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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Airbus A321XLR planes will replace the Boeing 757 fleet. NZDF The Defence Force has released more details of its new planes, including what they will look like. The Airbus A321XLR planes will replace the Boeing 757 fleet. The planes are primarily used as transport, for military personnel and equipment, as ... <a title="Revealed: What the new Defence Force planes will look like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/revealed-what-the-new-defence-force-planes-will-look-like/" aria-label="Read more about Revealed: What the new Defence Force planes will look like">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) were striking on Friday for an hour. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Fire and Emergency says it received 17 callouts during the firefighters’ union’s strike today. Members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) were striking on Friday for an hour. Only ... <a title="Eight callouts impacted by firefighter strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/eight-callouts-impacted-by-firefighter-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Eight callouts impacted by firefighter strike">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand There have been 21 cases of measles in Aotearoa recently. (File photo) Supplied/ US CDC There are two new cases of measles, bringing the national total to 21. Health New Zealand said the two new cases were in Nelson and were closely linked to an existing case there. Of the 21 ... <a title="Two new measles cases in Nelson brings total to 21" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/two-new-measles-cases-in-nelson-brings-total-to-21/" aria-label="Read more about Two new measles cases in Nelson brings total to 21">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwi caddy Steve Williams holds the umbrella for Tiger Woods during the 2002 NZ Golf Open at Paraparaumu Beach. PHOTOSPORT The famed Paraparaumu Beach golf course will feature on the 2025/26 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia schedule for the first time in 24 years. Located just north of Wellington, Paraparaumu Beach ... <a title="Iconic Paraparaumu Beach back on PGA Tour of Australasia itinerary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/iconic-paraparaumu-beach-back-on-pga-tour-of-australasia-itinerary/" aria-label="Read more about Iconic Paraparaumu Beach back on PGA Tour of Australasia itinerary">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A person has been arrested in Katikati after the search for them sent multiple schools and a medical centre into lockdown. Police told the Katikati Medical Centre, local schools and a preschool to go into lockdown while enquiries were conducted, police said in a statement. “Armed Police ... <a title="Katikati schools, medical centre lockdown lifted after police catch wanted person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/katikati-schools-medical-centre-lockdown-lifted-after-police-catch-wanted-person/" aria-label="Read more about Katikati schools, medical centre lockdown lifted after police catch wanted person">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris de Wattignar. NZ Police A former senior leader at police has quit his role at the Civil Aviation Authority following the police watchdog’s scathing report into how police handled allegations of sexual offending by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ earlier revealed the identities of some of the senior leaders ... <a title="Cop turned aviation boss Chris de Wattignar quits following scathing IPCA McSkimming report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/cop-turned-aviation-boss-chris-de-wattignar-quits-following-scathing-ipca-mcskimming-report/" aria-label="Read more about Cop turned aviation boss Chris de Wattignar quits following scathing IPCA McSkimming report">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand August, Goldie and Hugo, taken five days before the incident. Supplied Details of the funeral for the three children who died in a house fire in the Manawatū town of Sanson have been released. August, Hugo and Goldie died last weekend, in what was being treated as a murder-suicide. Their father, ... <a title="‘Wear bright colours’: Funeral to be held for chidlren killed in Sanson house fire as mum Chelsey Field releases statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/wear-bright-colours-funeral-to-be-held-for-chidlren-killed-in-sanson-house-fire-as-mum-chelsey-field-releases-statement/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Wear bright colours’: Funeral to be held for chidlren killed in Sanson house fire as mum Chelsey Field releases statement">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Projections indicate the Māori population is likely to cross the million mark in 2033. RNZ Around 932,000 people, or 18 percent of people living in Aotearoa, identified as Māori as at 30 June 2025, according to estimates released by Stats NZ. The latest projections indicate the Māori population is likely to ... <a title="Māori ethnic population nears one million" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/maori-ethnic-population-nears-one-million/" aria-label="Read more about Māori ethnic population nears one million">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Warning: Readers may find these images distressing Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert footage inside one. The Ministry for Primary Industries was investigating what it called ... <a title="New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-farrowing-crates-rules-at-piggeries-progress-amid-undercover-footage-release/" aria-label="Read more about New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic in the area is heavy. (File photo) RNZ / Alexander Robertson One person has been critically injured in a three-vehicle crash on a busy Auckland road. Emergency services were still at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Epsom’s Gillies Ave and Owens Rd. A police spokesperson said ... <a title="Person critically injured in three-vehicle crash on busy Auckland road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/person-critically-injured-in-three-vehicle-crash-on-busy-auckland-road/" aria-label="Read more about Person critically injured in three-vehicle crash on busy Auckland road">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Henga – Bethells Beach. 123rf A person has been hospitalised after getting into trouble in the waters at Auckland’s Bethells Beach this afternoon. Surf Life Saving said a group got into trouble in the water, and all made it back to shore, except for one person who had to be ... <a title="One in hospital after rescue at Bethells Beach, Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/one-in-hospital-after-rescue-at-bethells-beach-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about One in hospital after rescue at Bethells Beach, Auckland">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. Follow all the action as five-test Ashes series between arch rivals Australia and England gets underway. The first test will be played in front of a sold out crowd at ... <a title="The Ashes cricket live: Australia v England first test, day one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/the-ashes-cricket-live-australia-v-england-first-test-day-one/" aria-label="Read more about The Ashes cricket live: Australia v England first test, day one">Read more</a>
