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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Ian Roberts playing for Manly Sea Eagles in 1995. Photosport / Andrew Cornaga The NRL’s first openly gay player has slammed the NZ Breakers as “cowards” for not wearing the rainbow Pride flag in next year’s NBL Pride Round. The Breakers are the second club to opt out of ... <a title="Ian Roberts slams NZ Breakers over pride jersey: ‘This is homophobia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/ian-roberts-slams-nz-breakers-over-pride-jersey-this-is-homophobia/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Roberts slams NZ Breakers over pride jersey: ‘This is homophobia’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand POOL A week after a bombshell IPCA report raised allegations of high-level cover-ups and triggered accusations of corruption, the fallout continues to grow, with public trust in our police in the spotlight. New Zealand has long been considered one of the least corrupt jurisdictions in the world. But a week ago, ... <a title="Police face a deepening crisis of trust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/police-face-a-deepening-crisis-of-trust/" aria-label="Read more about Police face a deepening crisis of trust">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Samoan rugby players lay down their challenge. RAUL ZAMORA/PHOTOSPORT / AFP Samoa have clinched a place at the 2027 Rugby World Cup after a dramatic finish to the final qualifying tournament in Dubai. Samoa finished top of the four-team tournament after drawing 13-13 with Belgium in the last game. It is ... <a title="Samoa do it the hard way to qualify for 2027 Rugby World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/samoa-do-it-the-hard-way-to-qualify-for-2027-rugby-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa do it the hard way to qualify for 2027 Rugby World Cup">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain warnings in the North Island as of 6am Wednesday. Supplied / MetService Central Auckland is bearing the brunt of the rain this morning, MetService says. Orange heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island (until 2pm), Waitomo, Waikato and Taupō (until 6pm), Bay of ... <a title="Weather: Auckland bearing the brunt of heavy rain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/weather-auckland-bearing-the-brunt-of-heavy-rain/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Auckland bearing the brunt of heavy rain">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Health New Zealand has the target of 95 percent of two year olds being fully vaccinated. 123rf Health NZ says another 10,000 people have been immunised against measles, but experts warn more coverage is needed to help those with immune deficiencies. The National Public Service’s Nikki Canter-Burgoyne said 10,847 people were ... <a title="Health New Zealand says another 10,000 immunised against measles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/health-new-zealand-says-another-10000-immunised-against-measles/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand says another 10,000 immunised against measles">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A mohua settling into its new home in the Matukituki Valley. RNZ/Katie Todd Fifty tiny, yellow songbirds have been released in a corner of Mount Aspiring National Park that hasn’t heard their chirps in years. Conservationists hope the at-risk mohua can set up a new foothold in the Matukituki Valley, west ... <a title="At-risk yellowhead mohua returned to Matukituki Valley after long absence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/at-risk-yellowhead-mohua-returned-to-matukituki-valley-after-long-absence/" aria-label="Read more about At-risk yellowhead mohua returned to Matukituki Valley after long absence">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Advanced Choice of Employment hints at more nursing employment opportunities after the delay. Adobe Stock A nursing student says he’s “disappointed, but not surprised” by delays in announcing job offers to graduate nurses. Graduating student nurses were notified on Tuesday they would not hear results of job applications the following day ... <a title="Graduating nursing students nervous about delays to job offers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/graduating-nursing-students-nervous-about-delays-to-job-offers/" aria-label="Read more about Graduating nursing students nervous about delays to job offers">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ox Nche of South Africa Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz No All Blacks have been named among the finalists for World Rugby Player of the Year. Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Kieran Read, Brodie Retallick, Beauden Barrett and Ardie Savea have all won the award since it was first introduced in 2001. However, this is ... <a title="All Blacks fail to make World Rugby Player of the Year list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/all-blacks-fail-to-make-world-rugby-player-of-the-year-list/" aria-label="Read more about All Blacks fail to make World Rugby Player of the Year list">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A finger-sized camera with a resolution that wouldn’t hold a candle to your average smartphone is selling out at official stockists in New Zealand. The Chamera — a nostalgic collaboration with Reto that nods to Kodak’s first single-use cameras of the ’80s — comes in seven colours (plus one “secret edition”) ... <a title="What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/whats-all-the-buzz-about-this-retro-keychain-camera/" aria-label="Read more about What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke coming out of the Pike River Mine. Credit: NZ Police Pike River families are still waiting to hear if police will lay criminal charges, as a result of the disaster that left 29 men dead 15 years ago. Bernie Monk, whose son Michael died in the mine, said it was ... <a title="15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/15-years-on-pike-river-families-still-pushing-for-criminal-charges/" aria-label="Read more about 15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Valentine has been one of those affected by Kāeo’s water drama. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A resident of a Far North town says it was “about time” the water watchdog stepped in, after being under a boil notice for more than 10 years. Kāeo’s water supply has been under ... <a title="Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/taumata-arowai-intervention-over-kaeo-water-supply-was-about-time/" aria-label="Read more about Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/ UCOL Secondary schools will have to work a lot closer with polytechnics and employers to realise the government’s goals for its new “vocational subjects”, say ... <a title="Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/19/good-vocational-pathways-capped-and-trapped-tradie-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers">Read more</a>
