Allen Waikato police are seeking information from the public after an alleged shooting left a man with serious injuries. Police were called to a property ... <a title="Police seeking information, CCTV after alleged shooting in Chartwell, Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/police-seeking-information-cctv-after-alleged-shooting-in-chartwell-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Police seeking information, CCTV after alleged shooting in Chartwell, Waikato">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Twenty search warrants were carried out across the Auckland region on Thursday. LDR / Stuff / Stephen Forbes Police have made further arrests in attempts to dismantle an international organised crime syndicate smuggling Class A drugs through Auckland Airport. Twenty search warrants were carried out across the Auckland region on Thursday ... <a title="Gang president arrested in Auckland Airport drug sting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/gang-president-arrested-in-auckland-airport-drug-sting/" aria-label="Read more about Gang president arrested in Auckland Airport drug sting">Read more</a>
