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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Grant Arkell, pictured in 2020. RNZ / Dan Cook The man who first trained former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker among other boxing greats, Grant Arkell, has passed away aged 77. Arkell was one of the most respected boxing trainers in New Zealand and opened the Papatoetoe Boxing Gym in 1990, ... <a title="Joseph Parker’s first trainer, Grant Arkell, dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/joseph-parkers-first-trainer-grant-arkell-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Joseph Parker’s first trainer, Grant Arkell, dies">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington will be the first location to implement the new roadside drug testing with the rest of the country to follow by mid-2026 NZ Police / Supplied As New Zealand gets set to rollout roadside drug testing, an Australian expert says it’s a scattergun approach that doesn’t reliably pick up impairment. ... <a title="Roadside drug testing ‘nearly worthless’, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/roadside-drug-testing-nearly-worthless-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Roadside drug testing ‘nearly worthless’, expert says">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The figures reported in this article have been corrected. More than 1.2 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found. The amount is equivalent to 237 kilograms of waste per person. Nearly a third of the waste comes from households, ... <a title="1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year – report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/1-2-million-tonnes-of-food-wasted-in-new-zealand-every-year-report/" aria-label="Read more about 1.2 million tonnes of food wasted in New Zealand every year – report">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sabitra Bhandari of the Phoenix Masanori Udagawa / PHOTOSPORT While expectations are always high, the Phoenix women would be delighted with the position they find themselves in the A-League. Bev Priestman’s side scored their first win of the season on Sunday, beating Melbourne Victory for the first time with a 1-0 ... <a title="Football: Phoenix set to take off after positive start to A-League" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/football-phoenix-set-to-take-off-after-positive-start-to-a-league/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Phoenix set to take off after positive start to A-League">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand No Duff Charitable Trust’s Aaron Wood. RNZ / Kate Pereyra Garcia A veterans’ charity says there is growing concern about the lack of mental health and transitional support within the Defence Force. This comes as a former infantry soldier is accusing the New Zealand Defence Force of failing to get him ... <a title="Veterans’ charity say transitional support for those leaving Defence Force is lacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/veterans-charity-say-transitional-support-for-those-leaving-defence-force-is-lacking/" aria-label="Read more about Veterans’ charity say transitional support for those leaving Defence Force is lacking">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Ara o Te Ata – Mt Messenger Bypass project construction in February 2025. NZTA / Waka Kotahi The budget for a major Taranaki road has climbed up in costs from $365 million to nearly $600m. The Mt Messenger Bypass will be a new six-kilometre route that avoids the existing steep, ... <a title="Budget for Mt Messenger Bypass project nearly doubles to almost $600 million" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/budget-for-mt-messenger-bypass-project-nearly-doubles-to-almost-600-million/" aria-label="Read more about Budget for Mt Messenger Bypass project nearly doubles to almost $600 million">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Police are investigating a series of ramraids across Christchurch after about a dozen businesses were targeted within the space of 90 minutes. Multiple burglaries were reported to police at a number of commercial properties across the city’s western suburbs between 4am and 5.30am on Sunday. Police said the alleged youth ... <a title="Police investigating 90 minute string of ramraids in Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/police-investigating-90-minute-string-of-ramraids-in-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about Police investigating 90 minute string of ramraids in Christchurch">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prefabs onsite of Wellington Girl’s College. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A Wellington school is looking to put behind it years of disruption centred round its old and earthquake-prone buildings. The problems at Wellington Girls College culminated last year with students setting up a classroom on Parliament grounds in protest, where one ... <a title="Wellington Girls College to finally get new buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/wellington-girls-college-to-finally-get-new-buildings/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Girls College to finally get new buildings">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Criminal investigations have begun into three police staff in relation to “misuse and inappropriate content”. RNZ / Angus Dreaver An Auckland-based detective with decades of experience in police is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly possessing objectionable material. RNZ earlier revealed criminal investigations had begun into three police staff in relation ... <a title="Senior Auckland detective faces criminal investigation over objectionable material" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/senior-auckland-detective-faces-criminal-investigation-over-objectionable-material/" aria-label="Read more about Senior Auckland detective faces criminal investigation over objectionable material">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand She opened the cushion and pulled out an old plastic bag full of $100 notes. Supplied A cleaner tidying up some dusty old chairs at a Wellington property has stumbled across the most “insane” thing she’s ever found – $20,000 cash. Loll, co-owner of Massive Property Services, said the retro chairs ... <a title="Wellington cleaner’s shock $20,000 discovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/wellington-cleaners-shock-20000-discovery/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington cleaner’s shock $20,000 discovery">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s hard enough to find time to listen to a whole album these days, given the constant demands of everyday life. So when influential US alternative rock outfit Pixies announced they were going to perform their 1990 album, Bossanova, followed by 1991’s Trompe le Monde at the same Auckland gig on ... <a title="Review: Pixies deliver polished walk down unconventional memory lane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/review-pixies-deliver-polished-walk-down-unconventional-memory-lane/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Pixies deliver polished walk down unconventional memory lane">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An image of Caleb Moefa’auo positioned in the witness box. RNZ/Felix Walton Corrections officers are expected to face the Coroners Court as the second part of an inquest into the death of a man pepper sprayed at Mt Eden Corrections Facility gets underway this week. Caleb Moefa’auo, 26, died in 2022 ... <a title="Second phase of inquest into pepper spray prison death of Caleb Moefa’auo begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/second-phase-of-inquest-into-pepper-spray-prison-death-of-caleb-moefaauo-begins/" aria-label="Read more about Second phase of inquest into pepper spray prison death of Caleb Moefa’auo begins">Read more</a>
