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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A push to convert Kelston Boys’ High School in Auckland into a charter school was against the wishes of the school and its board. SUPPLIED/GOOGLE MAPS The board of the school at the centre of an unwanted outside bid to turn it into a charter school says it hopes the same ... <a title="Kelston Boys’ board hopes no other school will face unwanted charter bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/kelston-boys-board-hopes-no-other-school-will-face-unwanted-charter-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Kelston Boys’ board hopes no other school will face unwanted charter bid">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Pike River families say their meeting with the Workplace Safety Minister was “a complete waste of time”. Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse sat down with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden at Parliament on the 15th anniversary of the Pike River disaster. ... <a title="Meeting with govt ‘complete waste of time’, Pike River families say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/meeting-with-govt-complete-waste-of-time-pike-river-families-say/" aria-label="Read more about Meeting with govt ‘complete waste of time’, Pike River families say">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The third quarter ASB Investor Confidence Survey indicates a clear divergence of strategies between investors over 60 and those under 30 years of age. RNZ Investor confidence is improving, with a clear divergence of strategies between investors over 60 and those under 30 years of age. The third quarter ASB Investor ... <a title="The difference in investing strategies between over-60s and under-30s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-difference-in-investing-strategies-between-over-60s-and-under-30s/" aria-label="Read more about The difference in investing strategies between over-60s and under-30s">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Māori business leaders are feeling upbeat about their performance. RNZ Māori business leaders are feeling upbeat about performance, driven by a stronger primary sector. The latest edition of accounting firm BDO’s Pūrongo Pakihi Māori, the Māori Business Sector Report, showed nearly two thirds of Māori business leaders were positive about current ... <a title="Māori business leaders feeling upbeat about performance after primary sector strengthens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/maori-business-leaders-feeling-upbeat-about-performance-after-primary-sector-strengthens/" aria-label="Read more about Māori business leaders feeling upbeat about performance after primary sector strengthens">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Members of the public are being urged to avoid part of St Aubyn Street in New Plymouth this evening as police descend on the area. Hato Hone St John were called just before 7pm, and sent one ambulance and a rapid response vehicle. Police said ... <a title="Central New Plymouth street closed by police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/central-new-plymouth-street-closed-by-police/" aria-label="Read more about Central New Plymouth street closed by police">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police cordons have been lifted in the Wellington suburb of Newtown following reports of a suspicious item. A cordon was in place on Riddiford Street near Constable Street on Wednesday evening. Moon Pizza Music and Beer Bar on Riddiford Street was put into lockdown for ... <a title="Wellington bars went into lockdown after ‘suspicious item’ found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/wellington-bars-went-into-lockdown-after-suspicious-item-found/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington bars went into lockdown after ‘suspicious item’ found">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The volleyball players had been competing at Stadium Southland before the crash. File photo. © Photosport Ltd 2021 www.photosport.nz A Queenstown high school volleyball team is recovering from a crash last night that left a dozen people injured in Invercargill. All 12 patients were taken to Southland Hospital as a result ... <a title="High school volleyball team in crash that left 12 injured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/high-school-volleyball-team-in-crash-that-left-12-injured/" aria-label="Read more about High school volleyball team in crash that left 12 injured">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Another two people were taken to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. ST JOHN NZ A person has died in a crash that has closed part of State Highway 73 near Sheffield in Canterbury. The two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection with Deans Road, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday. St John said ... <a title="Person dies in crash on State Highway 73 in Canterbury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/person-dies-in-crash-on-state-highway-73-in-canterbury/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies in crash on State Highway 73 in Canterbury">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police have closed off a street in the Wellington suburb of Newtown after a suspicious item was found. Cordons are in place on Riddiford Street near Constable Street. Police said members of the public are advised to avoid the area. – more to come Sign ... <a title="Wellington street closed after ‘suspicious item’ found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/wellington-street-closed-after-suspicious-item-found/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington street closed after ‘suspicious item’ found">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government is halting new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria, saying “a precautionary approach” is needed while evidence remains uncertain. In a statement published on Wednesday afternoon, Health Minister Simeon Brown said Cabinet had agreed to the new ... <a title="Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/govt-halts-new-puberty-blockers-prescriptions-for-gender-affirming-care/" aria-label="Read more about Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A wandering dog in Moerewa in the Far North. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Northland’s roaming dog epidemic has turned a Whangārei grandmother into a prisoner in her own home. Tracy Clarke says she loves walking, but has not ventured even to the corner of her street in three years, after ... <a title="Roaming dogs in Northland: ‘People have had enough’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/roaming-dogs-in-northland-people-have-had-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Roaming dogs in Northland: ‘People have had enough’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Moeaia Tuai is on trial accused of controlling two young people, keeping their passports and pay, sexual violation and assault. RNZ / Gill Bonnett The jury in an Auckland slavery trial has been told they have to decide whether a man treated two young people as if they were his property. ... <a title="Jury to decide whether a man treated young people as property" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/jury-to-decide-whether-a-man-treated-young-people-as-property/" aria-label="Read more about Jury to decide whether a man treated young people as property">Read more</a>
