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Auckland community feeling optimistic shoplifting is under control

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Woolworths Point Chevalier reduced its hours last year following safety concerns. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins Residents and business owners in Auckland’s Point Chevalier are feeling optimistic as shoplifting is finally brought under control. It comes just over a year after the local supermarket started closing early over safety concerns. On a ... <a title="Auckland community feeling optimistic shoplifting is under control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/auckland-community-feeling-optimistic-shoplifting-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland community feeling optimistic shoplifting is under control">Read more</a>

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‘I would definitely recommend getting on all-fours with your dog’

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Coming from a family who’d farmed for generations, Amelia Thomas expected that she’d inherited some understanding of animals. The day her family moved to an old dairy farm in Nova Scotia, the former journalist was divebombed by a hummingbird, and had to deal with escaped piglets, screaming horses, fighting dogs and ... <a title="‘I would definitely recommend getting on all-fours with your dog’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/i-would-definitely-recommend-getting-on-all-fours-with-your-dog/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I would definitely recommend getting on all-fours with your dog’">Read more</a>

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Education Review Office says ‘stronger consequences’ needed for struggling schools

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office said there is a need for a stronger, system-wide approach in order to improve struggling schools. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe The Education Review Office wants tougher action on struggling schools that do not improve. In its annual report the office criticised the lack of support for under-performing schools ... <a title="Education Review Office says ‘stronger consequences’ needed for struggling schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/education-review-office-says-stronger-consequences-needed-for-struggling-schools/" aria-label="Read more about Education Review Office says ‘stronger consequences’ needed for struggling schools">Read more</a>

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COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand World leaders gather for the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN Climate scientists and advocates say the government needs to come clean on how New Zealand plans to meet its first international climate target. A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and as ... <a title="COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/cop30-nz-must-commit-to-buying-offshore-credits-to-meet-paris-target-climate-experts-say/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say">Read more</a>

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Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas Family unaware of previous attempt and ongoing risks Health NZ says it’s introduced new protocols for the inpatient unit at Palmerston North Hospital on leave, discharge planning, documentation and communication with families Coroner’s recommendations include review of ... <a title="Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/mental-health-in-patient-killed-herself-after-being-given-leave-to-go-home-for-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas">Read more</a>

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How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Car headlights cut through the darkness of an early morning bootcamp. Ke-Xin Li It’s 6am in Pukehina – a rural community down the coast from Tauranga. Leaves are rustling against the gentle breeze as tyres crunch through the gravel driveway. The basketball court – surrounded by kiwifruit orchards and dairy farms ... <a title="How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/how-a-rural-bootcamp-is-boosting-mental-health/" aria-label="Read more about How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health">Read more</a>

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‘A fantastic start’- support for government’s plan to combat methamphetamine use

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Methamphetamine use had increased significantly and meth seized in New Zealand and offshore had increased by 266 percent over the past five years. Supplied / Customs There’s widespread support for the government’s new action plan to combat methamphetamine use, with the Drug Foundation commending its “health focused interventions”. A mental wellness ... <a title="‘A fantastic start’- support for government’s plan to combat methamphetamine use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/a-fantastic-start-support-for-governments-plan-to-combat-methamphetamine-use/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A fantastic start’- support for government’s plan to combat methamphetamine use">Read more</a>

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Nark told he’d be ‘well looked after’ in exchange for prison beating evidence, records show

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jenkinson Metro Magazine Former detectives have been left “stumbling for words” by police reports of a secret meeting in 1985 between a Department of Justice official and the key Crown witness in the murder prosecution of Ross Appelgren. Appelgren was convicted of killing fellow inmate Darcy Te ... <a title="Nark told he’d be ‘well looked after’ in exchange for prison beating evidence, records show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/nark-told-hed-be-well-looked-after-in-exchange-for-prison-beating-evidence-records-show/" aria-label="Read more about Nark told he’d be ‘well looked after’ in exchange for prison beating evidence, records show">Read more</a>

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Locals fear ‘truly devastating’ Tongariro National Park fire

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand [L1] Waimarino business owners hope for forecast rain [L1] Concern tourists might cancel bookings [L1] Wall of smoke provides spectacular but unwelcome backdrop to village. A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village. The blaze has burned ... <a title="Locals fear ‘truly devastating’ Tongariro National Park fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/locals-fear-truly-devastating-tongariro-national-park-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Locals fear ‘truly devastating’ Tongariro National Park fire">Read more</a>

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Which banks most often have the lowest interest rates?

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Westpac had the joint lowest rates advertised 54.5 percent of the time. File photo. RNZ Which bank consistently offers the lowest advertised home loan rates? And does it actually matter? Data compiled by economists Ed McKnight from Opes Partners shows that since August 2023, across all home loan rate terms, Westpac ... <a title="Which banks most often have the lowest interest rates?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/which-banks-most-often-have-the-lowest-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Which banks most often have the lowest interest rates?">Read more</a>

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Staff member injured at Youth Justice residence in Auckland

November 10, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A staff member has been injured at a Youth Justice facility this evening. Police were called to a report of an assault at a Kiwi Tamaki Road address in Auckland about 7.30pm. Auckland’s Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence is on the ... <a title="Staff member injured at Youth Justice residence in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/staff-member-injured-at-youth-justice-residence-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Staff member injured at Youth Justice residence in Auckland">Read more</a>

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Staff member injured at a Youth Justice in Auckland

November 9, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A staff member has been injured at a Youth Justice facility this evening. Police were called to a report of an assault at a Kiwi Tamaki Road address in Auckland about 7.30pm. Auckland’s Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence is on the ... <a title="Staff member injured at a Youth Justice in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/09/staff-member-injured-at-a-youth-justice-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Staff member injured at a Youth Justice in Auckland">Read more</a>