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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Jetstar has confirmed the use of portable power banks on all of its New Zealand flights will be banned from 15 December, as Air New Zealand looks into the matter also. All Qantas Group flights, which included Jetstar would introduce the measures next month that would prohibit ... <a title="Jetstar flights to ban use of portable power banks on all flights, Air New Zealand looking into it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/jetstar-flights-to-ban-use-of-portable-power-banks-on-all-flights-air-new-zealand-looking-into-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jetstar flights to ban use of portable power banks on all flights, Air New Zealand looking into it">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main was sentenced at the Wellington District Court on Friday. (File photo) RNZ / Richard Tindiller A Kāpiti Coast man has been jailed for possessing more than 30,000 objectionable photos and videos, including what Customs says is “some of the worst child sexual abuse content known to law enforcement globally.” ... <a title="Kāpiti Coast man jailed for nine years for possessing ‘some of the worst content known’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/kapiti-coast-man-jailed-for-nine-years-for-possessing-some-of-the-worst-content-known/" aria-label="Read more about Kāpiti Coast man jailed for nine years for possessing ‘some of the worst content known’">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Climate Change Minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government has quietly rejected Climate Change Commission advice to set a much more ambitious ‘net negative’ long-term target for carbon emissions. Instead, it will retain the original 2050 goal of net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived gases. That’s despite ... <a title="Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious ‘net negative’ emissions goal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/government-quietly-rejects-advice-to-set-more-ambitious-net-negative-emissions-goal/" aria-label="Read more about Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious ‘net negative’ emissions goal">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire crews worked until the early hours of this morning to extinguish a fire at Blenheim’s Resource Recovery Centre. Supplied / Marlborough District Council A Blenheim dump will be closed for some time after being badly damaged by fire. Six crews battled the blaze for hours at the Marlborough District Council’s ... <a title="Fire damage closes Blenheim dump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/fire-damage-closes-blenheim-dump/" aria-label="Read more about Fire damage closes Blenheim dump">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii As the end of the year approaches, the government’s overhaul of the school system seems to have gone into overdrive and so has opposition to its changes. In the past month, every major national organisation representing teachers and principals has spoken out against some aspect of reforms ... <a title="Education overhaul: Everything that changed in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/education-overhaul-everything-that-changed-in-2025-and-whats-in-store-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Education overhaul: Everything that changed in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The motorway is closed in both directions. NZTA Waka Kotahi A truck crash is blocking lanes in both directions on Auckland’s Northern Motorway near the Orewa offramp. Motorists are advised to expect delays following the state highway one crash, which occured around midday. One lane northbound and one lane southbound have ... <a title="Truck crash blocks lanes in both directions on Auckland motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/truck-crash-blocks-lanes-in-both-directions-on-auckland-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Truck crash blocks lanes in both directions on Auckland motorway">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Just after midday Christchurch was at 28.7C, the hottest place in Aotearoa. rafaelbenari/123RF While there was wet weather in parts of the country on Friday, forecasters say things should clear up for most at the weekend. But that does not necessarily mean it will be warm, despite summer’s approach. Just after ... <a title="Weather: Christchurch leads the way as summer arrives early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/weather-christchurch-leads-the-way-as-summer-arrives-early/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Christchurch leads the way as summer arrives early">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two schools and a medical centre in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati are in lockdown as police hunt for a person of interest in the town. Katikati College posted on its social media shortly before 1pm that it’s been asked by police to go into ... <a title="Katikati schools, medical centre in lockdown as police hunt for person of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/katikati-schools-medical-centre-in-lockdown-as-police-hunt-for-person-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Katikati schools, medical centre in lockdown as police hunt for person of interest">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Students leave flowers and paper cranes on Kevin Hu’s desk at Takapuna Grammar School in Auckland. Supplied The death of a beloved Auckland maths teacher has sent shock waves through the Chinese community. Students and parents paid tribute to Kevin Hu, head of calculus at Takapuna Grammar School, who died in ... <a title="Community mourns death of beloved Takapuna Grammar School teacher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/community-mourns-death-of-beloved-takapuna-grammar-school-teacher/" aria-label="Read more about Community mourns death of beloved Takapuna Grammar School teacher">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Manahou Mackay says she started using puberty blockers at age 13-14 after “extensive” discussions with psychiatrists and therapists and nurse practitioners. Supplied A model who used puberty blockers as a teenager says the government is “cursing an entire generation of young transgender women to social stigma” after it halted new ... <a title="Halt to puberty blockers curses ‘young transgender women to stigma’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/halt-to-puberty-blockers-curses-young-transgender-women-to-stigma/" aria-label="Read more about Halt to puberty blockers curses ‘young transgender women to stigma’">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nigel Hampton KC says he can’t say who the charges would be laid against, without breaching confidentiality. Iain McGregor/The Press The lawyer for Pike River families says police now have enough evidence to lay manslaughter charges over the disaster. Nigel Hampton KC said police believe they have evidence showing specific acts ... <a title="Pike River deaths: Enough evidence for manslaughter charges – lawyer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/pike-river-deaths-enough-evidence-for-manslaughter-charges-lawyer/" aria-label="Read more about Pike River deaths: Enough evidence for manslaughter charges – lawyer">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand This screen grab shows emergency crews battling a fire that broke out at a pavilion at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, in Brazil, on November 20, 2025. AFP / AFPTV A New Zealand disability advocate caught up in the fire at the annual COP climate meeting in Brazil ... <a title="No support as Kiwi disabled delegates flee COP30 fire in Brazil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/no-support-as-kiwi-disabled-delegates-flee-cop30-fire-in-brazil/" aria-label="Read more about No support as Kiwi disabled delegates flee COP30 fire in Brazil">Read more</a>
